BIT 11A Computer Keyboarding and Document Processing

Summer 2008 Section #8005, 2 Units

If the course is closed and you would like to add this course,
email or phone the professor.

Course Offered

Online, 6-Week Summer session, June 16 – July 28

First Class Meeting

There is an optional 1-hour meeting on Tuesday, June 17, at 6:00 p.m. in R202. If you have taken online courses in the BIT program before, you do not need to attend.

Tuesday, June 17, at 6 pm in R202

Course Delivery Method, Time, and Room

Online course; arrange your own hours and work on your own computer or on campus in the D building labs (http://www.pasadena.edu/studentservices/clc/). Plan approximately 12 hours per week to complete assignments; however, you may need more or less time each week. Communicate with your instructor and submit assignments using Blackboard, our online course management system, at www.pcc.blackboard.com

Course Professor

Dr. Shelley Gaskin, slgaskin@pasadena.edu or 626-585-7343

Course Textbook Information

Special package for this course:

Keyboarding and Formatting Essentials Lessons 1-60 2nd Edition, Basic English the Easy Way (Custom Edition for PCC), KeyPro software CD. ISBN 0324673515

Get your books on campus or online from the PCC bookstore. Go to www.pasadena.edu and click Student Services, and then click Online Bookstore.

(Note: We can only guarantee that new books purchased at the PCC bookstore will work for the course. ISBNs are sometimes custom numbers for a specific college or professor or include special materials; alternative sellers or used books may not have the required CDs or other materials.)

This book covers two courses: BIT 11A and BIT 11B

Course Software Information

The software for this course is Microsoft Word 2007 and the keyboarding software that comes packaged with the textbook. For special student pricing on Microsoft products, go to www.pasadena.edu/bit and click How to Get Software for Your Own Computer.

What You Will Learn in This Course

You will learn touch control of the computer keyboard and how to build basic business documents using word processing software.

Why You Should Take
This Course

This skill will make using a computer easy and enjoyable. You will be able to create business documents using word processing software.

Computer Lab Information

During the shorter summer session, Office 2007 is available in the D building labs on the campus; our lab in R202 is not open during the summer session. No BIT-specific tutoring is available in the D building labs. For D building lab information go to http://www.pasadena.edu/studentservices/clc/

Business Information Technology
Certificates to Which This Course Applies

·         Administrative Assistant

·         Office Assistant

·         Business Software Specialist

·         Data Entry Technician