COURSE OVERVIEW:

Most people use computers today, but how many of us can properly type?

The world is moving forward with rapid improvements in the latest technology. The importance of computer skills is at an all-time high, one skill in particular has become an ever increasing attribute from staff or a prospective candidate - Touch Typing.

Touch typing is a style of fast typing. Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys—specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory—the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch typing that involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard and having them reach for specific other keys.

Touch Typing used to be a skill taught to people who wished to join the administration industry, now not only is it a must within this industry but every other industry can benefit from the skill.

As you are aware, most people who are working will come into contact with a computer during a standard working day. For some, this is a short time and others it can be all day. Now imagine if that invaluable time currently spent typing on your computer was reduced or even halved! Instantly there is more time available for other tasks during the day, so if you have mounds of paperwork on your desk and you find yourself looking at it thinking ‘this is going to take me all day’, then developing the touch typing skill could be the answer.

The productivity of a business depends on how things are done faster. To complete your work faster it is important to develop typing skills. Typing helps you to work comfortably on the computer, it aids in communicating with colleagues and customers, creating documents, and finding new information.

This course teaches you how to learn, practice, and become a Master of Touch typing. The easy-to-use lessons are provided into manageable blocks and there are plenty of exercises to practise what you have learned.

By the end of this course, you will be a confident and natural touch typist and will further increase your productivity while meeting the accuracy requirements.

First you will learn how to place your fingers correctly on the keyboard. Then you will learn how to type the home keys. Then you will do exercises to practice your typing. The exercises so far will contain only these keys that you have just learnt. Then you move on to your next lesson where you learn two more letters E and I. But this time, in the exercises, you practice touch typing the home keys from the previous lesson and also practice touch typing for the new letters. This process goes on like this until you study and practice all the letters and numbers. Then you will learn and practice touch typing for sentences, paragraphs and symbols. Finally, you’ll learn the important symbols and their general rules.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

·       The benefits of touch typing

·       Touch typing vs. two-finger typing 

·       How your typing can affect your spelling?

·       The common mistakes that prevent you from learning how to touch type

·       Why you should not look at the keyboard while typing?

·       The incorrect finger position

·       The uneven typing rhythm

·       Using phone for training

·       How to get started with touch typing?

·       The specific points for using a laptop

·       The preparations before you start training

·       How to position yourself at your desk?

·       How to touch type and practice the home keys?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘e’ and ‘i’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘g’ and ‘h’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘o’ and ‘n’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the Shift keys and the ‘t’ letter?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘.’ and ‘y’ letter?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘,’ and ‘w’ letter?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘r’ and ‘b’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘m’ and ‘u’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘p’ and ‘c’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘v’ and ‘x’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice the ‘q’ and ‘z’ letters?

·       How to touch type and practice sentences?

·       How to touch type and practice figures?

·       How to touch type and practice paragraphs?

·       How to touch type and practice sentences with numbers?

·       How to touch type and practice paragraphs with numbers?

·       The rules for using capital letters

·       The rules for using hyphens and dashes

·       The rules for using exclamation marks

·       The rules for using question marks

·       The rules for using round and square brackets

·       The rules for using quotation marks

·       The rules for using apostrophes

·       The rules for using oblique, solidus or slash

·       The rules for using ampersand or ‘&’ in

·       The rules for using numbers

·       The rules for using sums of money within continuous text

·       The rules for using measurements and weights

·       The rules for using temperatures

·       The rules for using dates

·       The rules for using twelve and twenty-four-hour clocks

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 3-4 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

Purchase and download course content.

ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.