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Writer's pictureCaitlin Baird

KBD quick facts

Updated: Sep 22, 2021

assignments

  • none

lecture material/hands-on practice

  • Typing Club: sign in with your personal email address, no password

    • associated demo video on your Courses page

    • take the placement exam

  • "Practice Tests" button takes you to TypingTest.com

  • Typing Games also available

  • Paradigm: install via instructions on Courses page

    • pick up the associated textbook from campus

    • the "enrolment key" is 2398

    • can also use on the computers on campus in my classroom (202) but please Lysol etc

    • make an appointment before going to campus via front desk

    • if you want to see me in-person, join me Tuesdays (by appointment) or Fridays (drop-in) during class hours

tests

  • four 3-minute tests

  • three 5-minute tests

  • can be done at any time in any order

  • use multiple attempts until you are happy with your score

  • either taken within Paradigm using the associated textbook, OR

  • taken on TypingTest.com (as detailed in the "Keyboarding without Paradigm" document)

  • if you cannot access Paradigm from home, I strongly suggest coming to campus to complete the tests on Friday

due date


Please submit your filled in Grades Tracker (with annotations if you did not use the Paradigm tests) as an email attachment by Friday at 4pm.


how to track your grades


Paradigm and Typing Club both track your progress, and I can see your results. For TypingTest.com, please take a screenshot of the results page when you have a score you're happy with. These act as back-up paperwork to prove your grades. Enter your best grades from each test in the Grades Tracker Form.


how to interpret your grades


Your score is based on your speed minus your errors. I do not use the percentages attributed by the programs; this is a simple subtraction. For example, a speed of 35 with 5 errors is a score of 30.


I take the results from your four highest-scoring tests, your two highest-scoring one-minute tests and your two highest-scoring five-minute tests. From these I create an average score. Doubling the average score gives you your percentage score. For example, an average score of 30 gives you 60% in the course, the minimum passing grade. If you are an MLA student, please see this post.


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