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VOVI 0700: Keyboarding with Screen Reader
Effective date
May 2025
Department
Visually Impaired
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course is designed to meet the needs of students who are blind or visually impaired. Students will develop accurate touch-typing skills with screen reader feedback. This course will support further success with other courses in the Visually Impaired program by teaching the student to efficiently locate the keys needed for all commands used on a PC with screen reader.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
Composition 10, or equivalent, or department permission; A successful interview with one or more representatives from the Visually Impaired department that will assess academic readiness, learning goals, and ability to access program materials.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use screen reader and correct finger position to touch type on a qwerty keyboard with 97% accuracy
- Recognize the relationship between the screen reader and curser
- Interact with Windows controls
- Identify correct ergonomics for keyboarding
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 48
Total Hours: 48
Total Hours: 48
Instructional Strategies
Self-paced, individualized instruction.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
Student must get an S on each item in the evaluation plan to receive an S for the course
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
S/U |
Lesson quizzes: typing and interacting with Windows controls (must obtain accuracy of 97% on each lesson) |
Course topics
- Introduction to correct posture, ergonomics, and finger positioning
- Arrow keys
- Home row, enter key and spacebar
- Escape and tab keys
- Alphanumeric keys and punctuation
- Backspace, insert, delete, and function keys
- Home, end, page up, page down keys
- Shifted keys
- Numeric keypad
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.