Maricopa Community Colleges  RTR101   20056-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-28-2005

RTR101  2005 Fall – 2011 Fall

L+L  6.0 Credit(s)  10.0 Period(s)  8.8 Load  Occ

Realtime Machine Shorthand I

Basic Realtime machine shorthand theory.

Prerequisites: 45 wpm keyboarding or permission of Department or Division. Corequisites: CTR/RTR197.

Cross-References: CTR101

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

RTR101  2005 Fall – 2011 Fall

Realtime Machine Shorthand I

 

1.

Write all words based upon the rules of application for machine shorthand writing. (I)

2.

Read all machine shorthand outlines from textbook as well as student's steno notes. (II)

3.

Write high-frequency words in steno and transcribe with 90% accuracy. (III)

4.

Transcribe from student's steno notes or diskette with 97% accuracy. (IV)

5.

Take dictation on standard business vocabulary at 50 wpm for five minutes and transcribe with 97% accuracy. (V)

6.

Utilize the computer to edit steno notes and print transcript. (VI)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

RTR101  2005 Fall – 2011 Fall

Realtime Machine Shorthand I

 

I. Machine shorthand theory

A. Consonants

B. Vowel combinations

C. Prefixes and suffixes

D. Numbers

II. Abbreviations

A. Brief forms

B. Phrases

III. Read back

A. Steno notes

B. Computer screen

IV. Transcription

A. Steno notes

B. Computer Aided Transcription (CAT) software

V. Dictation

A. Live

B. Tape

C. Compact disk (CD)

VI. Computer training

A. Write notes

B. Edit notes

C. Print transcript

 

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