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Keyboarding Technique

This rubric has been created to assess students ability to type using the correct keying method, hand position, eye focus, posture and effort. Lesson 5 in the College Keyboarding & Document Processing text book will be used for testing with a goal of 14 WPM with no more than 3 errors for 1 minute. Student will print out their Portfolio report to be submitted to their instructor. Student is to follow good posture technique.

Rubric Code: E68W98

By tlwilson

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Subject: Computers

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Keyboarding Technique
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 20 pts	Average 15 pts	Poor 10 pts
Keying Mastery/Hand Position	Excellent Student keeps fingers on the home row keys 92% or more of the time while typing with arched hands.	Good Student keeps fingers on the home row keys 91% - 82% or more of the time while typing with arched hands.	Average Student keeps fingers on the home row keys 81% - 72% of time while typing with partially arched hands.	Poor Student keeps fingers on the home row keys 71% -65% of the time with no arched hands.
Fingering Observations	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor
Keying Technique	Excellent All letters, shifts, and symbols are keyed using the proper fingering.	Good Most letters, shifts, and symbols are keyed using the proper fingering.	Average Wrong finger placement on too many letters and symbols. Wrong shifts used occasionally	Poor Improper technique on many of the letters. Wrong shift keys being used.
Technique Observations	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor
Posture	Excellent Student sits upright with feet placed correctly underneath him/her.	Good Student sits upright with feet placed correctly underneath him/her.	Average Student sits upright with feet placed correctly underneath him/her.	Poor Student sits slouched with feet crossed.
Posture observations	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor
Eye Focus and Rhythm	Excellent Always keeps eyes on copy. Doesn't glance at keyboarding chart or hands during a timed writing. Maintains a constant keying rhythm during timed writing with no hesitations.	Good Keeps eyes on copy 90% of the time. May glance at hands or keyboarding chart 1-3 times during a timed writing. Occasionally hesitates during a timed writing searching for a key.	Average Keeps eyes on copy 80% of the time. May glance at hands or keyboarding chart 4-8 times during a timed writing. Lots of pausing and hesitating as keys are found. Rhythm is not smooth.	Poor Struggles to keep eyes on copy most of the time. May glance at hands or keyboarding chart more than 8 times during a timed writing. Has no rhythm.

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