CRPT  201 - MACHINE SHORTHAND 180 WPM

FALL QUARTER 2009

 

INSTRUCTOR:  LORI L. RAPOZO, CCR, RPR, CRI
OFFICE HOURS:  7:30-8:00 a.m. M-Th, 1-2 p.m. MTTh, and by appointment
Location:  BI-7 PHONE: 253-833-9111 x 4219 (253-952-3703-hm)
EMAIL: lrapozo@greenriver.edu)  WEB: www.instruction.greenriver.edu/rapozo

BOOKS USED:  Medical Vocabulary Handout and Unit 1-10 Handout

SUPPLIES: 3-ring binder, USB stick drive, personal headset for lab, power strip/surger

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Concentrated drill and dictation on two-voice testimony, jury charge, literary, and medical material. 
Students should attain a minimum of 180 words per minute on new material with a minimum of 95 percent  in transcription.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CAMPUS-WIDE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Student Responsibility:
    1.    Student attends class regularly as defined by instructor policy in syllabus.
    2.    Student contributes appropriately to collaborative classroom tasks.
    3.    Student submits all specified assignments in a timely manner defined by instructor’s syllabus and assignment instructions.
    4.    Student does his/her own work on individual test transcriptions.
    5.    Student demonstrates pride in his/her work by striving for excellence in his/her contributions, performances, and products.
    6.    Student demonstrates common courtesies and is respectful of the needs, difficulties, and rights of others.

Demonstrated by:
    1.    Student adheres to attendance policy as outlined in syllabus.
    2.    Student is prepared for class and actively participates in drill dictation and classroom discussion.
    3.    Student turns in homework and test transcriptions by required due dates.
    4.    Student uses proper resources and proofing techniques when preparing homework assignments
            and test transcriptions.
    5.    Student reads and signs instructor’s course policy contract.

Written Communication:
 1.  Students develop written communication skills through daily preparation of homework and test transcriptions.

Demonstrated by:
Students prepare homework and test transcriptions according to NCRA guidelines and applying proper grammar
and punctuation rules.

Critical Thinking Applications:
1. Students develop the dispositions to use critical thinking skills.

Demonstrated by:
1.  Students participate as the court reporter in mock depositions and demonstrate their ability to use critical thinking skills
through the handling of different situations that occur during the deposition, i.e., overlapping of speakers; when parties
do not agree to go off the record; hostile witness. 
2. Students provide reasons for the conclusion they reach or accept and assess the relevance and adequacy of those reasons.

Demonstrated by:
Students use their understanding of professional ethics to resolve issues which may arise in the working world.
This is demonstrated by conclusions reached in specific case scenarios. This will be done individually and in group formats.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES: (Types of assignments)

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ADDENDUM:
Accelerator Curriculum
Speed building pattern chart and form to be completed weekly
Sustained control dictation with quiz/production 
Stop, Drop, and Write exercises
Simulated CCR, RPR, and CRR examinations will be given
Realtime in-classroom production of dictation
Perfect copies of current event news and presentation in class/Current Events quiz
Practice deposition procedures and apply code of ethics when problem arises

STUDENT PROFESSIONAL CODE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
You are being trained to be a professional court reporter. It is your responsibility…

                                                                              
GRADING CRITERIA:  In-class students   GRADING CRITERIA:  Online students
Your grade will be based on the following criteria:
Passing five-minute tests - 40% or 20% plus
  Speed Progression - 20%
    (If no tests are passed at  required speed level)
Test Production and Transcription Homework - 15%
Assigned Homework/Participation - 25%
Mock Deps/Trials - 5%
Readback - 10%
Multivoice - 5%		  Your grade will be based on the following criteria:
 Passing five-minute tests - 40% or 20% plus
 Speed Progression - 20%
   (If no tests are passed at required speed level)
 Test Production and Transcription Homework - 20%
 Assigned Homework/VC Participation - 25%
 Multivoice - 5%
 Mock Deps/Trials - 10%
 (If online student is not in the area to participate in mock proceedings,   then this percent is distributed to Test Production.)
 

GRADING POLICY:
NCRA's "What is an Error" will be utilized in assessing errors on five-minute dictation test transcriptions. 
Grades will be assigned in accordance with GRCC’s decimal grading system. 
Grades lower than 1.0 will be assigned a zero.

EXPLANATION OF ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING CRITERIA:

1. Passing five-minute tests

A minimum of three five-minute tests on unfamiliar material with 96 percent accuracy or higher on each of the following
speeds is required:
                                         180 wpm Q and A (Two voice)
                                         180 wpm Jury Charge
                                         160 wpm Literary
(Tests passed with 97 percent accuracy or higher will receive higher decimal grades.)   
                                       180 wpm                                                160 wpm                                        
                             95% accuracy = 45 errors                  95% accuracy = 40 errors              
                             96% accuracy = 36 errors                  96% accuracy = 32 errors              
                             97% accuracy = 27 errors                  97% accuracy = 24 errors              
                             98% accuracy = 18 errors                  98% accuracy = 16 errors              

Three five-minute tests in each category  must be passed to receive a 4.0 = 9 passed; 3.6 = 8 passed; 
3.1 = 7 passed; 2.7 = 6 passed; 2.2 = 5 passed; 1.8 = 4 passed; 1.3 = 3 passed; 
.9 = 2 passed; .4 = 1 passed.
An additional .02 will be added for each 100%-98% test; .01 will be added for each 97% test.
(Bonus points only apply to grades in this section.)

- To sit for testing, students must be present during drill and current on homework.

Sentences must be properly constructed and tests must have paragraphs or they will be rejected.
Punctuate as you write on the shorthand machine!!  Think REALTIME as you write!

Tests must be corrected and handed in NO LATER than one week from the date given unless an extension is granted.

REMEMBER - machine notes must be turned in with each test in order to receive credit. 
Online students must have test writing captured in textbox and test time cannot exceed 5:30 for taking and submitting. 
If anything unusual happens, please submit .sgngl file to Digital Drop Box within 5 mins. from end of test. 
ALSO, errors must be counted and placed at the top of  Page No. 1 for all on-campus students.

PLEASE LABEL your tests with your name, test name and speed, and date of test in the upper left-hand column.
Online students' tests and submission to the DDB must have test name and the word CORRECT or TC in Comment section.

(EXAMPLE)                                                        (Online Example-Digital Dropbox Submission)
Lori L. Rapozo                                                     SC180JC5-092308
Testimony@180 wpm                                         Rapozo, Lori (username)
Take No. 2                                                            Received Tues Sept 23 2008 21:04
Sept. 23, 2008                                                     Comments:  CORRECT (or)  TC

2.  SPEED PROGRESSION

The section will only be used until the student passes one or more of the tests at their testing speed level. 
Once the student is passing tests in that speed level,
the grading will revert to 40% in the Passing five-min. test section, Grading Section 1.  
The grading breakdown for this section will be as follows: 
                                                3.0     -    TC - 75 errors                
                                                2.0     -    76 - 100 errors                                               
                                                1.0     -    101 - 150 errors                                             

3. TEST PRODUCTION / TRANSCRIPTION HOMEWORK

Procedure for tests typed under supervision:
- Have your notes signed by your instructor before you leave the classroom.
- Store notes in your school folder.
- Check out your folder from an instructor when you are ready to transcribe your test(s)
    under supervision.
- Produce your tests in the computer lab or classroom under supervision.
-Test notes, files, and drafts must be left at school.  Test information may not be taken home or it will invalidate
    the test as a pass.
- Obtain signature from instructor or lab aide before correcting.

- Production of at least three (3) tests must be turned in by Thursday of each week or Friday lab is not optional.
 (Week 1 and holidays weeks are exceptions)
 (Students not meeting this requirement and not attending open lab on Fridays will receive a grade reduction accordingly.)

Tests and typing credits have a one-week turnaround deadline.

Students are required to transcribe at least one test from each category of tests given each week. 

Students are expected to turn in at least 15 tests the first half of the quarter and 15 in the second half.
The end of midterm week is the end of the first half of the quarter. 
*** Each grade will be averaged together for the final grade.  See grade sheet for due dates.

A TOTAL OF 30 TESTS/TRANSCRIPTIONS IS REQUIRED FOR A 4.0.

Tests due for any day must be corrected and turned in by 2:00 p.m.  Tests must be corrected with tape
 and error number listed on top to receive production credit.  Quality grading is important!

Signatures and attached steno notes are required for any test submitted for passing credit. 
Any test received with either item missing will receive TC credit only – NO exceptions. 
Timestamps upon submission to the DDB will validate test for online students.

Friday Transcription Lab is to be used for production, proofreading, and/or correcting of tests
and is mandatory if the required three tests have not be turned in by 2:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon. 
Tests prepared during Friday lab must be corrected and turned in by 12:00 p.m.

 4. CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS/PARTICIPATION

(Attendance is counted) 3 absences = 4.0     5 absences = 2.0
                                          4 absences = 3.0     6 absences = 1.0

This section includes all regularly scheduled homework.  The in-class realtime production is also included in this section. 
All Perfect Copy (PC) assignments are due at the beginning of class and handed in immediately at the end of class on the due day. 
No late work is accepted unless arrangements have been made with the instructor.

DO NOT BE LATE FOR CLASS! If you are routinely late without good cause and prior arrangements made with instructor,
you will be counted as ½ absent. Practice Professionalism!!

Perfect copies must be turned in on time. Fast reading of perfect notes is required at 20 words above your testing speed
for that test category, i.e., 160 wpm literary test speed = 180 wpm literary fast reading. If you are not prepared for fast reading
of perfect notes, you will receive a minus for participation, and it may lower your grade. Not volunteering to read class dictation
may also lower your grade.

Medical Vocabulary - Each medical lesson is assigned for two weeks.  Week 1 - all vocabulary must be written
correctly three times each and realtime output along with steno turned in.  Week 2 -  each vocabulary word must
be written once along with the definition.  Words you have added to the list must be written correctly three
times each.  Realtime output and steno output is to be turned in.  Be sure to label properly.

Individual Speedbuilding Project - ISBP -  Students may decide on the subject to be practiced and the
rubric and drill to be used.  Using prior classroom unfamiliar drill from the Angel site would be a good source. 
Either the full practice can be submitted with the final take identified or just submit the final take. 
The ISBP form must also be completed and stapled on top of production and turned in. 
Online students can print the form for ease of filling it out by hand and then scan and submit to DDB. 
Be sure to note challenge words or new briefs for words/phrases and they will be incorporated into the daily drill. 
This is part of your daily homework requirement. 

STOP, DROP, and WRITE is an extra-credit section this quarter!
This exercise will be equal to what a drop quiz is in other classes. I will enter the room and without introduction, I will be in
character of an attorney or judge and start dictation of an opinion or oral decision.  The extra credit can be used one time
only in each of the following sections:  News for the day, PC on homework, late arrival, unprepared for fast read.
The transcriptions must be 98% or higher to receive extra credit.   After you get your results back and you have received
credit, you must write at the top which section you would like the extra credit applied and turn it back in or extra credit will
not be given.

5.  SUSTAINED-WRITING QUIZZES  

These dictations will be given on Mondays.  Sustained-Writing quizzes
are to be turned in the same day the dictation is given.  Answers are to be typed or printed legibly.  
SW Dictations may not be made up if absent. 

6.  MOCK DEPS/TRIALS

All students must participate in at least two deposition exercises (unless only one is available) with the local law schools.
Participation in any trials that become available is also mandatory.  Captioning students will provide backup and realtime
output unless involved in another exercise.  Be prepared to adjust schedules.

7.  READBACK

Reading back from dictation from the assignment of the day for accuracy. The homework will be drilled and then dictated at
different speeds. You must read from your testing speed in that category; i.e., Literary/Opinion, Jury Charge, or Testimony.
At least two reads in each category is required.   The lowest grade will be dropped.

4.0 = one-min. reading - 5 errors or less      
3.0 = one-min. reading - 10 errors or less    
2.0 = one-min. reading - 15 errors or less
1.0 = one-min. reading - 16 errors or more

8.  CURRENT EVENTS 

Dictation of current events will be given daily in class for warm-up drill and readback purposes. 
Each week students will be quizzed from material covered in the news. 
All quizzes must be turned in after correction.  NO late submissions will be accepted. 
If you are absent, you can still submit your completed quiz electronically.
All quiz scores will be averaged for a final percentage for grading purposes.

 

CAMPUS CLOSURE:  If the campus is closed, continue with the scheduled lesson assignments.  Scheduled
assignments will be due the day campus opens.
 

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED ARTS DEGREE - COURT REPORTING will only be granted to those who pass a minimum of three
5-minute tests with 96% accuracy or higher on literary at 180 wpm and jury charge at 200 wpm; and pass four 5-minute tests on testimony
at 225 wpm, two with 95% accuracy or higher and two with 96% accuracy or higher. Students must also complete 60 hours of internship,
of which 50 hours is actual writing time during internship training.

 

If you need course adaptations or special accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information,
or if you have special accommodations that need to be shared with me in the event that the building needs to be evacuated, please
contact me at ext. 4219.  Office location is BI-7 .
If you use an alternate medium for communicating please let me know as soon as possible so that appropriate accommodations
can be made. Disability Support Services is located in LSC 277 and may be contacted at: (253) 833-9111, x 2631 or TDD at
(253) 288-3359.