1	ORIENTATION TO TECHNIQUE CHECKS
2	After Lesson 10 After Lesson 10, you will come on campus for a Technique Check. I will use the form on the next slide to evaluate your technique as I watch you type the paragraph shown on the form to be sure you are using acceptable technique.
3	Technique Check Form You MUST use the correct fingers on all the keys and be able to type by touch (without looking). You don't need to type fast or be concerned with a few errors. You DO need to type with acceptable technique on all the areas indicated on the Keyboarding Technique form. The shaded areas on the form must be rated either Acceptable or Needs Improvement in order to pass Keyboarding.
4	Problematic Keys
5	Correct Position See page xix in your textbook for a complete explanation of this illustration.
6	Workstation Adjustments Chair. Adjust the height so that your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle and your lower back is supported by the back of the chair. Keyboard. Center your body opposite the J key, and lean forward slightly. Keep your forearms horizontal to the keyboard. Screen. Position the monitor so that the top of the screen is just below eye level and about 18 to 26 inches away. Text. Position your textbook or other copy upright on either side of the monitor as close to it as vertically and horizontally possible to minimize head and eye movement and to avoid neck strain.
7	Preparation
8	Skillbuilding Button — New Key Drills Click GDP’s Skillbuilding button. In the Subjects box, click New Key Drills. Click the desired key on the “live keyboard” to move to the lesson where the key was introduced — no need to search through your book.
9	Relearn Key — Play Demonstration In this example, when you clicked the left shift key on the “live keyboard,” GDP moves to Lesson 6C where the selected key was first introduced. Click the Demonstration button, listen to the directions, and study the correct fingering. Click Demonstration as many times as you like until you relearn the keystroke, then click Next.
10	Practice Drill Lines Type the drills lines on each screen using correct fingering and technique until you feel confident that you have relearned the correct fingering.
11	MAP — Intensive Practice Click GDP’s MAP button.
12	MAP Pretest In order for this MAP summary screen to appear, you must first take the MAP Pretest, which tests you on all letters learned through Lesson 20. If you have only finished Lesson 10, this passage contains new reaches. Therefore, do not type this passage. Type any letter in the Pretest box, then click Score Text.
13	MAP Summary
14	MAP Summary — Live Keyboard
15	Prescriptive Drills
16	Technique Pointers
17	Technique Pointers
18	Technique Pointers
19	Technique For Sale
20	E-Mail Message To earn credit for this presentation, send me an e-mail message with the subject line Orientation to Technique Checks. In the body of the message, explain the three of the most important things you learned from this presentation regarding developing good technique.