Sunday, November 25, 2012

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Lesson Two

STUDENTS READ AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR PROGRESS.

•  Launch Mavis Beacon Typing
•  Sign in; select your name and click OK.

•  Select Practice Area

•  Scroll down and select Keyboarding Drills 
 •  Select Alternating Hands

•  Select Alternating Hands 1.    Click Start


  Work toward completing alternating hands 1 through 4

SHUTTING DOWN PROCESS
• At the end of the period select the HOME tab in the upper left hand corner.
 •   Select Exit
•   Select Yes

NOTE:    1.    PLEASE BRING A SET OF EAR PHONES TO USE WITH MAVIS BEACON TYPING.
2.   BRING IN YOUR FLASH DRIVE.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mavis Beacon Typing Lessons

Students, to launch Mavis Beacon Typing, click on MB logo on your desktop.


Introduction to "Mavis Beacon Typing" click on the page.
 The Sign in Page appears; Select "new", type your last name
and class number.
 Select Take a Lesson.
Select Speed Test, then select the Beginner Speed Test.
The beginner speed test lesson contains 100 common words. 
The maximum lesson time is unlimited, 
with a target speed of 25 words per minute(WPM), 
and the maximum errors allowed is 225. Typing errors appear in red text as you type.
• click Start to begin speed test.
• select pause to end lesson, you have an option to resume or end the lesson.
• To end the typing lesson select the Home tab > Exit > yes or no.