Reporting has joined
the ranks of the information technologies professions because
computers are an integral part of information reporting.
Information reporters are using their knowledge and skill to
serve as information managers in complicated trials. Freelance
reporters now have the ability to capture their deposition in
digital format.
Stark State now
offers the Information Reporting Technology program entirely
through distance learning. It affords students the opportunity
to complete a college education via distance education from home
and at their convenience and it affords students the opportunity
to learn with flexibility of time and place while maintaining
access to faculty and other College
services. E-Learning is a unique alternative to traditional
on-campus courses.
Virtually anyone who has access
to a computer will be able to take the program online, but the student will
be required to have specific hardware/software equipment before starting the
Information Reporting Technology program through distance learning.
The goal is that graduates
will demonstrate the use of good grammar, punctuation and editing skills for
transcription preparation and production; conduct research and realtime
writing dictionary maintenance for judicial reporting; communicate clearly
and concisely; utilize all information reporting technology; exemplify a
high standard of ethics as an information reporting professional and
demonstrate employability skills and characteristics as an information
reporting professional.
Graduation
requirements for judicial reporting option:
Specific graduation requirements must be passed for the judicial
option: transcribe a minimum of three 5-minute, 2-voice
testimony tests with a minimum of 95% accuracy dictated at a
minimum speed of 225 wpm; transcribe three 5-minute jury charge
tests with a minimum of 95% accuracy dictated at a minimum of
200 wpm; and transcribe three 5-minute literary tests with a
minimum of 95% accuracy dictated at a minimum of 180 wpm; and
transcribe a simulated state certification test, state
qualifying exam, or RPR skills test within the allotted test
transcription guidelines.
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