COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
IRT121REALTIME THEORY I4 Credit HoursIntroduces to stenotype machine theory and technique, with emphasis on recording, note recording and transcribing practice in preparation for more advanced courses in machine reporting. Students will learn realtime electronic shorthand with instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology. Upon completion, the student should be able to demonstrate knowledge of stenotype machine theory learned IRT Theory I.IRT122REALTIME THEORY II4 Credit HoursMastery of stenotype machine theory and technique. Instruction and practice to develop recording, note reading and typewritten transcription skills, as well as mastery of realtime electronic shorthand in preparation for more advanced courses in the Information Reporting Technology program. Instruction shall include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology. Upon completion, the student should be able to write the spoken word with punctuation by means of a conflict-free reporting theory as approved by NCRA to provide instantaneous translation.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121IRT123SPEEDBUILDING III4 Credit HoursA required lab for skill development refining techniques necessary for perfecting speed and accuracy in transcription of specialized dictation material. Student will be expected to complete weekly activities, practice realtime/captioning on steno machine, and use online computer-aided transcription technology. This course is designed for self-paced modular instruction. This lab is designed to prepare students to write graduation speed requirements for all options in the Information Reporting Technology program: for the judicial reporting option, passing three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm, jury charge at 200 wpm, and courtroom testimony material at 225 wpm with a minimum of 95% accuracy; and for the captioning option, passing one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary at 180 wpm with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-minute broadcast news program with a TER (Total Error Rate) goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on total word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130IRT129SPEED BUILDING I4 Credit HoursDesigned to increase speed, endurance and accuracy for reporting of multi-voice testimony, jury charge, and legal and technical material. A machine speed of 130 wpm is the goal. Emphasis on development of vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, note reading and realtime writing skills. Instruction will include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology with teacher interaction. The course is designed for self-paced modular instruction and shall incorporate the use of Web-enhanced instruction. Upon completion of each module, students should progress to the next module/speed throughout the program.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT130SPEED BUILDING II4 Credit HoursDesigned to increase speed, endurance and accuracy for reporting of multi-voice testimony, jury charge, legal and technical material. A machine speed of 175 wpm is the goal. Emphasis on development of vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, note reading and realtime writing skills. Instruction will include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology with teacher interaction. The course is designed for self-paced modular instruction and will incorporate the use of Web-enhanced instruction. Upon completion of each module, students should progress to the next module/speed throughout the program.Prerequisites: or CCR129, IRT129IRT131LEGAL TERMINOLOGY3 Credit HoursInstruction in legal terminology in civil law; criminal; and the discovery, trial, and appellate processes. Upon completion, students should be able to comprehend, appreciate, and use legal terms.IRT132REALTIME WRITING I1 Credit HoursUsing an approved NCRA approved realtime theory, students' realtime writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of briefs and phrases will be emphasized in realtime writing skills to build up to graduation speeds. Upon completion, students should be able to incorporate brief forms and phrases into their realtime writing for judicial reporting or broadcast captioning.Prerequisites: or IRT121, CCR121IRT133THEORY FOR SCOPISTS4 Credit HoursStudents will learn realtime electronic shorthand with instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, editing, and transcribing practice in preparation for more advanced courses in information reporting. Upon completion, the student should be able to read, translate, and edit computer-generated machine shorthand notes taken by court reporters for transcript production.IRT228REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION3 Credit HoursRealtime transcription training using realtime computer equipment to practice and perfect specialized transcription skills in legal, medical, media, and education. The transcription training will be specific to the students' choice of career option. Upon completion, students should be able to proficiently transcribe and format documents.Prerequisites: (BIO125) or CCR129, IRT129IRT229REALTIME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS1 Credit HoursInstruction in operating realtime court reporting software for the production of the legal transcript. Students are taught the process of recording verbatim testimony via a computerized steno machine; reading, translating, and editing the verbatim testimony to produce the legal transcript; file maintenance; dictionary building; EZ keys; globalizing entries. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in operating and utilizing the different aspects of the realtime court reporting software.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121IRT230BASIC BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students the basics of broadcast captioning. The students will be evaluating their writing skills for captioning, learning captioning style guidelines, creating and managing captioning dictionaries, and the basic formats for writing news, sports, weather, and other broadcasts. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT231JUDICIAL PROCEDURES3 Credit HoursIntroduction to the responsibilities of the judicial reporter in the court system and the freelance environment; legal procedures; reporting techniques; and realtime reporting. Instruction in transcript production; court and transcript forms; researching for transcript production; marking and maintaining exhibits; realtime reporting in a deposition and court environment; the profession and related job opportunities; ethics, including the distribution of the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics; and professional associations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in all areas of the responsibilities of the judicial reporter.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122 or CCR229, IRT229IRT232INFORMATION REPRTING INTRNSHP2 Credit HoursThe following internship criteria must be met for each IRT option: Judicial: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of participation (40 hrs. of actual writing time) under the supervision of a practicing realtime reporter using machine shorthand technology. Graduation requirements must be passed for the judicial option: three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm; jury charge, 200 wpm; courtroom testimony, 225 wpm; with a min. of 95% accuracy; must transcribe a simulated RPR skills test at RPR speed levels in 3.5 hrs; must write a simulated CRR skills test at a speed of 180-200 wpm literary for 5 minutes. Captioning: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of captioning under the supervision of a practicing captioner or instructor. Graduation requirements must be passed for the captioning option:one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary of 180 wpm must be passed with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-min. broadcast news program with a TER goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130IRT233TRANS & EDITING FOR SCOPISTS3 Credit HoursStudents will learn transcription, editing, and research skills specific tot he scopist/reporting profession. Instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, translating and editing skills, grammar and proofreading skills, and globalizing steno entries. Upon completion, student should be able to read, translate, edit, globalize steno outlines, and print for transcription production.Prerequisites: IRT122, IRT229, IRT231IRT235ADVANCED BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students in-depth realtime/caption skills. Topics include how to research specific shows, development and management of specific captioning dictionaries, advanced instruction on captioning style guidelines, utilizing specialized captioning software for reporting in broadcast environments. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR230, IRT230IRT236ADVANCED THEORY PRINCIPLES3 Credit HoursThis course is designed for those students who already know the steno machine keyboard and who may be enrolled in Speedbuilding I. This course emphasizes advanced review and reinforcement of the theory principles learned in Realtime Theory I/II. Students will review the theory principles through the use of lecture, a text and taped dictation. The instructor will reinforce the principles through theory principle tests; reinforcement of briefs, phrases, and mandatories; and live or audio dictation. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to successfully write a realtime, conflict-free machine shorthand at an accuracy rate of 95% or higher without hesitation and through muscle memory.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT237REALTIME WRITING II1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, numeric and alphabetic writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of writing numbers phonetically and writing proper names using the alphabet in fingerspelling found in the judicial reporting and broadcast captioning settings will be emphasized. Upon completion, students should be able to write numbers fluently using phonetic spelling and fingerspell proper names using stenotyping and the phonetic table of the translation dictionary during timed dictation.Prerequisites: or IRT122, CCR122IRT238REALTIME WRITING IV1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, students should be able to build realtime writing speed by writing in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-minute increments through live and/or taped dictation at various speeds. Students will increase writing endurance at the steno machine by writing dictation for a minimum of 15 minutes with a 96% accuracy rate. With instructor assistance, students will be able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in writing technique. This course is a supplemental course to Speedbuilding III. Upon completion, students should be able to write at a controlled speed for a sustained period of time at the accuracy rate of 96%.Prerequisites: or CCR236, IRT236IRT239REALTIME WRITING III1 Credit HoursAdvanced instruction in building translation dictionary entries and maintaining specific job dictionaries for use in the judicial and broadcast captioning fields. Students will also make back up copies of the job dictionaries they have created. Upon completion, students should be able to properly maintain any job dictionary created in the realtime software and prioritize dictionaries according to specific usage (judicial reporting, broadcast captioning, CART).Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT122REALTIME THEORY II4 Credit HoursMastery of stenotype machine theory and technique. Instruction and practice to develop recording, note reading and typewritten transcription skills, as well as mastery of realtime electronic shorthand in preparation for more advanced courses in the Information Reporting Technology program. Instruction shall include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology. Upon completion, the student should be able to write the spoken word with punctuation by means of a conflict-free reporting theory as approved by NCRA to provide instantaneous translation.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121
IRT123SPEEDBUILDING III4 Credit HoursA required lab for skill development refining techniques necessary for perfecting speed and accuracy in transcription of specialized dictation material. Student will be expected to complete weekly activities, practice realtime/captioning on steno machine, and use online computer-aided transcription technology. This course is designed for self-paced modular instruction. This lab is designed to prepare students to write graduation speed requirements for all options in the Information Reporting Technology program: for the judicial reporting option, passing three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm, jury charge at 200 wpm, and courtroom testimony material at 225 wpm with a minimum of 95% accuracy; and for the captioning option, passing one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary at 180 wpm with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-minute broadcast news program with a TER (Total Error Rate) goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on total word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130
IRT129SPEED BUILDING I4 Credit HoursDesigned to increase speed, endurance and accuracy for reporting of multi-voice testimony, jury charge, and legal and technical material. A machine speed of 130 wpm is the goal. Emphasis on development of vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, note reading and realtime writing skills. Instruction will include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology with teacher interaction. The course is designed for self-paced modular instruction and shall incorporate the use of Web-enhanced instruction. Upon completion of each module, students should progress to the next module/speed throughout the program.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT130SPEED BUILDING II4 Credit HoursDesigned to increase speed, endurance and accuracy for reporting of multi-voice testimony, jury charge, legal and technical material. A machine speed of 175 wpm is the goal. Emphasis on development of vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, note reading and realtime writing skills. Instruction will include the use of online, computer-aided transcription technology with teacher interaction. The course is designed for self-paced modular instruction and will incorporate the use of Web-enhanced instruction. Upon completion of each module, students should progress to the next module/speed throughout the program.Prerequisites: or CCR129, IRT129
IRT131LEGAL TERMINOLOGY3 Credit HoursInstruction in legal terminology in civil law; criminal; and the discovery, trial, and appellate processes. Upon completion, students should be able to comprehend, appreciate, and use legal terms.IRT132REALTIME WRITING I1 Credit HoursUsing an approved NCRA approved realtime theory, students' realtime writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of briefs and phrases will be emphasized in realtime writing skills to build up to graduation speeds. Upon completion, students should be able to incorporate brief forms and phrases into their realtime writing for judicial reporting or broadcast captioning.Prerequisites: or IRT121, CCR121IRT133THEORY FOR SCOPISTS4 Credit HoursStudents will learn realtime electronic shorthand with instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, editing, and transcribing practice in preparation for more advanced courses in information reporting. Upon completion, the student should be able to read, translate, and edit computer-generated machine shorthand notes taken by court reporters for transcript production.IRT228REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION3 Credit HoursRealtime transcription training using realtime computer equipment to practice and perfect specialized transcription skills in legal, medical, media, and education. The transcription training will be specific to the students' choice of career option. Upon completion, students should be able to proficiently transcribe and format documents.Prerequisites: (BIO125) or CCR129, IRT129IRT229REALTIME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS1 Credit HoursInstruction in operating realtime court reporting software for the production of the legal transcript. Students are taught the process of recording verbatim testimony via a computerized steno machine; reading, translating, and editing the verbatim testimony to produce the legal transcript; file maintenance; dictionary building; EZ keys; globalizing entries. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in operating and utilizing the different aspects of the realtime court reporting software.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121IRT230BASIC BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students the basics of broadcast captioning. The students will be evaluating their writing skills for captioning, learning captioning style guidelines, creating and managing captioning dictionaries, and the basic formats for writing news, sports, weather, and other broadcasts. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT231JUDICIAL PROCEDURES3 Credit HoursIntroduction to the responsibilities of the judicial reporter in the court system and the freelance environment; legal procedures; reporting techniques; and realtime reporting. Instruction in transcript production; court and transcript forms; researching for transcript production; marking and maintaining exhibits; realtime reporting in a deposition and court environment; the profession and related job opportunities; ethics, including the distribution of the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics; and professional associations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in all areas of the responsibilities of the judicial reporter.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122 or CCR229, IRT229IRT232INFORMATION REPRTING INTRNSHP2 Credit HoursThe following internship criteria must be met for each IRT option: Judicial: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of participation (40 hrs. of actual writing time) under the supervision of a practicing realtime reporter using machine shorthand technology. Graduation requirements must be passed for the judicial option: three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm; jury charge, 200 wpm; courtroom testimony, 225 wpm; with a min. of 95% accuracy; must transcribe a simulated RPR skills test at RPR speed levels in 3.5 hrs; must write a simulated CRR skills test at a speed of 180-200 wpm literary for 5 minutes. Captioning: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of captioning under the supervision of a practicing captioner or instructor. Graduation requirements must be passed for the captioning option:one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary of 180 wpm must be passed with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-min. broadcast news program with a TER goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130IRT233TRANS & EDITING FOR SCOPISTS3 Credit HoursStudents will learn transcription, editing, and research skills specific tot he scopist/reporting profession. Instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, translating and editing skills, grammar and proofreading skills, and globalizing steno entries. Upon completion, student should be able to read, translate, edit, globalize steno outlines, and print for transcription production.Prerequisites: IRT122, IRT229, IRT231IRT235ADVANCED BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students in-depth realtime/caption skills. Topics include how to research specific shows, development and management of specific captioning dictionaries, advanced instruction on captioning style guidelines, utilizing specialized captioning software for reporting in broadcast environments. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR230, IRT230IRT236ADVANCED THEORY PRINCIPLES3 Credit HoursThis course is designed for those students who already know the steno machine keyboard and who may be enrolled in Speedbuilding I. This course emphasizes advanced review and reinforcement of the theory principles learned in Realtime Theory I/II. Students will review the theory principles through the use of lecture, a text and taped dictation. The instructor will reinforce the principles through theory principle tests; reinforcement of briefs, phrases, and mandatories; and live or audio dictation. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to successfully write a realtime, conflict-free machine shorthand at an accuracy rate of 95% or higher without hesitation and through muscle memory.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT237REALTIME WRITING II1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, numeric and alphabetic writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of writing numbers phonetically and writing proper names using the alphabet in fingerspelling found in the judicial reporting and broadcast captioning settings will be emphasized. Upon completion, students should be able to write numbers fluently using phonetic spelling and fingerspell proper names using stenotyping and the phonetic table of the translation dictionary during timed dictation.Prerequisites: or IRT122, CCR122IRT238REALTIME WRITING IV1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, students should be able to build realtime writing speed by writing in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-minute increments through live and/or taped dictation at various speeds. Students will increase writing endurance at the steno machine by writing dictation for a minimum of 15 minutes with a 96% accuracy rate. With instructor assistance, students will be able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in writing technique. This course is a supplemental course to Speedbuilding III. Upon completion, students should be able to write at a controlled speed for a sustained period of time at the accuracy rate of 96%.Prerequisites: or CCR236, IRT236IRT239REALTIME WRITING III1 Credit HoursAdvanced instruction in building translation dictionary entries and maintaining specific job dictionaries for use in the judicial and broadcast captioning fields. Students will also make back up copies of the job dictionaries they have created. Upon completion, students should be able to properly maintain any job dictionary created in the realtime software and prioritize dictionaries according to specific usage (judicial reporting, broadcast captioning, CART).Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT132REALTIME WRITING I1 Credit HoursUsing an approved NCRA approved realtime theory, students' realtime writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of briefs and phrases will be emphasized in realtime writing skills to build up to graduation speeds. Upon completion, students should be able to incorporate brief forms and phrases into their realtime writing for judicial reporting or broadcast captioning.Prerequisites: or IRT121, CCR121
IRT133THEORY FOR SCOPISTS4 Credit HoursStudents will learn realtime electronic shorthand with instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, editing, and transcribing practice in preparation for more advanced courses in information reporting. Upon completion, the student should be able to read, translate, and edit computer-generated machine shorthand notes taken by court reporters for transcript production.IRT228REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION3 Credit HoursRealtime transcription training using realtime computer equipment to practice and perfect specialized transcription skills in legal, medical, media, and education. The transcription training will be specific to the students' choice of career option. Upon completion, students should be able to proficiently transcribe and format documents.Prerequisites: (BIO125) or CCR129, IRT129IRT229REALTIME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS1 Credit HoursInstruction in operating realtime court reporting software for the production of the legal transcript. Students are taught the process of recording verbatim testimony via a computerized steno machine; reading, translating, and editing the verbatim testimony to produce the legal transcript; file maintenance; dictionary building; EZ keys; globalizing entries. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in operating and utilizing the different aspects of the realtime court reporting software.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121IRT230BASIC BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students the basics of broadcast captioning. The students will be evaluating their writing skills for captioning, learning captioning style guidelines, creating and managing captioning dictionaries, and the basic formats for writing news, sports, weather, and other broadcasts. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT231JUDICIAL PROCEDURES3 Credit HoursIntroduction to the responsibilities of the judicial reporter in the court system and the freelance environment; legal procedures; reporting techniques; and realtime reporting. Instruction in transcript production; court and transcript forms; researching for transcript production; marking and maintaining exhibits; realtime reporting in a deposition and court environment; the profession and related job opportunities; ethics, including the distribution of the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics; and professional associations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in all areas of the responsibilities of the judicial reporter.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122 or CCR229, IRT229IRT232INFORMATION REPRTING INTRNSHP2 Credit HoursThe following internship criteria must be met for each IRT option: Judicial: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of participation (40 hrs. of actual writing time) under the supervision of a practicing realtime reporter using machine shorthand technology. Graduation requirements must be passed for the judicial option: three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm; jury charge, 200 wpm; courtroom testimony, 225 wpm; with a min. of 95% accuracy; must transcribe a simulated RPR skills test at RPR speed levels in 3.5 hrs; must write a simulated CRR skills test at a speed of 180-200 wpm literary for 5 minutes. Captioning: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of captioning under the supervision of a practicing captioner or instructor. Graduation requirements must be passed for the captioning option:one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary of 180 wpm must be passed with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-min. broadcast news program with a TER goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130IRT233TRANS & EDITING FOR SCOPISTS3 Credit HoursStudents will learn transcription, editing, and research skills specific tot he scopist/reporting profession. Instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, translating and editing skills, grammar and proofreading skills, and globalizing steno entries. Upon completion, student should be able to read, translate, edit, globalize steno outlines, and print for transcription production.Prerequisites: IRT122, IRT229, IRT231IRT235ADVANCED BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students in-depth realtime/caption skills. Topics include how to research specific shows, development and management of specific captioning dictionaries, advanced instruction on captioning style guidelines, utilizing specialized captioning software for reporting in broadcast environments. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR230, IRT230IRT236ADVANCED THEORY PRINCIPLES3 Credit HoursThis course is designed for those students who already know the steno machine keyboard and who may be enrolled in Speedbuilding I. This course emphasizes advanced review and reinforcement of the theory principles learned in Realtime Theory I/II. Students will review the theory principles through the use of lecture, a text and taped dictation. The instructor will reinforce the principles through theory principle tests; reinforcement of briefs, phrases, and mandatories; and live or audio dictation. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to successfully write a realtime, conflict-free machine shorthand at an accuracy rate of 95% or higher without hesitation and through muscle memory.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122IRT237REALTIME WRITING II1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, numeric and alphabetic writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of writing numbers phonetically and writing proper names using the alphabet in fingerspelling found in the judicial reporting and broadcast captioning settings will be emphasized. Upon completion, students should be able to write numbers fluently using phonetic spelling and fingerspell proper names using stenotyping and the phonetic table of the translation dictionary during timed dictation.Prerequisites: or IRT122, CCR122IRT238REALTIME WRITING IV1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, students should be able to build realtime writing speed by writing in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-minute increments through live and/or taped dictation at various speeds. Students will increase writing endurance at the steno machine by writing dictation for a minimum of 15 minutes with a 96% accuracy rate. With instructor assistance, students will be able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in writing technique. This course is a supplemental course to Speedbuilding III. Upon completion, students should be able to write at a controlled speed for a sustained period of time at the accuracy rate of 96%.Prerequisites: or CCR236, IRT236IRT239REALTIME WRITING III1 Credit HoursAdvanced instruction in building translation dictionary entries and maintaining specific job dictionaries for use in the judicial and broadcast captioning fields. Students will also make back up copies of the job dictionaries they have created. Upon completion, students should be able to properly maintain any job dictionary created in the realtime software and prioritize dictionaries according to specific usage (judicial reporting, broadcast captioning, CART).Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT228REALTIME TRANSCRIPTION3 Credit HoursRealtime transcription training using realtime computer equipment to practice and perfect specialized transcription skills in legal, medical, media, and education. The transcription training will be specific to the students' choice of career option. Upon completion, students should be able to proficiently transcribe and format documents.Prerequisites: (BIO125) or CCR129, IRT129
IRT229REALTIME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS1 Credit HoursInstruction in operating realtime court reporting software for the production of the legal transcript. Students are taught the process of recording verbatim testimony via a computerized steno machine; reading, translating, and editing the verbatim testimony to produce the legal transcript; file maintenance; dictionary building; EZ keys; globalizing entries. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in operating and utilizing the different aspects of the realtime court reporting software.Prerequisites: or CCR121, IRT121
IRT230BASIC BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students the basics of broadcast captioning. The students will be evaluating their writing skills for captioning, learning captioning style guidelines, creating and managing captioning dictionaries, and the basic formats for writing news, sports, weather, and other broadcasts. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT231JUDICIAL PROCEDURES3 Credit HoursIntroduction to the responsibilities of the judicial reporter in the court system and the freelance environment; legal procedures; reporting techniques; and realtime reporting. Instruction in transcript production; court and transcript forms; researching for transcript production; marking and maintaining exhibits; realtime reporting in a deposition and court environment; the profession and related job opportunities; ethics, including the distribution of the NCRA Code of Professional Ethics; and professional associations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in all areas of the responsibilities of the judicial reporter.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122 or CCR229, IRT229
IRT232INFORMATION REPRTING INTRNSHP2 Credit HoursThe following internship criteria must be met for each IRT option: Judicial: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of participation (40 hrs. of actual writing time) under the supervision of a practicing realtime reporter using machine shorthand technology. Graduation requirements must be passed for the judicial option: three 5-minute machine shorthand tests of literary at 180 wpm; jury charge, 200 wpm; courtroom testimony, 225 wpm; with a min. of 95% accuracy; must transcribe a simulated RPR skills test at RPR speed levels in 3.5 hrs; must write a simulated CRR skills test at a speed of 180-200 wpm literary for 5 minutes. Captioning: shall include a min. of 50 hrs. of captioning under the supervision of a practicing captioner or instructor. Graduation requirements must be passed for the captioning option:one 5-minute machine shorthand test of literary of 180 wpm must be passed with 96% accuracy before writing a 30-min. broadcast news program with a TER goal of 98% accuracy or higher based on word count.Prerequisites: or CCR130, IRT130
IRT233TRANS & EDITING FOR SCOPISTS3 Credit HoursStudents will learn transcription, editing, and research skills specific tot he scopist/reporting profession. Instruction utilizing online, computer-aided transcription technology, with emphasis on note reading, translating and editing skills, grammar and proofreading skills, and globalizing steno entries. Upon completion, student should be able to read, translate, edit, globalize steno outlines, and print for transcription production.Prerequisites: IRT122, IRT229, IRT231
IRT235ADVANCED BROADCAST CAPTIONING3 Credit HoursThis course is designed to teach students in-depth realtime/caption skills. Topics include how to research specific shows, development and management of specific captioning dictionaries, advanced instruction on captioning style guidelines, utilizing specialized captioning software for reporting in broadcast environments. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate realtime/caption production.Prerequisites: or CCR230, IRT230
IRT236ADVANCED THEORY PRINCIPLES3 Credit HoursThis course is designed for those students who already know the steno machine keyboard and who may be enrolled in Speedbuilding I. This course emphasizes advanced review and reinforcement of the theory principles learned in Realtime Theory I/II. Students will review the theory principles through the use of lecture, a text and taped dictation. The instructor will reinforce the principles through theory principle tests; reinforcement of briefs, phrases, and mandatories; and live or audio dictation. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to successfully write a realtime, conflict-free machine shorthand at an accuracy rate of 95% or higher without hesitation and through muscle memory.Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
IRT237REALTIME WRITING II1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, numeric and alphabetic writing skills on the steno machine will be reinforced. Mastery of writing numbers phonetically and writing proper names using the alphabet in fingerspelling found in the judicial reporting and broadcast captioning settings will be emphasized. Upon completion, students should be able to write numbers fluently using phonetic spelling and fingerspell proper names using stenotyping and the phonetic table of the translation dictionary during timed dictation.Prerequisites: or IRT122, CCR122
IRT238REALTIME WRITING IV1 Credit HoursUsing an NCRA approved realtime theory, students should be able to build realtime writing speed by writing in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-minute increments through live and/or taped dictation at various speeds. Students will increase writing endurance at the steno machine by writing dictation for a minimum of 15 minutes with a 96% accuracy rate. With instructor assistance, students will be able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in writing technique. This course is a supplemental course to Speedbuilding III. Upon completion, students should be able to write at a controlled speed for a sustained period of time at the accuracy rate of 96%.Prerequisites: or CCR236, IRT236
IRT239REALTIME WRITING III1 Credit HoursAdvanced instruction in building translation dictionary entries and maintaining specific job dictionaries for use in the judicial and broadcast captioning fields. Students will also make back up copies of the job dictionaries they have created. Upon completion, students should be able to properly maintain any job dictionary created in the realtime software and prioritize dictionaries according to specific usage (judicial reporting, broadcast captioning, CART).Prerequisites: or CCR122, IRT122
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