Enforcing Use Of The Home Row; Requiring One Or Two Spaces Between Sentences - Alphasmart NEO2 SmartApplet User Manual

Enforcing Use of the Home Row

You can also change
this setting in
AlphaSmart
Manager. With NEO
connected, click the Settings
tab in AlphaSmart Manager,
click KeyWords on the left,
and choose Yes or No after
Turn Home Row
Confirmation ON or OFF.
Requiring One or Two S p a c e s B e t w e e n S e n t e n c e s
You can also change
this setting in
AlphaSmart
Manager. With NEO
connected, click the Settings
tab in AlphaSmart Manager,
click KeyWords on the left,
and choose 1 or 2 after Set
Spaces between sentences.
Because returning your fingers to the home row is such an important concept
in touch typing, you can choose to have KeyWords request that students press
the home row keys (a s d f j k l ;) in sequence during lessons.
When this option is turned on, students see the message below at the
beginning of each accuracy and speed builder activity and each test. They
must then type the home row keys in order from left to right before they can
exit the screen and go on to the lesson. If they type the keys incorrectly,
KeyWords backspaces to where they made the error, and it won't let them
continue until they press the correct letters in the correct order
Place your fingers on the Home Row now.
Type each Home Row key one at a time
from left to right.
This option is off by default. To turn it on or off again, follow these steps:
1. In KeyWords, move the cursor next to Teacher options and press enter.
2. Type the master password and press enter.
3. Move the cursor down next to Turn Home Row Confirmation ON (or
OFF) and press enter.
4. The next screen will show you whether home row confirmation is on or off;
then, it will ask if you want to turn it on (if it's off) or off (if it's on). If you
want to change the setting, press y for "yes."
Traditional keyboarding classes taught with typewriters specified that typists
should put two spaces after a period before starting a new sentence.
Typesetting, word processing, and web pages all use just one space between
sentences.
In the teacher options, you can specify the number of spaces that you want
your students to include between sentences. Follow these steps:
1. In KeyWords, move the cursor next to Teacher options and press enter.
2. Type the master password and press enter.
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