Correct Shift Key Enforcement - Alphasmart AS 3000 User Manual

Correct shift key enforcement

This setting is a toggle; repeat these steps to turn the option off. You
can also set this option for an entire group of AlphaSmart devices
simultaneously using AlphaSmart Manager 2. See "Using
AlphaSmart Manager 2 with KeyWords" on page 39 for instructions.
Correct shift key enforcement
To type a capital letter, you press and hold a
pressing a letter. For speedier and more accurate touch typing,
typically you press and hold the
from the letter you intend to type. KeyWords contains an option you
can set that requires students to press the correct
left) when typing a capital letter.
When you turn this option on, to type a capital letter
need to press and hold the right
fingers before pressing
New Keys session, if a student presses the left
following message appears:
To type a capital Z, press the right
shift key.
(Hold down the right [shift] key and
press Z now.)
The student must press and hold the right
continue. If they're in the middle of an accuracy and speed builder
or test and press the wrong
backspaces the cursor and won't let them proceed until they press
the correct
This option is on by default.
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with your left little fingers. During a Learn
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shift key.
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key using the opposite hand
shift
key with their right little
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shift
key, then press
shift
key, KeyWords automatically
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