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K EYW ORDS
Choosing Whether to Enforce Use of the Correct Shift Key
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Resetting Goals to the Default
Follow these steps to change back to the default goals, which change as
students progress through the lessons. (See the table that starts on
page 6-14.)
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 Reset WPM and error goals to default
and press enter.
4. A message will tell you that the goals have been reset. Press the space
bar to go back to the teacher options.
Choosing Whether to Enforce Use of the Correct
Shift Key
For faster and more accurate touch-typing, students should learn to type a
capital letter by holding down the shift key with the opposite hand from the
one that is typing the letter. For example, to type “A,” you should hold down
the shift key using the little finger of the right hand while typing a with the
little finger of the left hand.
If you choose to enforce this practice, in the teacher options, Correct Shift Key
Enforcement should be “On” (as it is when you first receive the NEO). If it is
on, when students are learning new keys in lessons that require them to type
capital letters, NEO will show a message like the one below if they use the
incorrect shift key.
Follow these steps to turn this option on or off:
1. In KeyWords, move the cursor next to Teacher options and press enter.
2. Type the master password and press enter.
To type a capital A, press the right
shift key.
(Hold down the right [shift] key and
press A now.)
You can also reset
KeyWords goals in
AlphaSmart
Manager. With the NEO(s)
connected, click the Settings
tab in AlphaSmart Manager
and click Keywords on the
left. Choose Yes after Reset
WPM/error goals to default.
Then, send the change to your
NEOs.
You can also change
this setting in
AlphaSmart
Manager. With the NEO(s)
connected, click the Settings
tab in AlphaSmart Manager,
click KeyWords on the left,
and choose Yes or No after
Turn Require correct shift
key OFF or ON. Then, send
the change to your NEOs.