CTRP - Court Reporting

Four class periods of 50 minutes each per week; one hour per day required in practice lab outside of class; two hours per day required for homework practice. Four credit hours. Continuation of teaching student how to write the spoken word with punctuation by means of a conflictfree, realtime-ready shorthand theory approved by NCRA and provide instantaneous translation. Includes the use of online computer-aided technology and teacher interaction. Live practice dictation for speed and accuracy. Read back and analysis of shorthand notes. Weekly speed test at incremental speeds on unfamiliar material. Required transcription timed under teacher supervision. Minimum speed of 50 words per minute on unfamiliar material with 95 percent accuracy. When this course serves as the prerequisite for another course, the student must receive a grade of “C” or better in this course.

Four class periods of 50 minutes each per week; one hour per day required in practice lab outside of class; two hours per day required for homework practice. Four credit hours. Continuation of teaching student how to write the spoken word with punctuation by means of a conflict-free, realtime-ready shorthand theory approved by NCRA and provide instantaneous translation. Includes the use of online computer-aided technology and teacher interaction. Live practice dictation emphasizing building the skill and increasing speed. Read back and analysis of shorthand notes. Weekly speed test at incremental speeds on unfamiliar material. Required transcription timed under teacher supervision. Minimum speed of 90 words per minute on unfamiliar material with 95 percent accuracy. When this course serves as the prerequisite for another course, the student must receive a grade of “C” or better in this course.

This course will be an extension of the material learned in the Computer Aided Transcription course (CTRP 3373) and a direct application of the realtime techniques learned in the Realtime Writing Theory I course (CTRP 1174). The topics to be covered will be include personal dictionaries; update area; D-Defines, J-Defines, and E-Defines, job dictionaries; power defines; phonetic tables; how to instert, modify, and delete entries; filtering your dictionary; printing your dictionary, backing up and restoring your dictionaries, and dictionary maintenance. The students will build and maintain their personal dictionary by adding new entries.

The student will continue to learn to write, read, and transcribe the spoken word by means of a conflict-free, realtime-ready shorthand theory. The course is structured into 45 class periods. The typical structured classroom meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the semester. Each class requires a minimum of 3 hours of practice time per day. The course is designed for Internet training. The course suffices as a survey course to explore the two different modes of reporting: Judicial reporting and Broadcast Reporting. Students must be able to write five minutes of unfamiliar dictation in the following areas: 80 wpm on literary materials, 100 wpm on jury charge material, and 120 wpm on two-voice material. All speed takes must be transcribed with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy or higher. Students must also be able to write five minutes of literary material at 80 wpm with 96 percent accuracy or higher and write a 10 minute broadcast news program with an accuracy rate of 96 percent or better.

This course will complement the Computer Aided Transcription course (CTRP 3373) to the extent that information pertaining to the computers, hardware, software, maintenance, and upkeep will be enhanced. The material covered in this class for reporting students will relate to reporting technology, computer operating systems, realtime applications, realtime reporting in the captioning/CART environment, litigation support, videotaping, and information on related software packages used by judicial reporters. The material covered in this class for captioning students will relate to captioning technology, computer operating systems, online translations systems, care and maintenance of computer hardware data input device, basic setup and maintenance of broadcast captioner's equipment, broadcast news production preparation, prescripting, psychology of on-air captioning, verbatim vs. work substitutes, finger spelling, history of captioning, and information relating to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Emphasis on how the computer works with the shorthand writing machine to produce a transcript. Includes realtime, computer concepts, computer terminology, basic file management, saving, and printing. Students must be able to produce a minimum ten-page computer aided transcript containing all of the elements of a complete transcript, and a five-page, first pass transcript with 95 percent transla- tion rate.

This course is a continuation of Speed Building I for Reporters & Captioners. The student will continue to learn to write, read, and transcribe the spoken word by means of a conflict-free, realtime-ready shorthand theory. The course is structured into 75, two-hour class periods. Each class requires a minimum of 3 hours of practice time per day. Reporting students must be able to write five minutes of unfamiliar dictation with at least 95 percent accuracy in each of the areas listed: literary at 130 wpm, jury charge at 150 wpm, and two-voice at 170 wpm. Dictation includes two-voice and multi-voice testimony (including medical and technical material), literary, jury charge, and current events. Captioning students must be able to write five minutes of literary material at 130 wpm with 96 percent accuracy or higher. In addition, captioning students must write a 20 minute broadcast news program with an accuracy rate of 96 percent or better. Successful completion of the course requires a grade of "C" or better. The course includes online computer-aided technology for realtime translation.

This course is a continuation of Speed Building II for Reporters and Captioners. The student will continue to learn to write, read, and transcribe the spoken word by means of a conflict-free, realtime-ready shorthand theory. The course is structured into 75, two-hour class periods. Each class requires a minimum of 3 hours of practice time per day. Reporting students must be able to transcribe five minutes of unfamiliar dictation with a least 95 percent accuracy in each of the areas listed: literary at 180 wpm, jury charge at 200 wpm, and two-voice at 225 wpm. Dictation includes two-voice and multi-vocie testimony (including medical and technical material), literary, jury charge, and current events. Captioning students must be able to write five minutes of literary material at 180 wpm with 96 percent accuracy or higher. In addition, captioning students must write a 30 minute broadcast news program with an accuracy rate of 96 percent or better. Successful completion of the course requires a grade of "C" or better. The course includes online computer-aided technology for realtime translation.

Students are placed by the college in an off campus experience with a qualified courtroom, freelance, realtime reporter, or captioner within a geographical proximity of their hometown. Students who register for the course in the spring begin the internship over their Christmas break. If necessary, the internship extends into the spring semester. Students who register for the course in the summer begin the internship in the summer, extending it into the fall semester. Reporting students are required to pass a pre-internship test at 180 wpm in Q and A material; complete a minimum of 50 hours, 40 hours of which must be in-court; and complete a minimum of 40 pages computer printed transcript. Captioning students are required to pass a pre-internship test at 160 wpm in literary material; complete a minimum of 50 hours, 40 hours of which must be actual writing time; and complete an unedited captioned translation of one hour of captioning services. Reporting students must produce 40 pages of transcript from various experiences during the internship, and submit a signed internship verification form. Captioning students must produce a one hour unedited captioned translation of a captioning experience. Students will also be required to simulate the National Court Reporters Association professions tests. Students will also discuss various aspects of reporting and captioning, participate in discussions about current events, and complete a geography unit.

Introduction of court and realtime reporting procedures and practices for the court reporter including: professional responsibilities federal and state court systems; civil and criminal trials; logistics of reporting (marking exhibits, research and references, filing notes, invoicing, indexing, delivery of transcripts); reporting techniques (interruption of speaker, identification of speaker, swearing in of witness, vior dire, etc.); methods of transcript production; ethics and professional associations. Also includes a description and discussion of the role of the captioner and CART provider. Included in the course will be a simulation of trial and deposition where the student will take the part of the reporter and administer the oath, mark exhibits, and perform other responsibilities the court reporting should be aware of. Also, students will be required to apply professional ethics to various situations and identify appropriate reference sources used in transcript preparation. Students will also be introduced to the role of the captioner and how he or she functions in a captioning capacity with concentration on remote and studio broadcast captioning. In addition, the logistics of captioning will be discussed including proper setup, proper delineation of speaker/stories, how to handle non-spoken events, etc.