"Ok, I told you that I was going to show you more about timed writing, and that's what I'm fixing to go with right now." "You go over to Part 1; we'll go down here to a 1-minute timed writing." "You work through this particular lesson and when you click you'll see this screen." "You don't know what to write so you need to look in your book to the lesson you're on and turn to the Timed Writing Assignment." "Word Wrap is on - read everything the instructions below BEFORE beginning anything in GDP that has timed instructions." "It always says "Take Two" writings, so when you're taking your timed writings, you'll always take it two times." "You may even want to take it more than two times.That's the way you get your rythm for speed and accuracy." "It will tell you how many typing errors you made at the end of the timed writing." "If you complete the passage before the time is up, press ENTER and begin again." "You may not let your time run out." "Beginning again will give you an accurate indicatino of your typing skills." "There is a RESTART button in case you put your fingers on all the wrong keys or make a goofy error within the first 15 SECONDS." "You will take it two times MINIMUM, and you want to make each attempt no more than 5 errors." "I do not count a writing complete if you have 6 or more errors." "And I don't like to see timed writings where one timed writing has 1 or 2 errors and the second timed writing has, as an example, 15 errors." "So I like to see your rythm where your errors are low and your speed is as high as you can do it accurately." "Because anyone can type quickly but type gobbledygoop, but we don't want to do that." "So when you have finished the first timed writing, you'll click NEXT ATTEMPT to do the second timed writing." "When you click NEXT, that moves your score into your MyGDP, which is your portfolio of information." "This is where all of your timed writings and other work are kept." "So, this timed writing that we just took has been taken 3 times." "The 1st attempt had 8 errors, the second had 2, and the 3rd had 4 errors and the speed was a little faster." "So, when you click DETAILS, this shows exactly what the errors were and that helps identify what mistakes you're making so you don't make them over and over again." "On Thursdays you'll have a timed writing due and D2L tell you which timed writing is open and due that day." "Let's say it said to take the timed writing in Lesson 6." "You may have already done it in the lesson, but it doesn't matter - you will do it again for a grade on Thursday." "You'll have to go up to the LESSONS, go to LESSON 6." "I don't recommend going to TIMES WRITINGS up here - that gets confusing." "So, clikcing on My GDP, go down to Lesson 6." "You may take it more than 2 times - you should take it more than once unless you have high WPM and no errors." "I will accept 1 attempt on timed writing for a grade day but not for timed writing in the lesson." "You must take them at least twice in the lesson." "Ok, so I'm pleased with my 3rd attempt with only 2 errors. click DETAILS to see the errors." "I will record your best effort on the timed writing assigned on the day it's due." "If there's nothing in the portfolio on due day, you do not get a grade for that timed writing for a grade." "Hope you do well!"