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CSEC Electronic Document Preparation (EDPM)

A full CSEC EDPM plan: the current syllabus and papers, daily touch typing and timed speed tests, every document type from letters to mail merge and newsletters, the SBA portfolio, the practical mock and exam day.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CSEC Electronic Document Preparation (EDPM), and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CSEC Electronic Document Preparation (EDPM)

Studying CSEC Electronic Document Preparation and Management: keyboarding speed and accuracy, document formatting, mail merge, tables and the SBA portfolio.

  1. Current CSEC EDPM syllabus and paper format check
  2. Baseline typing speed and accuracy test
  3. Two-year EDPM study and practice plan
  4. Home typing station set up for posture and comfort
  5. Word processor set up to match the exam room
  6. Folder structure, file names and backups for EDPM work
  7. Proofreader's marks reference card
  8. Daily fifteen-minute touch typing drill
  9. Weekly timed speed and accuracy test
  10. Twice-weekly EDPM practical sessions
  11. Typing error patterns and problem-key log
  12. Formatting rules and layout recall cards
  13. Monthly timed Paper 01 practice
  14. Monthly timed practical paper task
  15. Keyboard shortcuts for faster document production
  16. Termly progress review with your EDPM teacher
  17. Computer systems, storage and software for document work
  18. Ergonomics, health and safety at the workstation
  19. Touch typing technique from home keys to figures and symbols
  20. Typing from manuscript and expanding abbreviations
  21. Proofreading printed work against the source copy
  22. Character, paragraph and page formatting
  23. Business letters in fully blocked format
  24. Memos and internal notices
  25. Envelopes and address labels
  26. Multi-page reports with headers, footers and page numbers
  27. Tables with ruling, merged cells and sorting
  28. Mail merge for letters, labels and envelopes
  29. Notice, agenda and minutes of a meeting
  30. Itineraries, programmes and invitations
  31. Forms with fill-in spaces, tear-off slips and form fields
  32. Flyers, brochures and newsletters with columns and graphics
  33. Styles, section breaks, templates and table of contents
  34. Importing tables, charts and images into documents
  35. Electronic filing, version control and document security
  36. Choosing the SBA scenario and planning the portfolio
  37. Producing and checking the SBA portfolio documents
  38. Final SBA portfolio check and submission
  39. Examiner reports and mark schemes for EDPM
  40. Practical exam room routine for saving, naming and printing
  41. Full EDPM mock exam under exam conditions
  42. Final eight weeks EDPM revision timetable
  43. Last full past paper and the final week
  44. CSEC EDPM exam day plan
  45. Parent support for a CSEC EDPM student
  46. Practice access for students without a computer at home
  47. Teacher or tutor tracker for an EDPM class
  48. Paper 032 alternative for private EDPM candidates
  49. Speed building past 50 words per minute without losing accuracy
  50. Results, review requests and next steps after CSEC EDPM

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current CSEC EDPM syllabus and paper format check

EDPM is examined partly on paper and partly at the keyboard, and the details of each paper, the SBA portfolio and any speed requirement can change between syllabus revisions. Reading the current syllabus and timetable yourself, rather than relying on an older student's notes, tells you exactly what will be marked and in what order the content is set out.

First tasks

  • Download the current EDPM syllabus from the CXC website and note its date
  • Check the current timetable on the CXC website and note the paper format
  • List every syllabus section with the documents it expects you to produce
  • Ask your teacher for the school's SBA submission date

Baseline typing speed and accuracy test

Most students start EDPM believing they type faster than they do, and two-finger habits hide behind a decent speed until a timed practical exposes them. A five-minute test on unseen text at the start gives you a real words-per-minute figure and an error count, so every later improvement can be measured against it.

First tasks

  • Pick a free online typing test that reports errors as well as speed
  • Take a five-minute test on unseen text with your eyes on the screen
  • Record gross speed, errors and net speed with today's date
  • Ask your teacher what speed to aim for by the end of the year

Two-year EDPM study and practice plan

Schools usually spread CSEC EDPM over Forms Four and Five, with the SBA portfolio built during the second year and the practical exam in May or June. A month-by-month plan that places each document type, the SBA stages and the revision weeks stops the familiar problem of mail merge and newsletters still being untouched at Easter.

First tasks

  • Ask your teacher for the EDPM scheme of work for both years
  • Place each syllabus section in the month it will be taught
  • Mark the SBA stages and mock exam weeks on the plan
  • Compare where the class is against the plan @recurring(monthly:24)

Make it yours.

Install CSEC Electronic Document Preparation (EDPM), then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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