Technology Proficiency for the Respiratory Therapy Program
The skills listed below are examples of skills or abilities Respiratory Therapy Program students are
expected to have on entering the program. The program does not teach these skills; students are
responsible for having or developing them outside of the program. If you do not have proficiency in any
of the tasks listed below, it is your responsibility to become proficient through taking an Introduction to
Computers course, using online tutorials such as those found at GCFGlobal or
Durham Tech Library
LibGuides, or other measures you choose. Proficiency in the skills listed below is essential to student
success in the Respiratory Therapy Program program as well as in the field of Respiratory Therapy.
At the time you apply to the Respiratory Therapy program you must be able to:
• Use your connect mail email account to receive and send communication to Durham Tech,
including attaching documents, opening attachments and saving them
• Use a web browser to navigate a variety of websites, refresh a web page, and find resources
• Use web-based document sharing platforms such as Google docs
Use Microsoft Office programs:
1. Use Microsoft Word to:
• Create, open, and save documents
• Compose documents using text functions including editing
• Use page layout, font and paragraph functions to format text (margins, orientation,
columns, headers, page numbering, font style & size, bold, italics, color, highlighting,
spacing)
• Use spelling and grammar check to find and correct errors in your writing
• Insert tables to organize content
• Use track changes to work on shared documents
2. Use Microsoft PowerPoint to:
• Create, open, edit and save presentations
Use Sakai, a learning management system, to:
• Find a course syllabus
• Open weekly lessons
• Take online tests
• Submit assignments
• Monitor performance in the grade book
• Communicate with others in the class
• Participate in discussion forums
I verify that I understand the technology proficiency expectations of the Respiratory Therapy program
and agree that I am able to do the tasks I have checked off above. I understand that these skills are
necessary to succeed in the program and that they are not taught in the program. I understand that it is
my responsibility to learn how to do any skills I have not checked off prior to starting the Respiratory
Therapy program.
Student signature __________________________________ Date _______________________
Revised 8/14/2019
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