This course is designed to give participants a thorough understanding of what it means to be a digital court reporter.  Individuals taking this course will learn about the court system, laws, ethics, professionalism, legal procedure, and digital reporting software and equipment. 

• This course meets the standards set forth by the AAERT 2019 Best Practices Guide.
  
• Students will also receive an overview of the leading-edge technology, software and equipment used in digital reporting.
• This course does not include hands-on training with digital reporting equipment.
• Some assignments in the course require the use of digital court reporting software to complete.  Through an industry partnership, we have made available a 45-day trial of Digital Reporter Console Basic Edition.  In order to use this software, you will need a computer that runs Windows 10. (The trial software will not work with other operating systems used on computers/devices like Mac, Android, Chrome Notebooks, or iOS.)  For optimum performance of the software, these are the recommend computer specs:  Current Generation Quad Core Intel or AMD Processor / 8GB RAM / 15” Diagonal Screen Size / Screen Resolution of 1366 x 768 or higher.