Digital Reporting (CER Prep)

This 80-hour course is designed to give participants a thorough understanding of digital court reporting to cover all legal proceedings, including court work and depositions. All content covered in the Intro to DR course is covered in this main DR course. (AAERT: The CER tests on all proceedings, the CDR tests on non-court work.) Course Access: 365 days

Equipment Requirements:

• Some assignments in the Digital Reporting course require the use of DR software to complete. Any type of DR software can be used to complete this course. For students who don't have DR software, we have made available a 45-day trial of DRC-B software through an industry partner. The trial software will not work with other operating systems used on computers/devices like Mac, Android, Chrome Notebooks, or iOS. Minimum computer specs: Current Generation Quad Core Intel Processor / 8GB RAM / 15” Diagonal Screen Size / Screen Resolution of 1366 x 768 or higher.  (If using a desktop with no internal sound card, it may be necessary to plug in an external microphone.)
• PC-based computer with Windows 8.1 or better. (Most software companies in this industry are PC friendly. You can use a Mac in this course, but we do not offer support for Mac-specific questions and you cannot use a Mac if you plan to use the trial DR software provided.) 

Individuals taking this course will learn about the court system, legal procedure, terminology, ethics, professionalism, confidentiality.

Students will learn how to work with DR (digital reporting) software and equipment, and they will practice annotating with DR software. There is no hands-on training with DR equipment.