In-Class & Online Court Reporter Training in Canada / ON

International Institute for Transcribers and Court Reporters:
Based in Toronto, Ontario, the International Institute for Transcribers and Court Reporters (IITCR) is a worldwide court reporter training and legal transcriptionist online training institute. We provide a range of distance learning court reporting / transcription programs and workshops. We are the only online digital court reporter training institute in the world, and understand that different students learn at different paces. You may take your time at learning new skills or opt for accelerated learning so that you can complete your course sooner.

Online Court Reporter / Transcriptionist Certificate Programs:

Digital Court Reporter Course
This course is designed to provide students with the ability to transcribe, edit, record, playback, and proofread legal transcripts for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and word usage. Students will learn principles and procedures,decorum, and annotations, demonstrating the importance of confidentiality and ethics required in the profession.

Course Learning Outcomes - students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Maintain annotations.
- Confidently use legal terminology.
- Operate digital recording and playing equipment.
- Proofread documents for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax and word usage.
- Apply correct terminology in legal proceedings such as party identification, document identification and court official recognition.
- Proofread transcripts against recordings....

Legal Transcriptionist Course
The Legal Transcriptionist six-week course is designed to guide you though the principles, terms and techniques that are used by successful Legal Transcriptionists. You receive comprehensive lessons, fun quizzes, thorough reviews, transcription assignments, and exams that have been carefully prepared and designed for successful online learning at home.

Course Learning Outcomes - students will demonstrate the ability to:
- Proofread transcripts against recordings.
- Apply correct terminology in legal proceedings.
- Review and decipher annotations made by digital (electronic) court reporters.
- Demonstrate transcript format set-up in Microsoft Word 2007.
- Explain the role and responsibilities of a legal transcriptionist and digital court reporter.
- Respond to visual messages in a manner that ensures effective communication.
- Locate, select and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems.
- Analyze, evaluate and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

Ethics for the Court Reporter
This online course is designed to be taken over the course of one week.   The student will study the Divine Command Theory, Virtue Ethics, Deontoloy and Utilitarianism and apply these ethical theories to hypothetical career-based ethical situations.

"Prepare to Pass" - 2-day Court Reporter Workshop (4 levels)
The IITCR offers several two-day online “Prepare to Pass” workshops for Digital Court Reporters that will lay the groundwork for certification examinations using focused reviews and practice exams.

Courses include:
- Prepare to Pass 101 (passing mark 65%)
- Prepare to Pass 102, (passing mark 75%)
- Prepare to Pass 103, (passing mark 85%)
- Prepare to Pass 104,  (passing mark 95%)

"Prepare to Pass" - 2-Day Legal Transcriptionist Workshop (4 levels)
In our effort to promote the educational transformation of digital court reporters and transcriptionists around the world, we offer the only Prepare to Pass online, interactive course specifically tailored and designed to prepare Legal Transcribers for Certification examinations.

Courses include:
- Prepare to Pass 101 (passing mark 65%)
- Prepare to Pass 102, (passing mark 75%)
- Prepare to Pass 103, (passing mark 85%)
- Prepare to Pass 104,  (passing mark 95%)

Accelerated / Condensed Digital Court Reporter Program
Our Condensed Digital Court Reporter (CDCR) course has been designed specifically for persons already engaged in the court reporting/transcribing field. This course is designed to provide students with a general review and sharpening of skills with respect to playbacks, transcribing, editing, digital/electronic recording, and proofreading transcripts. 

Modules include:
- Ethics for the Court Reporter
- Legal/Medical Terminology
- Latin and French Maxims
- Homonyms
- Proofreading
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Sentence Structure
- Punctuation
- Producing Transcripts in Microsoft Word