Computer Skills
CourseOutline
Semester1,2014
1 STAFF CONTACT DETAIL
Position / Name / Email / Room / PhoneLecturer / Elham Kariri / / - / -
ThebestwaytocontactElhamisviaemailorduringhisconsultationtimes.Pleasenotethatonly
youremailaccountwillbeusedforformalnoticesandcorrespondenceregardingthecourse with your name on the subject.
I prefer to create email list
2 Objective :
The course aims to equip students with the basic skills to deal with the computer and manage in the classroom environment, office and home. Provide the student with the concepts and terms of information technology, and provide him with the necessary knowledge to manage one common operating systems for computers. The decision also seeks to give the student the various application capabilities for the use of the office productivity software packages in order to serve his education and career. Student will be able to adopt the decision to achieve these objectives.
3 Contents :
1. Introduction to information technology
2. Operating system and manage PC (Windows 7)
3. Word processing (Microsoft Word 2007)
4. Spreadsheet program (MS Excel 2007)
5. Presentation program (MS Power Point 2007)
4 ASSESSMENT
4.1 Formal Requirements
In order to pass this course, you must:
· achieve an overall mark of at least 50;
· attend 80% of all classes
· obtain at least a mark of 45% in each assessment task.
Exam Date / Time / marks / SubjectWed, 26 Feb 2014 / 12:00 - 01:00 / 20% / IT / Theoretical
Wed, 12 March 2014 / 10% / Win / Practical
Wed, 2 April 2014 / 10% / Word / Practical
Wed, 16 April 2014 / 10% / Power point / Practical
Wed, 30 April 2014 / 10% / Excel / Practical
Final Exam will decide later / 40% / All Without IT / Theoretical
5.2 Course Textbook
The text for the course is: Computer skills
You will need unrestricted access to the textbook throughout the session. You will need to bring the textbook to the seminar each week.
Week / Topics / Chapter in Book / EventsWeek1
2 Feb 2014 / Introduction to information technology / Ch 1
Week2
9 Feb 2014 / Information Technology / ch. 2 & 3
Week3
16 Feb 2014 / Information Technology / ch. 4& 5
Week4
23 Feb 2014 / Operating system and manage PC / starting win, Control unit, Files Mang.
Pages 89- 153 / IT exam
Week5
2 March 2014 / Word processing / starting word, paragraph
Pages 155- 219
Week6
9 March 2014 / Word processing / Tables, WordArt, clips / Win exam
Week7
16 March 2014 / Word processing / Page set and background
Mid session break
Week8
30 March 2014 / Presentation program (MS Power Point 2007) / starting pp, tables
Pages 430 - 470 / word exam
Week9
6 April 2014 / Presentation program (MS Power Point 2007) / slide show
Pages 471 - 484
Week10
13 April 2014 / Presentation program (MS Power Point 2007) / Project / Power Point Exam
Week11
20 April 2014 / Spreadsheet program (MS Excel 2007) / starting excel, number
format, sheet setup
Pages 269-340
Week12
27 April 2014 / Spreadsheet program (MS Excel 2007) / Revision / excel exam
Week13
4 May 2014 / Revision
Week14
11 May 2014 / Final Exam will decide later within this week