CP1030 - Introduction to Information Technology

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Discovering computing via the Web, email and the Internet; searching for information on the Internet; hardware and software components; setting up a personal computer; problem solving with computers; word processing; document layout and production; presentation managers; spreadsheets; databases; data communication and computer networks; multimedia; new technologies; ethics, privacy and the information industry.

Learning Outcomes

• create spreadsheets;
• grasp the major aspects of the organisation, retrieval and transmission of information;
• learn to use email, Web and the Internet and learn to search for material of interest on the Internet;
• prepare documents using a word-processing package;
• reflect on problem-solving steps in computing systems;
• take advantage of the possibilities offered by rapid progress in computer technology in our increasingly computerised society;
• understand the design and functioning of hardware and software computer systems;
• understand the ethical, privacy and security issues in the information industry;
• understand the fundamental concepts in data communications and computer networks;
• understand the major aspects of multimedia;
• use a database package to enter and organise data and make queries.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coord/Lect:	jc132240.
Contact hours:	26 hours 39 hours
Assessment:	(40% - 70%); (10% - 60%); (% - 50%).
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	jc132240
Lecturers:	Ms Marianne Brown, jc144165, jc152844.
Contact hours:	26 hours 39 hours
Assessment:	(40% - 70%); (10% - 60%); (% - 50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	jc132240.
Contact hours:	26 hours 39 hours
Assessment:	(40% - 70%); (10% - 60%); (% - 50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	jc132240
Lecturer:	jc146455.
Contact hours:	26 hours 39 hours
Assessment:	(40% - 70%); (10% - 60%); (% - 50%).
, , Study Period 32
Census Date 06-May-2005
Face to face teaching 28-Mar-2005 to 15-Jul-2005
Assessment:	.
, , Study Period 33
Census Date 22-Jul-2005
Face to face teaching 25-Jul-2005 to 11-Nov-2005
Assessment:	.
, , Study Period 34
Census Date 30-Nov-2005
Face to face teaching 21-Nov-2005 to 17-Mar-2006
Assessment:	.

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