Weekly Breakdown
Weekly Breakdown
Course Description
This course provides a very broad range of topics and prepares the students for various DOMAINs
in computing that they will face in upcoming semesters. This course is very comprehensive as it
provides every student a set of productivity tools that they will be able to use for the rest of their
lives. It provides knowledge and skills for use of computing and communication technologies to
solve real life problems. This is an introductory course about Information and Communication
Technologies that includes ICT terminologies, hardware and software components, the internet
and World Wide Web, and ICT based applications.
Domain
Course Materials
Introducing Today's Technologies Computers, Devices, and the Web: Computing Components,
Processors, Memory, the Cloud, and More. Input and Output Extending Capabilities of Computers
and Mobile Devices. Digital Storage Preserving Content Locally and, on the Cloud. Operating
Systems Managing, Coordinating, and Monitoring Resources, GUI and CLI with CLI commands
and their usages. Storing and retrieving Information & Input/output media and devices.
Communicating Digital Content Wired and Wireless Networks and Devices. Connecting and
Communicating Online the Internet, Websites, and Media. Computers and Mobile Devices
Evaluating Options for Home and Work. Programs and Apps Productivity, Graphics, Security, and
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Other Tools. Digital Security, Ethics, and Privacy Threats, Issues, and Defenses. Building
Solutions Database, System, and Application Development Tools. Numbering Systems: Binary,
Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal, Base inter conversions, Binary arithmetic operations.
Week Topic
1 Introduction to the lab equipment and SOPs of the labs
2 Introduction to computer hardware and system information
3 Learning of different functions of Microsoft Word
4 Working with Insert tab (table, smart art , pictures, shapes)
Working with Insert tab (page no., header/footer, page break, symbols and equations
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comments, links, track changes.)
6 Working with Design and page layout tabs and table figure and contents.
7 Referencing, PDF conversion, views reviews
8 Report writing and CV making in Microsoft Word
9 Mid Term Exams
10 Introduction to Excel (different functions of Microsoft Excel)
11 Cell merging, sum, average, cell sizing, sorting swapping, designing, filters
12 Graph making, Chart making and formula implementation in Microsoft Excel
13 Pivot table in Microsoft Excel
14 Introduction to Power point
15 Designing presentation in Power point
16 Presentation making
17 Lab Exam
Recommended Textbooks
1. Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman series, 2016.
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