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IT Essential Skills - Syllabus

The document outlines the IT Essential Skills course (24IT121), focusing on practical training in computer hardware, software installation, and office tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It includes various tasks for students to complete, such as assembling PCs, installing operating systems, and utilizing AI tools like ChatGPT. The course aims to equip students with essential IT skills and knowledge necessary for their academic and professional development.

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IT Essential Skills - Syllabus

The document outlines the IT Essential Skills course (24IT121), focusing on practical training in computer hardware, software installation, and office tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It includes various tasks for students to complete, such as assembling PCs, installing operating systems, and utilizing AI tools like ChatGPT. The course aims to equip students with essential IT skills and knowledge necessary for their academic and professional development.

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IT ESSENTIAL SKILLS

(Common to All Branches)


Course Code 24IT121 Course Type Practical
Teaching Periods/Week (L: T:P) 0:0:2 Credits 1
Total Teaching Periods 30 Periods IAT + ESE Marks 50 + 50
Teaching Department Information Technology
Course Objectives:
1. To introduce the parts of a computer, peripherals, I/O ports, connecting cables
2. To demonstrate configuring the system as Dual boot with both Windows and other Operating Systems Viz.
Linux, BOSS
3. To introduce Compression, Multimedia Antivirus tools and Office Tools such as Word processors,
Spread sheets and Presentation tools.
Practical Exercises: 30 Periods
PC Hardware & Software Installation 6
Task 1: Identify the peripherals of a computer, components in a CPU and its functions. Draw the block diagram
of the CPU along with the configuration of each peripheral and submit to your instructor.
Task 2: Every student should disassemble and assemble the PC back to working condition. Lab instructors
should verify the work and follow it up with a Viva. Also students need to go through the video which
shows the process of assembling a PC. A video would be given as part of the course content.
Task 3: Every student should individually install MS windows on the personal computer. Lab instructor should
verify the installation and follow it up with a Viva.
Task 4: Every student should install Linux on the computer. This computer should have windows installed. The
system should be configured as dual boot (VMWare) with both Windows and Linux. Lab instructors
should verify the installation and follow it up with a Viva
Task 5: Every student should install BOSS on the computer. The system should be configured as dual boot
(VMWare) with both Windows and BOSS. Lab instructors should verify the installation and follow it up
with a Viva
WORD 6
Word Orientation: The mentor needs to give an overview of Microsoft (MS) office or equivalent (FOSS) tool word:
Importance of MS office or equivalent (FOSS) tool Word as word Processors,
Details of the three tasks and features that would be covered in each, Using word – Accessing, overview of toolbars,
saving files, Using help and resources, rulers, format painter in word.
Task 1: Using Word to create a project certificate. Features to be covered:- Formatting Fonts in word, Drop Cap
in word, Applying Text effects, Using Character Spacing, Borders and Colors, Inserting Header and
Footer, Using Date and Time option in Word.
Task 2: Creating project abstract Features to be covered:-Formatting Styles, Inserting table, Bullets and
Numbering, Changing Text Direction, Cell alignment, Footnote, Hyperlink, Symbols, Spell Check,
Track Changes.
Task 3: Creating a Newsletter: Features to be covered:- Table of Content, Newspaper columns, Images from
files and clipart, drawing toolbar and Word Art, Formatting Images, Textboxes, Paragraphs and Mail
Merge in word.
EXCEL 6
Excel Orientation: The mentor needs to tell the importance of MS office or equivalent (FOSS) tool Excel as a
Spreadsheet tool, give the details of the four tasks and features that would be covered in each. Using Excel –
Accessing, overview of toolbars, saving excel files, Using help and resources.
Task 1: Creating a Scheduler - Features to be covered: Gridlines, Format Cells, Summation, auto fill, Formatting
Text
Task 2: Calculating GPA -. Features to be covered: - Cell Referencing, Formulae in excel – average, std.
deviation, Charts, Renaming and Inserting worksheets, Hyper linking, Count function,
Ex: Prompt: "You are a knowledgeable AI. Please answer the following question: What is the capital of
France?"

Ex: Prompt: "In a world where gravity suddenly stopped working, people started floating upwards.
Write a story about how society adapted to this new reality."
Ex: Prompt: "Translate the following English sentence to French: 'Hello, how are you doing today?'"
Task 3: Split cells, freeze panes, group and outline, Sorting, Boolean and logical operators, Conditional
formatting
POWER POINT 4
Task 1: Students will be working on basic power point utilities and tools which help them create basic power
point presentations. PPT Orientation, Slide Layouts, Inserting Text, Word Art, Formatting Text, Bullets
and Numbering, Auto Shapes, Lines and Arrows in PowerPoint.
Task 2: Interactive presentations - Hyperlinks, Inserting –Images, Clip Art, Audio, Video, Objects, Tables and
Charts.
Task 3: Master Layouts (slide, template, and notes), Types of views (basic, presentation, slide slotter, notes etc),
and Inserting – Background, textures, Design Templates, Hidden slides.
AI TOOLS –ChatGPT 4
Task 1: Prompt Engineering: Experiment with different types of prompts to see how the model responds. Try
asking questions, starting conversations, or even providing incomplete sentences to see how the model
completes them.
Task 2: Creative Writing: Use the model as a writing assistant. Provide the beginning of a story or a description
of a scene, and let the model generate the rest of the content. This can be a fun way to brainstorm
creative ideas
Task 3: Language Translation: Experiment with translation tasks by providing a sentence in one language and
asking the model to translate it into another language. Compare the output to see how accurate and
fluent the translations are.
Ex: Prompt: "Translate the following English sentence to French: 'Hello, how are you doing today?'"
HTML AND CSS 4
HTML & CSS Orientation: The mentor needs to tell the importance of HTML tags as a design tool, give the details
of the three tasks and features that would be covered in each. Using HTML – Formatting, List, Header, Table, insert
image Using help and resources.
Task 1: Create a simple webpage with a title, header, paragraph, and footer for institution.
Task 2: Create a form with fields for name, email, password, and a submit button Include radio buttons,
checkboxes, and a dropdown menu.
Task 3: Create and Apply an External CSS to an HTML Document for your profile.
Course Outcomes:
After successful completion of this course, the students should be able to
CO1: Identify the components of a PC and troubleshooting the malfunctioning of PC
CO2: Develop presentation /documents using Office tools
CO3: Build dialogs and documents using Chat GPT
REFERENCES
R1: Kate J. Chase ,PC Hardware - A Handbook, , PHI (Microsoft)
R2: David Anfins on and Ken Quamme , IT Essentials PC Hardware and Software Companion Guide, CISCO
Press, Pearson Education, 3rd edition
R3: Patrick Regan, IT Essentials PC Hardware and Software Labs and Study Guide, CISCO Press, Pearson
Education, 3rd edition
R4: Vikas Gupta,Comdex Information Technology course tool kit, WILEY Dream tech, 2003
R5:Cheryl A Schmidt, The Complete Computer upgrade and repair book, WILEY Dream tech, 2013, 3rd edition
R6: Introduction to Information Technology, ITL Education Solutions limited, Pearson Education, 2012, 2nd
edition
R7: Prashant Joshi Introduction To IT Systems, Khanna Book Publishing Co.(P) Limited,Newdelhi,2021 First
Edition

CO’s-PO’s & PSO’s MAPPING:


CO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
1 2 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1
2 2 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1
3 2 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1
AVG 2 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1
1 –„Low‟ , 2 – „Medium‟ , 3- „High‟, „-„ – No correlation

Course Code: 24IT121 Course Title: IT ESSENTIAL SKILLS


Required numbers
Sl. No. Description of Equipment
(for batch of 30 students

1. MS-WORD,MS-POWERPOINT ,MS-EXCEL. 30
AI TOOLS: Chat GPT.
2 30
Mozilla Firefox/Chrome/Microsoft Edge,
3 Notepad ++ 30

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