Computer Skills Course
Vision:
To provide the students with required C skills and knowledge to success in their academic life and future career.
Mission:
To enable proficient use of information technologies that empowers the students through delivery of high quality education program.
Objectives:
- To promote and encourage computer literacy for all
- To raise the level of CS knowledge and competency of all computer users
- To ensure an understanding of best practices and the advantages of efficient computer use
- To increase the productivity of all computer users in their work
- To enable better returns on investments in ICT
- To provide a uniform, global certification for all participants, irrespective of nationality, residence, education, age or sex
Brief description:
This course provides the students with the required skill in order to get ICDL. It uses ICDL real and trailer exams to evaluate the student. The student should pass at least 4 ICDL module exams to pass the course.
Content:
|
Module |
Number of Hours |
|
Basic Concepts of Information Technology |
10 |
|
Using a Computer and Managing Files |
16 |
|
Word processing |
16 |
|
Spreadsheets |
18 |
|
Databases |
16 |
|
Presentations |
10 |
|
Information and Communication |
10 |
|
|
Total 96 Hours |
Assignments:
There are demo exams, one demo for each ICDL module. In every demo, the student should get a high grade to prepare him to the real exam. Quizzes are used to prepare the student for the exam too. The students will be able to take the demo exam and the quizzes as many as he like to improve his grade and prepare better for ICDL exams.
Demo exams and quizzes are to help the students before taking ICDL exams, however it will not be considered in the course final grade.
Exams:
The student should schedule the exams before or immediately after he finishes each module. Students who failed to schedule an exam will get zero in that exam. In case of getting a fail grade in the exam, the student should immediately reschedule the exam no later than the following week and so on.