Course Contents
- ICT in Everyday Life: Electronic World, Communication, Virtual Communities
- Processing Data: Data Vs Information, Transforming Data Into Information
- Evolution of Computer Systems : Brief history of computers and computer architecture
- Computer Systems: Exploring computers and their uses
- Hardware of a Computer System – CPU, Memory, Storage devices, Input devices, Output devices
- Software – Operating System, Application software, File structure
- Introducing Computer Networks: Networking Basics, Data Communications
- Computer and Communication Systems: Major components of Communication Systems, connecting to a network and to the Internet
- The Internet: The Internet and Internet Services – World Wide Web, e-mail, social networking, blogs, etc.
- Protecting Your Privacy, Your Computer and Your Data, Understanding the need for security measures and protective measures. Health and Environment
- Word processing application: Navigating the word Document Window, Toolbar, creating, editing, formatting a document, indents, Tabs and Tables, documents with multiple columns, formatting pages, previewing and printing documents, Automating tasks, Tracking Changes, Mail merging
- Presentation application: Creating a presentation, applying design templates, viewing and formatting, Adding and modifying slide text, animating text and objects, inserting multimedia, drawing and modifying shapes, delivering a slideshow, printing a presentation
- Spreadsheet application: Cells and addresses, formatting cells and worksheets, formulas and functions, Creating and modifying charts, page setup and printing
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