ICT APPLICATIONS I
 
Taught in 1st year Bachelor in office management
Theory [A] 12.0
Exercises [B] 36.0
Training and projects [C] 12.0
Studytime [D] 150.0
Studypoints [E] 6
Level introductory
Credit contract? Unrestricted access
Examination contract?
Language of instruction Dutch
Lecturer Johnny DE SAEDELEER
Reference OCOMGX01A00021
 
Key words
Headwords:, Informatics applications, IWETO-code, P175

Objectives
This education part has as goal to familiarize the students with the possibilities and limitations of informatic aids for the management, save, processing and presenting of the information streams with which one gets to deal with in the work environment, with making use of the most suitable combination of available aids.

The attention goes especially to learning to use the requiring insight of the different functions so that the skills achieved can be transferred to similar situations and other application kits.

Sense for critical adjustment is stimulated and each assignment is critically viewed. Not only the obtained result is important, but also how the student obtained it.
The efficiency with what an assignment is executed, is calculated indirect, because otherwise the assignment can't be executed in the appointed length of time.

Topics
- Operating system
- Internet
- Utilities
- Word processing: basic routines, extensive layout of documents

Prerequisites
Keyboard control.
The students who don't yet control the ten finger blindtyping, are expected to train this themselves.

Final Objectives
The training part informatics applications provides the basic competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) which are needed to use the kits in a professional way.

KNOWLEDGE

- Control of data processing
- Control of informatics applications
- Knowledge of layout, style and content of a business letter and text.
- Control of the informatics applications concerned.
- Knowledge of gathering information.
- Knowledge of selecting information.
- Knowledge of the company logo and the company culture concerned.
- Knowledge of appropriate techniques and aids to request information.
- Insight in the company logo and the company culture concerned.
- Knowledge of a PC and working with a PC.
- Basic knowledge of word processing.
- Knowledge of file management.
- Knowledge of data processing and of the technical aids for an optimal information - exchange.
- Knowledge of the norms for the presentation of texts.

SKILLS

- Execute tasks.
- Ask for information and assimilate with the aid of a PC.
- Care for layout
- Insert data and/of notions in a PC.
- Apply informatic kits.
- Sense for responsibility.
- Responsibility.
- Awareness of quality.
- Work systematically and result directed.
- Commitment.

ATTITUDES

- Critical adjustment.
- Have an eye for quality and finishing.
- Precision and accuracy.
- Ability of taking decisions.
- Discipline, neatness.
- Orientated for finding solutions.
- Accuracy.
- Be able to work with deadlines.
- Awareness of quality.
- Sense for exactitude, finishing and completeness.
- Sense for structure.
- Plans of different activities.
- Preparedness to refine text creations step by step.

Materials used
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Syllabus
Handbooks: Work Indicator with Word XP and Word 2000, WWW-Soft, part 1 and 2

Study costs
- Syllabus: ± 5 Euro
- Books: 28 Euro (part1 +part2)

Study guidance
Guiding and coaching of students during the self study.

Teaching Methods
Formal lecture, seminar, teaching conversation, guided self study

Assessment
First session:
exam: written exam and exam on PC: 100%

For certain assignments a written result of the method of working is asked. The evaluation of the practical test happens on the basis of the saved files and not on the basis of the copy.

Second session: exam 100%
written exam and exam on PC

For certain assignments a written result of the method of working is asked. The evaluation of the practical test happens on the basis of the saved files and not on the basis of the copy.



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