Basic Information Technology

Code:

CINF019

Acronym:

INFBAS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	49	CINF - Study Plan	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course is designed to provide students with the basic skills required for successful computer use and to prepare them to readily work with office software tools: word processing, spreadsheets and presentation tools.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

After finishing succesfully this curricular unit the students should be able to:

(1) Produce documents according to their needs;

(2) Use spreadsheats for for basic data analysis;

(3) Do presentations according to their needs.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Use of electronic office tools, including word processing, spreadsheets and preparing presentations:

• Word processors and desktop publishing tools: documents types,  text processing using Microsoft Word.
• Using Microsoft Powerpoint: ways of structuring and building slides, transparencies and electronic presentations;
• Spreadsheets: Using Microsoft Excel in preparing spreadsheets, and building graphs. Introduction to statistics: descriptive statistics, probability, statistical distributions and population statistics.

Mandatory literature

Katherine Murray; Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple, Microsoft Press, 2010
Faithe Wempen; Microsoft Word 2010 in depth, QUE publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7897-4311-4
Curtis D. Frye; Microsoft Excel 2010 Plain & Simple, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-7356-2727-7
Nancy Muir; Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Plain & Simple, The publishing studio, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-735-62728-4
Rui Campos Guimarães, José A. Sarsfield Cabral; Estatística. ISBN: 972-8298-45-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes shall comprise the formal explanation of subject-matter, with the use of transparencies, computer presentations and demonstrations with a video projector, followed by the presentation of examples and subsequent discussion. Practical classes include resolving exercises and preparing practical assignments.

Software

Microsoft Office
OpenOffice

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	110,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

A student enrolled obtains frequency if not exceeds the absence limit legally established and obtains a minimum of 10 (ten) in the final, and can not be less than 30% (6 out of 20) in any of the evaluation components.

Calculation formula of final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

There are no special tests or assignments. 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For students enrolled under special regimes, the attendance of practical classes is not compulsory. Those students have the same opportunities for evaluation as any other student.

Classification improvement

Only the final exam grade may be improved.