ACOM1066
Introduction to IT for Humanities Students
5 credits

Taught Semester 2,

Year running 2002/03

Pre-requisite qualifications The module's taught content presumes that students are able to login to the University network and use email and the Web. Special demonstration sessions will be provided in weeks 1 and 2 for students who need assistance in acquiring these very basic skills.

Pre-requisites None

Co-requisites None

This module is not available as an elective

Exclusive with Students will not be expected to take this module if they are simultaneously registered for some other ACOM module. However there is no objection to their going on to take another ACOM module subsequently, for example to extend or deepen their knowledge

Objectives
Students will not be expected to take this module if they are simultaneously registered for some other ACOM module. However there is no objection to their going on to take another ACOM module subsequently, for example to extend or deepen their knowledge of material which has been only briefly introduced in ACOM1066.

Syllabus
The module is specifically designed as an introduction to IT tools, methods, and resources for Humanities students, primarily intended to make them aware of what is available and to give them the confidence to become autonomous learners, able to develop further skills independently according to their needs and interests.

Material covered in any year will aim to reflect the relevant facilities then available in the University, but is likely to include:

- Overview of the University system (including the Nathan Bodington, where online personal Progress Files will be located)
- Advice on data storage and file management
- Web resources relevant to Humanities disciplines
- Introduction to Word, including tools for ensuring consistent layout (e.g. of CVs and essays)
- Introduction to Excel for managing data and creating graphical output
- Introduction to Powerpoint for creating presentations
- Textual and bibliographic resources, including simple use of Endnote to manage bibliographies
- Basic HTML for creating Web pages, and the concept of textual markup
- Overview of tools for simple textual analysis (word searching, concordancing etc)
- Overview of simple graphics systems for image creation, editing, and use (e.g. in Web pages)
- Introduction to the concept of programming and its relevant uses

Form of teaching
Lectures 11 x 1 hour
Practical Classes 11 hours

Form of assessment
Pass / Fail by attendance at lectures and satisfactory completion of the final coursework (equivalent to around 1500 words) which will require students to reflect on what they have learned and how they plan to use IT in their own studies, and to demonstrate some of the skills learned. (Students will not be expected to demonstrate skills in all, or even most, of the systems covered, but only a subset commensurate with the time expected for the module.)

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