6 CUSS
2024
4. COURSE CONTENT Unit Topic Delivery and Activities Week (2024) Unit 1 Introduction to the Student portal, e-learning and collaboration software • My NUST Portal o Student Kiosk o E-learning link
• E-Learning,
what is e-learning, why e-learning
• How to login to the system
• Changing the default password
• Editing profile and updating personal data
• identifying
group name and group lecturer • Accessing the content (course outline, announcements, course content, instructional material such as course videos)
• Uploading tests and assignments
• Posting and responding to discussions
•
Mock Tests • Sending messages to system users
• Collaboration software
• Examples of collaboration software
• How to login to MS Teams
•
Different features of Teams *Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
Face to
Face/Guided learning and
Self-Study
05 Feb - 09 Feb
Unit 2 Basic Concepts of Computers • What is a computer
• Where do we find computers
• Main Types of Computers Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
• Brief
Introduction to Hardware • Storage devices
• Software/Types of Software
• Computer Performance
• Systems Tools (Disk cleanup, defragmentation) Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
Self-Study
Self-Study
12 Feb - 16 Feb
7 CUSS
2024
Unit 3 Working with Computers •
Computer Booting and Shutdown • Different Operating Systems
• Using the Keyboard and mouse
• Troubleshooting and keyboard shortcuts
• Introduction to typing and the mouse Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
• Working with Files and Folders
•
Creating, Saving, Renaming, Deleting and moving folders
• Searching for files and Folders
• compressing files and folders and decompressing Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
• Using Removable media/Network storage
•
Multitasking with • Calculator
•
WordPad
• Notepad
• Paint
• Print Management/Print Screen
• Using the help function
Unit Activity (Assignment 1)
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