Computer Skills

Course Description:
This course aims to provide the students with advanced skills to operate and make use of a personal computer in different environments such as in academia, in business, and at home. The course introduces the students to the main concepts and terminologies of information technology, and equipped them with the knowledge to administer one of widely-used operating systems. The course also aims to provide the students with the practical skills to utilize an office productivity package for different purposes. The course will prepare the students to new learning methodologies, namely distance learning and e-learning. The delivery of the course contents will be based on a hands-on approach.

Course Contents:

§  Introduction to information Technology

§  Operating Systems

§  Word Processing

§  Data Sheets

§  Databases

§  Presentations

§  Internet

§  E-Mails

§ E-Learning and Distance Learning

Text Books:

Arabic Reference:

§  “Introduction to Computers and the Internet,” Prof. Abdullah Abdulaziz Almosa, Fifth Edition.

English Reference:

"Computer and Software Packages", Mohammed Bilal Alzogbi et. al., 8th Edition.

Assessment

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