Information and Communication Technology Skills (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The course focuses on learning the basic concepts of information communication technology (ICT) and how to use computers in business perspective. The widely known MS-Office package is in use, with practical approach.

After completing the course, the students will be able to:
• Use computer and its operating system.
• Create documents, calculations, presentations and communicate by using MS-Office.
• Further develop their practical ICT skills.

Content (course unit)

• How to make business documents, where to save and how to print?
• How to make business spreadsheet calculations and charts?
• How to make business presentations?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows the basic ICT terms, is familiar with the basic MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), and can use them. The student has a basic knowledge of some supporting tools. The student is able to use a cloud environment for sharing information. The student takes responsibility of his/her own studying but may still need some support or supervision for using the tools and working in a group.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student recognises well the basic ICT terms, is familiar with the basic MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and can tailor their use based on the outcome required. The student has a basic knowledge of some supporting tools. The student uses cloud environment efficiently for sharing information. The student can do the given tasks independently and is able to support other team members.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student can broadly and independently apply the MS Office tools and cloud environment. The student has a basic knowledge of some supporting tools. The student is very self-confident in solving problems in his/her application area, can explain and teach the tools and methods to others and help his/her team mates in their ICT problems.

Location and time

Follow the TAMK intranet and course schedule from there. There will be also weekly schedule in the course Moodle (Tabula).

Exam schedules

No final exam. The assessment is based on personal projects, the result of the projects and the documentation of the results and the implementation. Also keeping in the schedules is one part of the assessment.
More detailed instructions will be given in the practical work instructions.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final grade is based on personal projects which are checked against timetable, demands, documentation and the quality of the solution. Documentation details can be found from the assignment sections. Using the Onedrive cloud is also one part of the documentation. The details and the grading of the projects will be published in the first lectures. The details of the grading can be found also from course Moodle (Tabula).

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The course will be hold in online learning. Examples, demonstrations and workshops using the Zoom environment (also Microsoft Teams). Explainer and instructive videos in Moodle(Tabula) environment.

Learning materials

Most of material is in the explainer videos mainly published in Youtube. Some of those videos are public and some are hidden. There is also some additional material in the course Moodle(Tabula). That is in the form of additional videos, internet links, example files and links to written material.

Student workload

Total 80 hours. Self-promoted working is about 50 hours. Demonstrations, workshops, coaching and contact online lessons alltogether is about 24-30 hours.

Completion alternatives

Contact the course lecture.

One possible way could be to produce a set of self made and self designed explainer videos concerning Office 365 environment. After that an business / financial / marketing application problem could be solved and documented with enough examples and details.

No private (personal) guidance is given in this kind of way.

Further information

Follow the course Moodle (Tabula).

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

No practical work is returned within the given time limits. Or the returned practical work does not meet the given minimum requirements.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

"Introductory knowledge". The student knows the basic of the MS Office tools and Onedrive cloud environment. The student can take responsibility of his own studying and needs some support from his team mates. The student follows the project schedulings with minor changes.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

"Basic knowledge": The student knows the possibilities of the MS Office tools and Onedrive cloud environment. The student can do independently the projects and can also support his group and team mates. The student can follow the course timetables and project schedulings.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

"Advanced knowledge": The student can broadly and independently apply the MS Office tools and Onedrive cloud environment. The student is very self motivated in solving problems in his application area and he can take responsibility of his group and team mates. The student follows exactly the course timetables and is faithful to agreed schedulings.