Introduction to Microcomputer Applications IST 105
Laboratory course to provide students with proficiency in Windows and the applications ofword processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database management functions. Class exerciseswill focus on business situations and instructional software packages refl ecting current businessusage. The Internet will also be covered, with topics including use of an Internet browser, e-mail,and using the Web. (Three hours lecture/no assigned lab periods – students need to allow time to complete lab assignments during open lab periods.) ** an exemption test is available for this course.
Correlated Learning Outcomes
- IT. 1. Carry out trouble-shooting strategies for resolving an identified end-user IT problem.
- IT. 5. Identify basic components of an end-user IT system.
- IT. 16. Produce simple database queries.
- IT. 17. Use data analytics to support decision making for a given scenario.
- IT. 18. Differentiate among a variety of technology-based sensory interactions.
- IT. 20. Illustrate the activities of a digital media design process.
- IT. 21. Implement communication principles into digital media design.
- IT. 33. Use a programming or a scripting language to share data across an integrated IT system.
- IT. 44. Produce technical documentation responsive to an identified computing scenario
- IT. 45. Use documentation or a knowledge base to resolve a technical challenge in an identified computing scenario.
- IT. 46. Discuss significant trends and emerging technologies and their impact on global society.
- IT. 47. Demonstrate professional behavior in response to an ethically-challenging scenario in computing.