Course: Basics of information technology

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Course title Basics of information technology
Course code KID/YAZIT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machalík Stanislav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Hardware of PCs, computer architecture, description of individual computer parts, peripherals of a computer. Mobile and pocket computers. Software. Operating systems, user extensions of an operating system. Application software, overview, brief characteristics and possibilities of use of individual software products. Office software, Computer operation in the MS Windows operating system. Internet, Internet architecture, Internet connection. Internet services. E-mail. WWW, searching the Internet. Video conferences. Internet telephony. Publishing in the Internet. Creating documents in a text editor, formatting the text, inserting tables and pictures, writing mathematical expressions using an equation editor, drawing basic geometrical shapes and organisation diagrams. Basic computer typography. DTP. Processing of graphical information. Bitmap and vector graphics. Graphics editors. Animations. Processing of audio and video. Digitalizing of graphical patterns, OCR, digital photography. Presentation programs. Basics of working with a spreadsheet processor. Entering data, formatting, formulas, functions, links. Graphs of data and functions, creating and modifying graphs. Development tools. Programming languages.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Demonstration, Řízená praxe
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Practical training - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Achieving an overview of technical and hardware and software of PCs and mobile devices and of possibilities of their use. Mastering the operation of the computer in the MS Windows operating system. Learning to use basic Internet services. Mastering the processing of a document using a text editor and a graphics editor, mastering the basic work with a spreadsheet processor. Trends in an actual software development.
After finishing the course students have an overview of technical and hardware and software of PCs and of possibilities of its use. Students are able to use the MS Windows operating system, work commonly with a text and a graphics editor and with a spreadsheet processor.
Prerequisites
Assumed basic knowledge of PC operating system MS Windows.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation

Given assignment confirms that a student has attended lessons to the extent required and fulfilled qualified requirements. Conditions for credit are: active work at exercises at consultations and sucesfull submission of a term paper.
Recommended literature
  • Horák, Jaroslav. Hardware : učebnice pro pokročilé. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1741-5.
  • Klatovský, K. Excel 2021/365 nejen pro školy. 2023. ISBN 978-80-7402-451-1.
  • Klatovský, K. PowerPoint 2019 nejen pro školy.
  • Klatovský, K. Word 2019 nejen pro školy.
  • Klatovský, K. 333 tipů a triků pro Windows 10.
  • Kristián, P. Zoner Photo Studio - úpravy snímků a postupy pro začínající i zkušené uživatele.
  • Machalík, S. a Brebera, D. Materiály z konzultací. Ústní n.Labem: Dryada, 2006.
  • Pecinovský, Josef. Windows 10 . Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5700-1.
  • Roubal, P. Počítačová grafika pro úplné začátečníky. Praha: Computer Press, 2002. ISBN 80-7226-896.


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