Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( INTRODUCTION: The Department of Self Development Skills is pleased to issue this brief guide to the students of IT140 Course. This guide provides information on exams, assessments and self-learning projects. We advise our students to refer to this guide in case they have any queries about the curriculum. IT140 COURSE DURATION & ATTENDANCE RULES: The table below shows the numbers of study hours and the number of credit hours of the curriculum. Course Name Credit Hours Total hours in classroom Number of study hours in the week Number of training hours/week IT 140 3 Hours 90 Hours training 15 Weeks 6 Hours in 3 sessions Male And Female (Students) 2 Hours/session The attendance is regularly taken for the sessions of (IT 140) curriculum. Attendance is mandatory for all students. The students are expected to adhere to the regulations of attendance and attend their sessions on time so as to avoid exceeding the number of absent hours which may otherwise result in them being barred from appearing for the final exam. The percentage of absent hours that results in the student being barred from appearing in final exam = 25% from the curriculum hours (that is, 25% of 90 Hours) which is 23 hours. Therefore, any student who is absent for 23 hours or more shall not be allowed to sit in the final exam. 1 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( IT140 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES The main source of learning is the book of computer skills that contains the main ideas and gives an introduction clearly and easy to understand information technology, and also contains practical subjects such as a word processor, spreadsheets and presentations. Practical skills are described step-by-step through the pictures accompanying instructions. 2 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( E-LEARNING SYSTEM ERA: In order to provide students with the content of the e-learning interactive, design decision was computer skills in electronic form through an integrated system of e-learning ERA)), which contains all of the modules of decision explaining sound and image. Which allows you to study scheduled at any time and place, and the system also provides the student a very important feature, a test pilot who trained at the way in which the real test. The administration planned to provide students with a user name and a special pin number to enter the system and use it since the beginning of the semester. You can access this system through the site PY-mail: http://era.py.ksu.edu.sa/pyboys/index.aspx 3 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( 4 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( COURSE ASSESSMENT The Exam online: Mid-semester Exam will include the first unit and second grades and weight of only 30 degrees, and in the final Exam includes the other four units are set forth in the table and the weight of grades 50 degrees as described in the previous table. Assessment Modules Marks All about Computers Exam 1 30 Operating System (Windows 7) Word Processing (MS Word 2010) Spreadsheet (Excel 2010) Exam 2 Presentation Graphics (PowerPoint 2010) 50 Internet Spreadsheet Presentation Graphics Homework Take a Challenge (ERA) 10 Project (Output) Self Learning Project 10 Project Report (In MS Word) Total Minimum Score Required to Pass the Course: 100 60% Overall Below is the description of Assessment Elements: 5 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( TAKE A CHALLENGE (HOMEWORK): The student must login to e-learning system (ERA) username and password to enable it to perform Rating continuing, and this assessment setting based on course content accessible manner in order to enable the student to art, and for grades Rating continuing the system allows the student to re-solve the questions more than once, provided complete solution without any hint. Important Note: Students must complete all reviews (Take a Challenges) without hints from the system. The following table shows the distribution of the total number of evaluations. Subject All About Computer )Windows 7(Operating System MS Word 2010 MS PowerPoint 2010 MS Excel 2010 Internet Sum Number of questions NA 9 27 14 20 NA 70 6 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( SELF LEARNING PROJECT: IT skills curriculum encourages students to develop themselves through self-learning activities. It also urges students to acquire knowledge and skills in an enjoyable way and also to make use of non-traditional learning techniques. To this effect, the students must complete a Self-Learning Project as part of their course. The project evaluation represents 10 marks out of the total. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: Each student chooses a specific topic from the proposed ones within the self-learning plan. The trainer devotes 9 hours for the Self Learning Project in the class and the students must submit their project to the trainer after that period. PROJECT CONTENTS: 1. A (Microsoft word) Report documenting the project procedures Table No. (1) – Distribution of grades on the report using (MS Word 2010) Description Mark – Cover Page (1 Page) 2 – Table of Content (1 Page) 2 – Abstract/Introduction (1 Page) 2 – Procedure (At least 3 Pages) 2 – Result & Reference (1 Page) 2 7 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( 2. The Output (Programming, webpage, or video) depending on the topic they were trained on self-learning, and the grade distribution is as follows: The First project form (Web designing) Publisher / HTML Description Mark - Minimum 5 Web Pages. 1 - Minimum 5 Hyperlinks. 1 - Website Title. 1 - Webpage Background (Color/Image). 1 - Minimum 3 Images. 1 - Forward and Backward Buttons on each page. 1 - Home Link on each page. 1 - Minimum 1 Marquee effect. 1 - Minimum 1 table. 2 8 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( The Second project form (DBMS) using MS Access 2010. Description Mark - Minimum 1 Table 1 - Minimum 1 Query 1 - Minimum 1 Report 1 - Minimum 1 Form 1 - Query output 1 - Table Name 1 - Report Name 1 - Form Name 1 - Mark - Query name 1 - Mark - Primary key 1 The Third project form (HARDWARE). Description Mark - CD ROM Fixing Demonstration 2 - Hard disk Fixing Demonstration 2 - RAM Fixing Demonstration 2 - Processor Fan Fixing Demonstration 2 - Processor Fixing Demonstration 2 9 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( The Fourth project form – Image Editing ((Using GIMP )). - Raw Image 1 - Processed Image in JPEG/PNG Format 1 - At least one blending option feature 1 - Image Border 1 - Minimum Two Layers 1 - At least one Text Layer 1 - Black & white conversion of output image in PNG/JPEG format - Resizing and cropping of Image in PNG/ JPEG format - Image in .XCF format 1 1 2 Important Note:  Please note that if any student able to use Photoshop for his self-learning, the student should be use his laptop to be evaluated by his trainer .  Please note that the total scores in the distribution of the former is 20 and will be divided by 2, including self-learning project that has only 10 degrees of total degrees decision. 11 Student Guide for IT Skills Curriculum )IT140( GRADES: Based on the final score achieved by the student, the grades are assigned based on the following scheme: Total marks out of 100 Grade Less than 60 F 60 to 64 D 65 to 69 D+ 70 to 74 C 75 to 79 C+ 80 to 84 B 85 to 89 B+ 90 to 94 A 95 to 100 A+ We wish all the students a very successful semester. For any further queries, please contact the department. 11