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COMPUTER SKILLS
cod. 13461

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
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Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
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16 hours
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2 credits
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Learning objectives

For a theoretical-practical to the main computer science tools thought useful in the biological-naturalistic area within the curricula of a biosciences student.<br /><br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

For a theoretical approach (and, unless time constraints make this difficult, even practical) to the main computer science tools assumed as useful in the biological-naturalistic area within the curricula of a biosciences student.<br /><br /><u>Programme</u>:<br />Hardware and software<br />Operating Systems (survey)<br />Word processing: NeoOffice Writer (ambiente Mac) <br />Word processing: MS Office Word<br />Word processing: OpenOffice Writer (multipiatform)<br />Electronic spreadsheets: MS Office Excel<br />Electronic spreadsheets: OpenOffice Calc (multipiatform)<br />Multimediality in presentations: MS Office PowerPoint<br />Multimediality in presentations: OpenOffice Impress (multipiatform)<br />Internet Browser & Mail Client<br />Security while browsing the web (antivirus, firewall, spyware, malware)<br />Web editing approach (html language with Nvu or Mozilla Composer)<br />Network searching, part 1: Browsing the web<br />Network searching, part 2: From the library to the Net<br /><br /><u>Insight special topics</u>:<br />Amazon Kindle, Sony eReader, iRex Iliad<br />Wi-fi, pros and cons<br />Web 2.0<br />Peer to peer<br /><br /><u>Reference webite:</u><br />http://informatica.alturl.com

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Bibliography

Please refer to the webite:</u><br />http://informatica.alturl.com

Teaching methods

Test based on answers in a multiple choice environ.

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