COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY M - Z

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: EVA SCIACCA

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide students with the basic digital skills for using computer systems, in particular word processing, spreadsheet, and CAD programs.

Course Structure

Lectures and laboratory exercises. Weekly reception to be arranged by email eva.sciacca@inaf.it

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the program planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA

To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can request a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on the educational objectives and specific needs.

It is also possible to contact the CInAP (Centre for Active and Participated Inclusion - Services for Disabilities and/or DSA) professor of our Department, prof. Anna De Angelis.

Required Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Windows operating system.

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory.

Detailed Course Content

Basic elements of Information Technology: encoding systems, representation of information. Hardware: CPU, bus, ports, memory, Internet connections. Software: Operating Systems: Windows. Application software.

Writing: Main Word Functions. Tables and drawings, print. Advanced features.

Spreadsheets: The main Excel functions. The references. Formulas, tables, data analysis, formatting and security, charts and print.

Main AutoCAD functions.

Textbook Information

Raffaella Rossini. Microsoft Word 2013 pocket. Apogeo, 2013.
Saverio Rubini. Microsoft Excel 2013 pocket. Apogeo, 2013.
Luigi Santapaga, Matteo Trasi. Autocad 2015 pocket. Apogeo, 2014.

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Basic concepts of Information Technology and the Web
2	Production of Documents and Reports: Word	Raffaella Rossini. Microsoft Word 2013 pocket. Apogeo, 2013.
3	Spreadsheets: main Excel functionalities	Saverio Rubini. Microsoft Excel 2013 pocket. Apogeo, 2013.
4	CAD drawing: Main functions of AutoCAD	Luigi Santapaga, Matteo Trasi. Autocad 2015 pocket. Apogeo, 2014.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Practical test in the laboratory or Evaluation of a project or Oral exam at the discretion of the professor.

Not approved: Knowledge and understanding of the topic: Important deficiencies. Significant inaccuracies. Analysis and synthesis skills: Irrelevant. Frequent generalizations. Inability to synthesize. Use of references: Completely inappropriate

Approved: Knowledge and understanding of the main topics. Ability to create the exam test, with sufficient/excellent knowledge of the topics

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Create a Word document with specific characteristics,
Set up a spreadsheet,
Create a simple project in AutoCAD.

Degree Course in

Food Science and Technology