COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY A - L

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: UGO BECCIANI

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learn abilities and skills on the use of computer systems: word processing, spreadsheets and CAD.

Course Structure

Lectures and laboratory exercises. Weekly reception to be arranged by email ugo.becciani@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 programme 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

Attendance of Lessons

Mandatory

Detailed Course Content

Basic ICT elements: 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

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

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Concetti di Base dell'Informatica e Web
2	Produzione di Documentazione e Relazioni: Word	Raffaella Rossini. Microsoft Word 2013 pocket. Apogeo, 2013.
3	I fogli elettronici: principali funzioni di Excel	Saverio Rubini. Microsoft Excel 2010 pocket. Apogeo, 2010.
4	Disegno CAD: Principali funzioni di Autocad	Luigi Santapaga, Matteo Trasi. Autocad 2015 pocket. Apogeo, 2015

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Laboratory test. Oral examination if the professor want to do this.

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