Technology (ITIT)
Lecture 1, October 11-12, 2010
Introduction to Information Technology (ITIT)
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Instructor: Joseph Yu
Ph.D. in Information Systems, NUS
Research interests:
Virtual Communities
Economics of Information Systems
Office: AB 360
Email: jie.yu@nottingham.edu.cn
Office Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:00
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Lab tutor: Lee Li
Office: Room AB 359
Email: Lee.li@nottingham.edu.cn
Office Hours: Thursdays 9:50am-10:50am
Lab tutor: Sherwin Sung
Office: AB 357
Email: Sherwin.sung@nottingham.edu.cn
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am
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Lab tutor: John Twiname
Office: Room TB 314
Email: John.Twiname@nottingham.edu.cn
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00am - 11:00am
Methods of Delivery
Lectures
Based on assigned readings, which can be downloaded from the NEXUS system
Attendance not taken
Lectures may help you understand the assigned readings and identify contents that the instructor thinks are important
PPT slides for each lecture uploaded every Sunday around 17:00
The lectures will cover only 10% of what you are expected to know about the course. Students expected to read the assigned readings in order to do well easily in the final exam.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/nexus
Log in using your university email account
Choose Undergraduate, Click “Go”
Choose “Introduction to Information
Technology” and Click “Go”
Choose “Convenor Page” and Click “Go”
This is the course website
Classroom Discipline
Can
Cant
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Labs
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One lab per week starting from Week of Nov 1
Lab 1: WebCT and Microsoft Word
Lab 2: Microsoft Excel
Lab 3: More on Microsoft Excel
Lab 4: Microsoft PowerPoint
Lab 5: Lab Assessment (25%)
Lab attendance will be recorded. I will explain how it will be done online about one week before you start your lab session.
Labs (cont’d)
Microsoft Office is a productivity suite. It is supposed to increase your productivity. You should learn to use these applications effectively.
It is easy to overestimate your knowledge about these applications because they are What-YouSee-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) software
Quite a number of students failed their lab assessment last year…
Demonstration
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See supp1.doc and supp2.doc from the course website
Assessments
1 x 45 minute computer lab assessment –
(25%)
1 x one-hour multiple choice examination –
(75%)
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Lab Assessment (25%)
In the final computer lab (Lab 5), you will take a test that is worth 25% of your final mark
Test your knowledge about Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
There will be multiple choice questions, as well as hands-on skill tests on using these applications
The skill tests will be graded by Word Grader and
Excel Grader, both downloadable from http://www.officegrader.com
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You may want to try them to get some idea how you will be graded.
Final Exam (75%)
Worth 75% of the overall mark for the course
Multiple-choice questions only
Test your knowledge of the information covered in the lectures and required course readings
According to the university’s policy, past year MC exams cannot be distributed to students for their revision. 16
Invitation to Participate in Research
I would like to invite all students to participate in research studies I collaborate with several researchers within UNNC and overseas
As a token of our gratitude, we would reward each participant with 10 RMB worth of print quota.
I know it is not much, and most of you probably do not care about the print quota. However, it is a common practice in academia to provide some reward to research participants.
Information will be provided on the
Announcements page of the course website
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Participants grant permission for the researchers (i.e., me and my collaborators) to make use of data collected through the ITIT