Name of the subject: Computing Basic

Presentation
1. Subject presentation

As part of the Computing Basics area, we kindly welcome you.!!!

The subject of Basic Computing is very important because it provides students with
the necessary knowledge about basic topics for a correct computer and software
usage, allowing them to do an efficient work both as a student and as a future
professional.

The computer is a versatile and powerful tool for you and your organization. It allows
you to work efficiently and communicate with people from all over the world.

2. Pre Requisites (Characterization)

Dear student, we are glad to introduce you to Basic Computing, for you to know the
pre-requisites you have to meet in order to undertake this class, as well as to let you
know the achievements you will make at the end of this term.

Basic Technical Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of: web surfing and email.
Take the learning style test, available at www.espe.edu.ec.

Resources
Computer Access or having your own computer.
Internet access, at least two hours a day.
5 hours of free time per week in order to complete the allocated activities.
At least 30 minutes/day access to forums, chat, and collaborative work with your
teacher and classmates as for interacting purposes.

Basic Computing has been conceived for the student to gather the necessary
knowledge about computer concepts considered as basic, before his general studies,
whichever career he chooses.

In the same way, it is intended for the student to acquire the necessary skills as user
of a Personal Computer, PC, so he can use it as a learning tool of the definitions
exposed in this subject and of those he will find if he chooses to study Computer
Science.

Computers are present in every part of society, work, or our lives. This is the reason
why it is very interesting to receive the knowledge in this academic term, where
many of this concepts and systems that surround us are explained in a gradual and
simple way.

This subject involves learning the use of many computer tools, which have been
selected according to their use and influence in the labor market. Therefore, these
tools are called Offimatic (Office-Automatic) tools, mainly because they are used day
after day both at work and at school, for the proper presentation of daily tasks.
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3. Study Methodology

At the beginning of each partial term the student will be handled material such as
the study guide; besides, he will have available supplemental files and related
websites, among others.

The subject of Basic Computing tries to provide the basic skills that every student
needs from the beginning of his career until he becomes a professional. Hence, the
importance this subject has, as much as any other specialization one. It is
recommend that if the students do not have the knowledge that is described in the
current Analytical Plan, they should try to close this gap by previous reading or by
looking for some help from the teacher.

Interaction

Communication tools such as forums, email, wiki, and video tutorials can be used. A
forum will be open for questioning during the entire semester, in order to answer
questions related to the study topics. Student participation in this forum is not
mandatory neither graded.

Learning Activities

For each partial term, different activities have been designed to put acquired
knowledge into action.

Follow up

Follow up from the teachers will be permanent, in order to provide support in the
development of the course, through individual and group follow up capabilities of the
virtual classroom, related to support material, forum participation, individual and
group tutoring, etc.

In the same way, the teacher-tutor will contact the Support Center in the scheduled
time and date in order to establish videoconferences and, in your case, live support
from the subject teacher.

It is very important for students to keep in contact with the teacher-tutor, because
he is, among other things, in charge of communicating orders and news from the
subjects coordinator. He is also in charge of reporting his relationship with all
students in written form.

Estimated Study Time

The time the student must allocate for this subject is of one hour per day.

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Collaborative work is a widely used educational method by teachers in many areas.

There are two ways of doing it: in a collaborative way (collaborating) and in a
cooperative way (cooperating). According to Manuel Antonio Unigarro, students work
in a Collaborative way when each student in a group is in charge of a specific task
and finally all the work is joined in a single Final Project. On the other hand,
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Cooperative work is performed when all group members work at the same time in all
the assigned tasks.
http://www.eduteka.org/ProyectosColaborativos.php

Grading System

The first partial term will be graded in the following way:

Activity for the First Partial Grade
Term
Collaborative Work /20 2 points
Learning activity /20 2 points
On site Exam /20 6 points
Total 10 points

The second partial term will be graded in the following way:

Activity for the Second Partial Grade

Term
Collaborative Work /20 2 points
Learning activity /20 2 points
On site Exam /20 6 points
Total 10 points

4. General Objective

Be able to manage and produce appropriate and accurate work with the correct
usage of basic computing software in order to better students personal life as well
for his professional daily activities.

5. Specific Objectives

First Partial Term

Learn basic and general concepts about Computing.
Learn the parts of a computer.
Be familiar with the usage of computers as working tools.
Identify and know the structure of the components of a PC.
Manage the elements of a computer by means of its operating system.
Advise students about the characteristics of both Free and Proprietary Operating
Systems.
Know and manage the principles of internet and communications.
Be capable of using modern information and communication systems as another
resource, satisfying all kind of doubt.
Manage daily information: email messages, tasks, notes, contact, information,
etc.
Be capable of interpreting and making comments about book readings.
Share documents in Google drive, onedrive, dropbox
Provide the student with the ability of designing, copying and editing text and
documents using different styles, formats and elements.
Provide the students with the required criteria for creating different applications
with diverse formats and presets.
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Facilitate mailing with automatic orthographic and grammatical corrections

Provide the necessary knowledge to apply the new interfaces incorporated in
Word 2007 /Word 2010 /word 2013.

Second Partial Term

Know the basic elements to handle a worksheet in Excel.

Identify the components of Excels main window.
Perform calculations through the use of formulas and functions.
Know about the usage of dependent graphics of Excel worksheets.
Working with filters and dynamic charts.
Identify the main use and properties of Power Point, for the best performance of
this tool.
Identify the main use and properties of Power Point, in order to create quality
presentations with ease in manipulating information.
Use the resources and utilities offered by this application to create any type of
report or graphical presentation, in an easy and precise way, needed by all
professionals.
Manage skydrive, dropbox, social folders, flickr, audio and video in the cloud.

6. First Partial Term Schedule

D A TE TO P ICS TO WEBS ITES MA ND A TO RY A CTIVITIES

S TU D Y
Week 1 Navigating http://gsi.isf.es/man By using email, send the teacher
software and uales/manual_buen_ a document with an attached file
information uso_correo.pdf with your personal information.
transfer. Usage of www.google.com/acc Make a poll using google docs.
email software. ounts/
Week 2 Internet services www.blogger.com Create a blog:
and applications. web 2.0 tools a) First entry, personal
Learning http://docs.google.co information
Communities. m b) Second entry: upload a video
Firewall related to web information
Antivirus. usage.
c) Third entry: create a
paragraph about you
adapting process to the
virtual platform.
d) Fourth entry: copy the
information from item 10.1.
Week 3 Computing basic http://competencias- Make a comparative chart,
concepts. espe.wikispaces.com/ establishing similarities and
Operating http://www.ila.org.p differences among the different
Systems e/aulavirtual/docs/us OS.
File management o_computadora.pdf
Create a timeline about the
advance of Operating Systems.
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Week 4 Manage Word http://www.ojolink.c Create a Project with the

Windows, views, om/buscador/buscar. following structure:
menus. Working asp?busqueda=desca Cover, Table of Contents, Text
with styles and rgar%20el%20manu Formatting, Justify, Bold Titles,
presets. Using al%20office%20word Single Line Spacing, Previous
Words Table of %202007 and Post Spacing. At the end of
Contents or the project, insert Table of
Index. Graphics and Index.

Week 5 Collaborative http://www.eduteka.

Work org/ProyectosColabor
ativos.php
Week 6 Finish Studying Unifying all covered Edit a page in the Wiki
all the topics topics competences-ESPE with the
http://competencias- performed activities, putting
espe.wikispaces.com/ your Project as a hyperlink.

Week 7
Study Guide Product of
Hand-In Learning

Exam Preparation
Week 8 Exam

Second Partial Term Schedule

D A TE TO P ICS TO WEB S ITES MA ND A TO RY A CTIVITIES
S TU D Y
Week 1 Worksheet http://www.aulaclic.e Create a database of at least 20
Elements of the s/excel2007/epp_16_ people, from which you will
worksheet. 3_1.htm write down their ID number
Data analysis and (cedula), name, pone, address,
representation. http://hojadecalculo. email, salary, department, job
Printing. umh.es/ position, years at work.

Week 2 Basic functions. http://www.mailxmai Based on the previous task,

Netted functions. l.com/curso- calculate IESS payments, loan
Conditional funciones-excel/si payments for at least 3 people.
formats. Use conditional formats with
different colors for different
departments.

Week 3 Data Validating Create a dynamic chart with the

www.blogger.com
Filters database, in which you have the
Dynamic charts total income for each person.
Graphics Filter the persons whose income
is greater tan 800 USD.
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Week 4 Presentation Create a presentation with the

http://reparaciondep
Wizard following structure:
c.cl/blog/descargar-
Design of At least 10 slides, which have
manual-power-point-
advanced animations, transitions, a flow
2007-gratis/
presentations chart and a sound.
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=LMLq2
yiGD9Y
Week 5 Collaborative http://www.eduteka.
Work org/ProyectosColabor
ativos.php
Week 6 Finish studying all Unifying all covered Edit a page in the competences-
the topics topics ESPE wiki with the performed
http://competencias- activities, putting your project
espe.wikispaces.com/ as a hyperlink.

Week 7 Study Guide Product of

Hand-In Learning

Exam Preparation

Week 8
Exam

7. Table of contents

First Partial Term

Unit 1: Get to know and apply all the resources offered by the Internet
and its applications.

1.1. Define basic concepts

Network
Network Classification according to its type (LAN, WAN, MAN, Wireless,
etc).
Protocols
Intranet and Extranet
Connection types: Dial up (Prepaid, Postpaid), ADSL, Microwave, satellite,
cable modem.
1.2. ISP's: Costs, benefits and criteria to choose the most convenient.
1.3. Use software for web browsing and information transfer.
Web Browsers: Concepts, types and characteristics.
Use of a web browser
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox.
Search Engines: Concepts, types and characteristics..
Usage of a search engine: Google, Yahoo, Altavista, etc.
Advanced searching.

1.4. Manages and configures email client software.

Types of e-mails.
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Domains.
Structure of an email address.
Free and private email services (Hotmail, yahoo, gmail, Outlook,
thunderbird)
Creating, configuration and using an email account.

1.5. Other internet services (groups, blogs, wiki, social networks, etc.)

Functions of the components of a computer and correct usage of utilities.

2.1. Define the basic concepts of:

Computing, data, process, information, computer, software and hardware.
Units of computing measurement and ASCII codes.
2.2. Components of a computer (technical characteristics)
Motherboard
Processors.
Memories
Storage Units (internal and external)
Graphics Card,
2.3. Sound Card,
2.4. Input and Output Peripherals.

Manage Operating Systems in an efficient way (proprietary and free)

3.1. Operating Systems (proprietary and free)

Definitions
Types of OS.
Characteristics and functions
Advantages and disadvantages
3.2. Manage and configure the resources of a computer.
Add/remove hardware and software.
I/O Device Configuration.
Regional configurations and language.
System Properties
User Accounts
Firewall use through the OS or additional software.
3.3. File manager.
Basic Concepts (files, folders, structure, etc.).
File and directory management (create, delete, change name, copy, move,
properties, attributes).
File and folder search.
Shorcut creation.
Recycle Bin Management

Applies and uses application software that helps to maintain the Operating
System
4.1. Definition. Antivirus types.
4.2. Conflicts among antivirus software applications.
4.3. Antivirus types.
4.4. Antivirus software:
Characteristics, configuration and use.
Antivirus software management (Proprietary and free)
Diagnostic and OS Repairing Software.
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Introducing cloud computing

5.1. Traditional computing.
5.2. How cloud computing works.
5.3. What you can achieve.
5.4. Who is offering cloud services?
5.5. The possibilities of the cloud.

Working in Google.
6.1. Google in the Cloud.
6.2. Create a new project.
6.3. Working with Microsoft Word.
6.4. Using format options
6.5. Sharing a document.

Using Google Drive

7.1. Set up Google Drive
7.2. Download Google drive
7.3. Upload files to Google Drive
7.4. Share your Google Drive files.

Unit 2:Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Internet Applications

Microsoft Excel
6.1. Elements of a Worksheet.
6.2. Formulas and basic functions.
6.3. Data analysis and representation
6.4. Printing

Google Calendar
7.1. Set up Google calendar
7.2. Add events
7.3. Set a reminder
7.4. Change your notifications
7.5. Share your calendar

Cloud Printing
8.1. What is cloud printing
8.2. Set up Google Cloud Print
8.3. Using Cloud Print

Microsoft SkyDrive
9.1. What does Microsoft offer?
9.2. Opening an account
9.3. Upload files to SkyDrive
9.4. Share a document
9.5. Microsoft Word on SkyDrive
9.6. Microsoft Excel on SkyDrive
9.7. Microsoft PowerPoint on SkyDrive.
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Using Dropbox
10.1. Why use Dropbox
10.2.Signing up to Dropbox
10.3. Installing Dropbox
10.4. Using Dropbox online
10.5. Share your Dropbox files.

Making notes
11.1. Using the cloud for notes
11.2. Creating notebooks
11.3. Create a new note
11.4. Using Evernote Web Clipper

Using Social
12.1 Back up your social media
12.2. Create a SocialFolders account
12.3 Connect to your services.

Pictures in the Cloud

13.1. Set up and use Flickr
13.2. Uploading photos
13.3. Create a Flickr set

Audio & Video

14.1. Audio and video in the cloud
14.2. Using Spotify
14.3. Create playlist with Spotify
14.4. Share spotify.

8. Bibliography

Title: Cloud Computing

Author: David Crookes
Edition: United Kingdom, 2012

Support material Platform.

Optional consultation material

Besides basic and recommended bibliography, support media such as video

conferencing, chat, Messenger, wiki and other computer resources might be
offered during the course, which can result useful as a complement.

Digital books can represent a new help source as well as new challenges that can
have great impact over the capacity that each person has of understanding what
he reads. Internet offers new text formats, new reading purposes and new ways
of interacting with information, which can confuse and even overwhelm those
used to extracting knowledge only from conventional reading.

Internet Search Engines: Google.com, Altavista.com, Infosec.com, C4.com,

Hotbot.com, Monografas.com, Yahoo.com, Yupi.com, Lycos.com, Ole.com,
Excite.com, Thunderstone.com, AulaClic.
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Links (help URLs)

http://www.ila.org.pe/aulavirtual/docs/uso_computadora.pdf
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRv
bWFpbnxtYXRlcmlhbGJpYmxpb3JlZGVzfGd4OjVkNzgwMmQ0YzFlY2MwN
GU&pli=1
http://clic.xtec.cat/db/jclicApplet.jsp?project=http://clic.xtec.cat/projects/ordine
sp/jclic/ordinesp.jclic.zip&lang=es&title=Las+partes+del+computador
http://www.portalplanetasedna.com.ar/internet1.htm
http://infobasica.ucuenca.edu.ec/archivos/file/INFORMATICA_BASICA/MANUALE
S/WORD/TUTORIAL_WORD_%202007.pdf
http://fcp.unach.mx/manuales/download/Biblia%20de%20Word%202007.pdf
http://www.ciberaula.com/curso/officebasico/temario
http://office.microsoft.com

9. Glossary

Trmino Definicin
Access Each one of the times somebody enters
into a webpage, Access is a good
measure of webpage popularity.
Bandwidth It is like the pipe width through which
information passes. The higher the
bandwidth, the faster the transmission is.
Avatar Virtual personalities that can be adopted
by users in different chat programs, and
that allows them to change gender, race
or age, adopt the form of a comic, etc.
Avatars can communicate by written or
voice, as well as through some gestures.
Download Move content from a location on the
internet to the end users computer.
Baud (from the name of J.M.E. Baudot) data
transmission measure that can be
considered, for practical purposes, as a
bit per second.
Bit ( binary digit) it is the mnimum piece of
information, equivalent to a yes or no (1
or 0)
browser Program that displays web page content
Search engine Used to locate content on the web, like
Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com/), or
Altavista
(http://www.altavista.digital.com)
Upload Move information from the user into the
internet.
Chat Programs that allow real time
communication among internet users.
Cyberspace It is the virtual encounter place for people
who use electronic networks
Cybernaut internaut
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Click Push the mouse button over a screen

element
Client Computer that receives data from a
server
Virtual community Collection of people who share the
cyberspace.
Connected Being connected is to have internet
Access (not meaning you are always
connected)
Password Word used to Access some internet
content, prevent unauthorized Access and
identify users.
Email Mail that is originated from a computer
and travels through the cyberspace to
reach others.
Pointer Small arrow or other type of indicator
that moves over the computer screen
commanded by the mouse.
Domain Internet server place where a webpage
behind a hyperlink is located.
Encrypt Procedure for hiding content behind a
password or key
Link Connection between webpages
Hacker Computer pirate, person who
penetrates networks, gaining Access to
restricted content.

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