Foundation Computing 1 (10128.2)

Students will study the following topics:
- Occupational Health and Safety including equipment adjustment, work habits, and external environment;
- Using the Internet and email in an academic environment;
- Using a learning management system (i.e. Moodle);
- Word processing file management, editing, viewing and printing; and
- In a presentation package file management, designing, editing, presenting and printing.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate digital literacy and awareness of digital citizenship;
2. Apply foundational knowledge of and skills in using applications to produce correctly formatted documents; and
3. Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of and skills in using a presentation application to produce a basic presentation.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

Enrolment in 100CC University of Canberra International Foundation Studies.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.