22910166 - Computer skills

The course aims to provide knowledge and skills that allow the students to use the computer as a tool for the automation of the most common and elementary activities related to information processing.

- Knowledge and understanding: Computer knowledge, understanting of the potentiality of the computer, knowledge of the information coding
- Applying knowledge and understanding: Ability to use the computer and the tool for computing fo information processing and communication
- Making judgements: The ability to understand the potential that any computing device (smartphone, laptop, PC, ecc) isable to do independeently fro the future evolution of the market
- Learning skills: be able to adapt to the changes in the future of the market and of the technology.
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Programme

- ICT basic concepts: Algorithms and computation theory, Information encoding, Hardware, Software, Networks, communication and information technologies.
- Computer use: Operating systems, File system, Tools and Printing.
- Spreadsheet: Using excel, Cells, Managing spreadsheets, Arithmetic formula and functions, Text and number formatting, Graphs.
- Text processing: Using word, Creating and formatting documents, Objects, Mail merge, Printing.
- Presentations: Using powerpoint, Creating a presentation, Text, Shapes, Objects, Animations and transitions.
- Online collaboration: remote storage and on-line forms.
- Elementary python programming

Core Documentation

Informatica di Base. Mauro Mezzini, Apogeo Education, Maggioli Editore, seconda edizione 2020


See also the website http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/mezzini/teaching.html

Reference Bibliography

Any textbook containing basic argument of Computer Science

Type of delivery of the course

There are traditional lectures and session of exercises in the "Piazza Telematica" laboratory

Type of evaluation

The exam consist in a written test with 30 multiple answer questions whose duration is 40 minutes