Course Description

extremely easy and hea

just sit and do your own things

Assessment

online assignment x2

video project

comment and rate the video

attendance

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Course Description

This course covers the topics on:

1. Introduction to modern information technologies

• Digital computing: hardware, software, and peopleware

• Networking and communication systems: wired, wireless, and optical

• Data storage technologies: personal, institutional, and ubiquitous

• Internet and the web: technologies, services, and applications, such as cloud computing and social networking

• How IT change our lifestyle and the society



2. Basic skills and applications of information technologies

• Efficient, effective and green operation of a computer

• Using selected application software: spreadsheet; covering skills such as using functions and formula, charting, data analysis, data retrieval, etc.

• Using mobile digital services, web-based services, and online collaborative tools, e.g., personal information management (PIM) software, online questionnaire, online spreadsheet, etc.

• Techniques in using productivity and automation tools, e.g. commands and scripts, simple programming for repeated and automatic tasks

3. Information literacy

• Information sources: identification, characteristics, and their evaluation

• Effective search strategies and skills

• Information usage: evaluation and proper citation

• Advanced search skills for different information sources



4. Information security

• Information system security issues and measures by case studies

• Using IT services in a secure manner, e.g., Using virtual private network (VPN), secure browsing, securing Wi-Fi connections, using security suite software, configuring personal firewall, junk mail filtering and sorting

• Protection of personal sensitive data, e.g., How to use encryption and password-protection while transferring data and using mobile data storage devices

• Information security policies and practices



5. Ethics in IT and relevant Hong Kong legislations

• Ethical and cultural issues in using and handling digital information

• Intellectual properties

• Freedom of expression and netiquette

• Relevant Hong Kong legislations

Assessment

25% Individual assignment - Spreadsheet

25% Individual assignment - Information security exercise

5% Group project - Presentation topic and description

30% Group project - Video recording and uploading

5% Group project - Peer assessment

5% Attendance (don't require students to attend all lectures and tutorials)

5% e-learning activities (viewing, rating and commenting other groups' videos)

Grading

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