Computer Skils and Tools – Laboratory

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  1.    Course Title Computer Skils and Tools – Laboratory
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ07З011
  3.    Study program KTI
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester III/5   7.    Number of ECTS credits 3.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Danijela Efnusheva
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Gaining skills to work with Linux OS, as well as working with software tools to edit documents, make calculations, presentations, draw schemes. After finishing this course the students will have the basic skills to work with computer systems and write solid documents and assignments.

11.    Course Syllabus: Basic concept of operating systems. Introduction to Linux. Directory tree. Basic commands. Absolute and relative paths. Files and directories – permissions. Showing and filtering files. Terminal text editors: vi and vim. Graphical text editors: MS Word – advanced (formatting, styles, headings, automatic content, following document changes). Latex as a system for document editing. Document structure and defining elements. Programs for working with tabular calculations. Cells and tables. Formatting. Formulas. Functions. Sorting. Filtering. Working on presentations. Concepts. Programmes for working on presentations. Slide designs. Animations and transitions. Tools for scheme drawings and technical drawings. Program block diagrams. Overview of Open Office tools: Textual editor (Writer), tabular editor (Calc), presentation editor (Impress), formula editor (Math).
12.    Learning methods:  Lectures, exercises and laboratory exercises
13.    Total number of course hours 0 + 1 + 2 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 90
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 0
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 45
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 10
16.2. Individual tasks 25
16.3. Homework and self-learning 10
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 40
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 10
17.3. Activity and participation 0
17.4. Final exam 50
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Laboratory exercises
20.  Forms of assessment Two partial exams during the semester with a duration of 120 minutes each or one final exam in a corresponding exam session with a duration of 120 minutes. The laboratory exercises are also graded. The final grade includes points from the exam and the laboratory exercises.
It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of any kind during the exam, as well as a calculator, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device
21.    Language Macedonian and English
22.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and surveys
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Nathan Clark Linux: Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, Vol. 1 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016
2 Joe Habraken Office 2016 In Depth, 1st Ed. Que Publishing 2015
3 George Grätzer Practical LaTeX Springer 2014
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Stefan Kottwitz  LaTeX Cookbook  Packt Publishing  2015
2  Prof James Steinberg  Open Office Basic: An Introduction  CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform  2012
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