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LIBR 500: FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (3) -- COurse Description

[PREVIOUSLY: LIBR500: FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY]

 

PRE or CO-REQUISITES: LIBR 501 a required co-requisite

GOALS: The goal of this course is to provide students with the foundations of information technologies and their use in knowledge-based organizations.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Use FTP to transfer files and directories
  • Use e-mail to discuss class issues
  • Create a PowerPoint presentation using PowerPoint 2000 and convert it to HTML format
  • Scan images and edit the resulting files
  • Create a World Wide Web presentation using WYSIWYG software
  • Create simple pages using hand-coded HTML
  • Understand and be able to use a selection of Web 2.0/Library 2.0 services and software

CONTENT

  • Information technology hardware
  • Information technology software
  • Organizing information: files and databases
  • Telecommunications and networks
  • The Internet and the WWW
  • Information technology and organizations
  • Information Technology ethics
  • Future of information technology systems

 

 

 

Last updated   October 20, 2009

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