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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School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
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