75969 - Basic Informatics (1) (M-Z)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will know the theoretical concepts of computer science, the principles of the illustred software applications and the technical lexicon of the discipline.

Course contents

The goal is to make the student able to use computer tools, reasoning on theoretical and methodological aspects of information science. The course focuses on new frontiers of technology: the treatment of electronic documents, Internet and the Web, HTML5.

Will be studied in detail: 

• Internet, the WWW and their services: the structure of the Internet, protocols, finding information on the WWW and legal profiles.
• The processing of electronic documents: constituent elements, markup languages, non-textual documents, fonts and web design.
• Fundamentals of multimedia processing: basic concepts (audio, images and video) streaming media, and distribution of multimedia files on the Internet; editing.
• Web 2.0 and recent transformations of the World Wide Web: social phenomenon, technological concepts, applications and new frontiers of digital textuality.
• HTML5 (Theory).
• HTML5 (Exercises).

The topics of the course will be introduced through lectures in the classroom. The study of the individual modules will then conducted individually with the help of the e-learning platform Moodle  (https://elearning-cds.unibo.it/ ).

Moodle  is a website  in which are published all teaching materials required for the course. There is, therefore, no need to get a textbook .

First you have to register on the platform using the "Registration key" given by the teacher.

Registration is mandatory only the FIRST time you enter on Moodle.

To go on with the consultation of the materials must be used, for all subsequent access to the registration procedure, the institutional credentials (firstname.lastname@studio.unibo.it and the associated password).

Readings/Bibliography

The training materials are fully available on the Moodle (https://elearning-cds.unibo.it/) platform in the form of teaching modules , include quiz  and exercises on HTML5.

Other teaching materials , introductory slides and exercises, will be made available on AMS Campus.

Teaching methods

The method used is based on the ability of learning possible through access to the platform on the Web, Moodle, specifically designed for the acquisition of computer skills.

The  lessons   in presence  (room) will introduce weekly each module, which should then be conducted through individual work on the Moodle platform. 

Please see the information on the italian version.

Assessment methods

Please see the information on the italian version.

Teaching tools

The course will be take place in a blended-learning way: lessons (and  practical workshop on HTML5) in presence and the rest managed individually under the Moodle platform (https://elearning-cds.unibo.it/).

The teacher, who will use this platform for teaching, will work closely with a tutor.  Forum and Message, on the platform, could be used for discussing collectively on difficulties.
You can also communicate directly with the teacher or tutor via e-mail.

Links to further information

http://elearning-cds.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Pascoli