COIT40206 - Computing Skills for University

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On completion of this unit, students should be able to use a word processor to format the layout of an academic essay and a report. The students should be able to use a spreadsheet to complete a workbook, create simple formula, apply simple functions as well as create and format charts. The students should be able to use the Internet, negotiate a Learning Management System and communicate using email at an academic level. Students should also be able to create a basic Power Point presentation appropriate for university units.

Details

Level Non-award
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Online
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Non-award unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Practical Assessment 20%
2. Practical Assessment 30%
3. Practical Assessment 10%
4. Practical Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 86.36% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Staff
Feedback
New version of Office 365 released, causing study materials to become outdated.
Recommendation
Revise edition of CSU Textbook to include screenshots and processes showing the most recent version of Office 365 for both PC and MAC. Revise and update video lesson of affected lessons.
Action Taken
Textbook was updated with new screenshots for new version of Office365 and released at the end of Term 1 2024.
Source: Staff
Feedback
Desire to improve feedback to students on weekly Consolidation Activities.
Recommendation
Introduce video feedback to students on weekly Consolidation Activities, as a trial, and review student feedback.
Action Taken
Piloted and trialled video feedback for weekly consolidation activities using Screencastify, with overwhelmingly positive student feedback.
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback about the Fast Track mode of study offering.
Recommendation
Continue the Fast Track mode of study maintaining fast turnaround of marking and feedback.
Action Taken
Continued the Fast Track offering.
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive comments on consolidation activities.
Recommendation
Continue to promote the value of completing consolidation activities as a learning tool and encourage students to use them as valuable formative learning.
Action Taken
Consistently promoted the use of consolidation activities to students.
Source: Staff
Feedback
Some lesson material has become irrelevant.
Recommendation
Revise study material and lesson videos to exclude some PowerPoint sections (such as timed presentations etc) in lieu of teaching recording of speeches, and more image and video inclusion details.
Action Taken
PowerPoint module revised and updated for more currency of skills.
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback about the Fast Track mode of study offering.
Recommendation
Continue the Fast Track mode of study maintaining fast turnaround of marking and feedback.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
Positive feedback about video responses to weekly activities (formative assessment)
Recommendation
Continue to provide video feedback to students for all weekly formative assessment (Consolidation Activities).
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: TaSAC
Feedback
Google changing storage policies, which impacts use of Screencastify for video feedback storage.
Recommendation
Seek alternative video feedback tool for staff to provide feedback on Consolidation Activities, and monitor student response.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Staff
Feedback
Red text is not an accessible colour for some students.
Recommendation
Research and seek alternative colour and update all activities, exercises and assessments currently using red text to more accessible colour.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Produce an appropriately formatted academic essay.
  2. Produce an appropriately formatted basic academic report.
  3. Perform basic spreadsheet operations and create charts.
  4. Create an electronic presentation using appropriate software.
  5. Perform basic operations using email and the Learning Management System provided.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • • •
3 - Information Literacy • •
4 - Information Technology Competence • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Practical Assessment • • •
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