COIT40230 - University Computing Skills

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit provides students with practical computing skills required for the production and presentation of academic work. The unit introduces students to a variety of techniques used to effectively format the layout of academic essays and reports, and to create electronic presentations using appropriate software. Students also learn the skills involved in using spreadsheets to complete a workbook, such as creating simple formulae, applying simple functions, as well as creating and formatting charts.

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 3 - 2019

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2019

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 25%
4. Practical Assessment 25%

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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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Apply academic text formatting skills to format academic essays.
  2. Apply academic text formatting skills to format academic reports.
  3. Perform basic spreadsheet operations, including the creation of charts.
  4. Create electronic presentations using appropriate software and information from different sources.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Practical Assessment •
3 - Practical Assessment •
4 - Practical Assessment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
2 - Communication •
3 - Information Literacy •
4 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
5 - Problem Solving •
6 - Critical Thinking •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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2 - Practical Assessment • • • •
1 - Practical Assessment •
3 - Practical Assessment •
4 - Practical Assessment • •