Digital competence (5 cr)

Objective

You can use different sources of information and evaluate how useful they are.
You know how to act in social media and how to communicate through emails and other written communication tools.
You know the information technology tools offered by Xamk and are able to use them (eg. Microsoft Office, Zoom).
You can produce and handle simple digital content and understand the meaning of user rights and licenses.
You can protect your personal information and hardware.
You have some knowledge of information security, copyright and you can manage on the web.

Content

Which are the possibilities and challenges of information technology. How to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other software in your studies?
What does security mean on the web and in studies and at work?
What can you borrow and how much? How to use sources and to remember copyright?
How do you use the web and email in working life?
Where can you find reliable information in your own field?

Evaluation

Students can
b) evaluate information sources critically.
e) choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f) promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.

Course material

In Learn

Study forms and methods

Xamk's digital environment is already covered at the beginning of your studies during your orientation. These (peppi, lux, learn, office365, outlook, onedrive, teams, printing...) will also be covered in the course and in some detail.

The content of the course will be studied through classroom exercises and/or independent work. Competences will be demonstrated through tests and exercises.

The main part of the course work consists of studying office manuals (word, excel, powerpoint). Image processing and PDF files are partly included in these, but they are also presented as separate exercises in xamk software.

Teams- group work and meeting software will be used for self-study exercises and, if necessary, a separate demonstration.

Exercises on data security, copyright and data reliability will be carried out.

EVALUATION

1. Word exam 35p
2. Excel test 45p
3. Other -assignments p - not compulsory but part of the assessment (see below)
* Teams self-study material 5p
* Powerpoint 10p
* Data security, copyright, data reliability 5p
Overall assessment
* Max 100p, Shelf (<50p), 1 (50p), 2 (60p), 3 (70p), 4 (80p), 5 (90p)
* in addition the word and excel exams must both be passed

RDI and work-related cooperation

no

Timing of exams and assignments

-

International cooperation

-

Student workload

Contact teaching 22h, independent work 113h

Course part description

-

Further information

-

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Overall assessment
* max 100p, Fail (<50p), 1 (50p), 2 (60p), 3 (70p), 4 (80p), 5 (90p)
* in addition, Word and Excel exams must both be passed