Inventory of Computer Skills

  Question

Response

1. What is your age?
2. What is your gender?
3. In which Faculty/Department did you complete your prior degree?
4. What is the highest degree you currently hold?
5. Do you have access to a computer at home?
6. Can you access the Internet at home?
7. What is your specialization in MT program?

  Computer Applications Skill  
1. Word Processing (i.e., format, edit, save, and print documents).
2. Electronic Mail (i.e., compose, edit, send, and receive e-mail).
3. Browsing and Searching on the World Wide Web.
4. Accessing Library resources using the World Wide Web.
5. World Wide Web page creation and editing (i.e., HTML or Web editors).
6. Presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint, Persuasion) 
7. Spreadsheets (e.g., Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, ClarisWorks)
8. Database creation (e.g., Access, Quatro Pro, FileMaker)
 

F1.

 

 
1. Explain advantages and limitations of using computers to store, organize, retrieve and select information.
2. Explain how information can be transmitted through a variety of media.
3. Explain how digital technology follows a logical order of operations.
4. Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot technical problems.
     
F2.

 

 
1. Explain how technology influences our lives.
2. Evaluate driving forces behind various technological inventions.
3. Explain how technology can assist in monitoring local and global environmental conditions.
4. Analyze the impact on society of having limitless access to information.
     
F3.

 

 
1. Use appropriate communication etiquette.
2. Document sources obtained electronically, such as web site addresses.
3. Explain issues involved in balancing the right to access information with the right to personal privacy.
4. Cite sources when using copyright and/or public domain material.
     
F5.

 

 
1. Demonstrate the application of ergonomics to promote personal health and well-being.
2. Identify risks to health and safety that can result from improper use of technology.
     
F6.

 

 
1. Organize computer files and directories.
2. Use computer peripherals including printers and scanners.
3. Connect and use audio and video equipment.
4. Demonstrate how to upload and download text, image, audio and video files.
5. Demonstrate how to control devices electronically, e.g., robots.
6. Apply procedures to maintain data integrity, including virus checking.

P1.

 

 
1. Convert files by opening and saving them as different file types.
2. Use advanced word processing techniques such as style sheets, headers, footers, columns, table of contents, bibliography and index.
3. Insert a table, graph, picture, or text from another file into a word processing document.
     
P2.

 

 
1. Display data electronically through graphs and charts.
2. Design, create and modify a database for a specific purpose.
3. Design, create and modify a spreadsheet for a specific purpose, including functions such as SUM, PRODUCT, QUOTIENT, and AVERAGE.
     
P3.

 

 
1. Create visual images by using such tools as paint and draw programs.
2. Create multimedia presentations that incorporate graphics, audio, video and text.
     
P4.

 

 
1. Integrate text and graphics to form a meaningful message.
2. Integrate a spreadsheet, or graphs generated by a spreadsheet, into a text document.
3. Integrate visual and audio information to create a message targeted for a specific audience.
4. Apply principles of graphic design to enhance meaning and audience appeal.
     
P5.

 

 
1. Design and create a multiple-link document.
     
P6.

 

 
1. Communicate with a targeted audience by using such communication technologies as e-mail and web browsers.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in accessing local area network, wide area network and Internet services to exchange files.


C1.

 

 
1. Refine searches to limit retrieved items to a manageable number.
2. Plan and perform complex searches using more than one search method.
3. Evaluate and explain the advantages and disadvantages of various search strategies.
     
C2.

 

 
1. Use information technology to find information that supports or refutes diverse viewpoints.
     
C3.

 

 
1. Verify information retrieved electronically to determine its accuracy, credibility or relevance.
     
C4.

 

 
1. Organize information, using such tools as a database, spreadsheet or hypertext.
2. Use Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT) to refine an online search.
3. Choose appropriate search engines for a particular topic when searching the Web.
     
C5.

 

 
1. Retrieve data from available storage devices, such as a shared folder, to which a group has contributed.
     
C6.

 

 
1. Use graphic organizers, e.g., mind mapping/webbing, flow charting and outlining, to present connections among ideas and information.
2. Solve numerical problems using such tools as calculators and spreadsheets.
3. Solve problems requiring the sorting, organizing, classifying and extending of data, using such tools as spreadsheets, databases or hypertext technology.
4. Test solutions to problems by using such computer applications as computer-assisted design or simulation/modelling software.
     
C7.

 

 
1. Use a variety of technologies to organize and synthesize information, e.g., construct an electronic portfolio.

Adapted version created by Clark and Jacobsen (1998)