The Fluency with IT: Skills, Concepts, & Capabilities course is targeted at students who are already familiar with computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web with a deeper understanding of the broad capabilities of technology. The computer fluency course covers topics such as information technology, human-computer interface, networking fundamentals, information location on the world wide web, and more. This course teaches computer skills and provides complete coverage of all concepts required for information technology

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Learning Objectives

The computer fluency course covers topics such as information technology, human-computer interface, networking fundamentals, information location on the world wide web, and more. 

1

  • Defining Information Technology

  • Computation's Greatest Hits
    Terms of Endearment
    Computers, Software, Algorithms
    The Words for Ideas
    Summary
    Short Answers
    Exercises
2

  • Exploring the Human-Computer Interface

  • A Few Useful Concepts
    Perfect Reproduction
    What We See and What We Think
    Summary
    Short Answers
    Exercises
3

  • The Basics of Networking

  • Comparing Communication Types
    The Medium of the Message
    The World Wide Web
    File Structure
    Summary
    Short Answers
    Exercises
4

  • A Hypertext Markup Language Primer

  • Marking Up with HTML
    Lab Practice I
    Structuring Documents
    Lab Practice II
    Get Into Style with CSS
    Marking Links and Images
    Referring to Files
    Span, Lists, Tables, and Boxes
    Cascading Style Sheets
    Styling with Class
    Hovering Above Links
    HTML Wrap–Up
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
5

  • Locating Information on the WWW

  • Web Search Fundamentals
    Advanced Searches
    Web Searching
    Authoritative Information
    Truth or Fiction?
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
6

  • An Introduction to Debugging

  • Precision: The High Standards of Computing
    Debugging: What's the Problem?
    A Dialog About Debugging
    Debugging Recap
    Fixing HTML Bugs: A Case Study
    No Printer Output: A Classic Scenario
    Ensuring the Reliability of Software
    Community Debugging
    Summary
    Short Answers
    Exercises
7

  • Representing Information Digitally

  • Digitizing Discrete Information
    Information Representation
    Binary and Hex
    Digitizing Numbers in Binary
    Digitizing Text
    UTF-8
    The Metadata and the OED
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
8

  • Representing Multimedia Digitally

  • Digitizing Color
    Computing on Representations
    Digitizing Sound
    Digital Images and Video
    Optical Character Recognition
    Multimedia Challenges
    Bits Are It
    Summary
    Short Answers
    Exercises
9

  • Principles of Computer Operations

  • There's an App for That
    Software Isn't So Hard
    Instruction Execution Engine
    The Program Counter: The PC's PC
    Instruction Execution
    Translation
    Integrated Circuits
    How Semiconductor Technology Works
    Combining the Ideas
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
10

  • Algorithmic Thinking

  • Algorithms
    Algorithms—A Basic Concept
    A Closer Look
    Doing the Right Thing
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
11

  • Social Implications of IT

  • The Power of the Crowd
    Out on Good Behavior
    Expect the Unexpected
    Creating Good Passwords
    Spam
    Scams
    Protecting Intellectual Property
    Creative Commons
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
12

  • Privacy and Digital Security

  • Privacy and Technology
    A Privacy Definition
    Enjoying the Benefits of Privacy
    Fair Information Practices
    Is There No Privacy?
    Tracking
    Cookies
    Digital Security
    Prevention
    Encryption
    Redundancy Is Very, Very, Very Good
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
13

  • The Basics of Spreadsheets

  • Arranging Information
    Computing with Spreadsheets
    Daily Spreadsheets
    Importing Data
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercise
14

  • Advanced Spreadsheets for Planning

  • Designing a Spreadsheet
    Conditional Formatting
    Conditional Formulas
    Naming: Symbolic Reference
    What If Analysis
    Analyzing Data Using Filtering
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
15

  • Introduction to Database Concepts

  • Differences Between Tables and Databases
    XML: A Language for Metadata Tags
    Tables and Entities
    The Science of Tables
    SQL: The Language of Databases
    Structure of a Database
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
16

  • A Case Study in Database Organization

  • Thinking About a Personal Database
    A Preliminary Exercise
    The iDiary Database
    Using the iDiary Daily
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
17

  • Fundamental Concepts Expressed in JavaScript

  • Overview: Programming Concepts
    Names, Values, and Variables
    Three Basic Data Types of JavaScript
    The Assignment Statement
    Lab Practice
    An Expression and Its Syntax
    A Conditional Statement
    The Espresso Program
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
18

  • A JavaScript Program

  • Preliminaries
    Background for the UI
    Creating the Graphical User Interface
    Event-Based Programming
    Critiquing the Bean Counter
    Bean Counter Recap
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
19

  • Programming Functions

  • Anatomy of a Function
    Forms and Functions
    Writing Functions, Using Functions
    Customizing Pages
    Making a Web-Based Phone App
    Social Functions
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
20

  • Iteration Principles

  • Iteration: Play It Again, Sam
    JavaScript Rules for for Loops
    Experiments with Flipping Coins
    Indexing
    Arrays
    It's Magic
    The Busy Animation
    Not So Busy Animation
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
21

  • A Case Study in Algorithmic Problem Solving

  • The Smooth Motion Application
    Planning Smooth Motion
    Build the Basic Web Page UI
    Animate the Grid
    The Best Laid Plans . . .
    Build Controls
    Sense the Keys
    Staircase Detection
    Assemble Overall Design
    Primp the Design
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
22

  • Limits to Computation

  • Can Computers Think?
    Acting Intelligently?
    Watson
    Acting Creatively?
    The Universality Principle
    More Work, Slower Speed
    Are Best Algorithms All Fast?
    Summary
    Short Answer
    Exercises
23

  • A Fluency Summary

  • Two Big Computing Ideas
    Fluency: Less Is More
    Lifelong IT Learning
    Shifting for Yourself
    Short Answer
    Exercises
24

  • Appendix A

  • HTML5 Reference
25

  • Appendix B:

  • RSA Public Key Cryptosystem
26

  • Appendix C:

  • iDiary: Tags and Templates
27

  • Appendix D

  • JavaScript Programming Rules
28

  • Appendix E:

  • The Bean Counter Program
29

  • Appendix F:

  • myApps Page
30

  • Appendix G:

  • Smooth Motion Program

Audience

Anyone looking to improve their foundational computing skills will benefit.

Language

English

Prerequisites

While there are no prerequisites for this course, please ensure you have the right level of experience to be successful in this training.

Length: 365.0 days ( hours)

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