Course Title: Access the Internet
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2008
Course Code: COSC5243C
Course Title: Access the Internet
School: 345T Creative Media
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4171 - Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing
Course Contact : Brendan Lee
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4368
Course Contact Email:Brendan.lee@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Arthur Clover
Telephone: 9925 4269
Email: a.clover@rmit.edu.au
Don Porter
Mobile: 041 850 4004
Email: don.porter@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 10
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Co-requisite:
COSC5244C Design and Develop Text Documents
Course Description
The competency COSC5243C Access the Internet is taught alongside the competency COSC5244C Design and Develop Text Documents.
Together, these competencies form the course Computer Skills for Writers. In this course you are introduced to the Macintosh computer; the Microsoft Word word processing program, online editing techniques and the website design program Dreamweaver.
This course will increase your ability to create and format professional-looking documents. It will also give you the skills to set up your own blog and create your own website.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICPMM63BA Access the Internet |
Element: |
Identify and use local resources |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify installed internet software applications and state their purposes |
Element: |
Identify and use remote resources |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Search for files and documents using the World Wide Web search engines |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to access the internet to create websites and a blog. You will also be able to create and edit a variety of text documents designed for online and printing.
Details of Learning Activities
Students will learn through lectures, demonstrations and practical workshops. The following topics will be covered using Dreamweaver:
- Introduction to Dreamweaver
- Creating images for the web
- Anchors and their use
- Intro to Framesets
- Framesets and anchoring
- Working on Major Assessment Item.
Teaching Schedule
This course is the second part of the class ’Computer Skills for Writers and Editors’. Part 2 offers a basic introduction to web site design and construction using Dreamweaver as the main software program. The course explores the program, the design process and writing in a web context.
| Week in Semester | Topic |
| 7 | DREAMWEAVER Introduction to Dreamweaver |
| 8 | DREAMWEAVER Creating images for the web |
| 9 | DREAMWEAVER Anchor |
| 10–12 | DREAMWEAVER Framesets |
| 13–18 | DREAMWEAVER Framesets Working on Major Assessment Item |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Students will receive additional handouts in class and use the website on Blackboard.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in series of practical exercises and projects designed to show competency in creating and editing text documents, and using the Internet to create web pages.
Assessment Tasks
Below are the assessment tasks for the class ’Computer Skills for Writers and Editors’, of which ’Access to the Internet’ is a part.
All assessment items for this class are due on 20 June.
Microsoft Word Assessment Tasks
Assessment item 1
Personal curriculum vitae
Application for position letter
Percentage weight: 5%
Assessment item 2
Edit copy supplied (2000 words) as an OCR file with alterations supplied
Student’s own 2000 words of formatted text.
Percentage weight: 30%
Assessment item 3
Reproduce table supplied (type/illustration layouts)
Percentage weight: 5%
Assessment item 4
Reproduce two examples of the use of tabs and tab leaders supplied
Percentage weight: 5%
Assessment item 5
Preparation of a mail list and letter. using Word’s mail merge function.
Percentage weight: 5%
Dreamweaver Assessment Tasks
Assessment item 1
Linking in Dreamweaver
Students will create a personalised website for themselves and their written work. For their website, students will produce all copy, source all images and create a basic design layout for a web page.
Percentage weight: 5%
Assessment item 2
Anchors
Anchoring procedures in Dreamweaver.
Percentage weight: 5%
Assessment item 3
Framesets
Percentage weight: 10%
Assessment item 4
Major Assessment Item
Produce a personalised web page using a minimum of 4 pages.
Percentage weight: 30%
Assessment Matrix
Not applicable
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