Faculty of Computer Studies

TU170 Study Calendar

Course: TU170 Computing essentials Semester: Summer 2020

Credit Hours: 3 Hours

Week Topics Covered Assignment

- Ch 1: Information Technology, the Internet, and You Meeting 1 – Online Activity
1 - Ch 2: The Internet, the Web, and E-Commerce Due date: 19th June, 2020
- Ch 3: Technology and the Information Competency Meeting 2 – Online Activity
2 - Ch 4: Communicating in Every Day Life Due date: 19th June, 2020
- Ch 5: Become a Critical Thinker and Creative Problem Solver
Meeting 3 – Online Activity
3 - Ch 6: Excel at Taking Tests
Due date: 3rd July, 2020
- Plagiarism
- Ch 7: Application Software
- Ch 8: System Software
Meeting 4 – Online Activity
4 - Ch 9: System Unit
Due date: 3rd July, 2020
- Ch 10: Input and Output
- Ch 11: Secondary Storage
- Ch 12: Communications and Networks
- Ch 13: Artificial Intelligence Meeting 5 – Online Activity
5 - Ch 14: Big Data Due date: 10th July, 2020
- Ch 15: data Analytics

6 - Ch 16: Privacy, Security, and Ethics

Take Home Exam (THE) To be announced

TU170 assessment has 3 components:

1. Online Activities (50 marks):
 5 online activities on the smart book: McGraw-Hill link (e-connect).
 Each activity carries 10 marks and should be completed before the due date.
 Activities due dates are shown in the above table.
 Students have only one attempt for each activity.
2. Take Home Exam (50 marks)
 More details will be announced later on the LMS.