TO: ALL ICT

DEPARTMENTS
DATE: February 2023

FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Final ICT Schedule 1st Semester 2023
Btech,
AdvDip
Sat
&
ACADEMIC Class
WEEK# Pgrad DATE TUT Schedule Additional ICT Dates
WEEK # WEEK
Dip
#
WEEK
#
Administrative
1 9-13 Jan Finalisation of selections
Activities
16-20 Administrative Marking and Finalisation of
2
Jan Activities marks 2022 sem 2
23-28 Administrative Marking and Finalisation of
3 1 1 1
Jan Activities marks 2022 sem 2
Commencement of Classes
- 30 Jan.
Semester 1 First Year Programming
30 Jan -
4 2 2 2 Classes Bootcamp.
4 Feb
Commence Sat 4 Feb: BTech, Ad Dip &
PGrad Dip classes
Commence
Semester 1 Study Guide: Weights &
Classes Schedule
Commence
CF Chapter: Introduction
to computers

Get Started Ms Word: File

5 3 3 3 6-11 Feb
Management
Files and Folders
Organize files into a logical
structure
Use Internet Explorer as a
tool for electronic file
management
Unit 1: First Look at
Computer Parts and Tools

Ms Word: Word
processing – Word
Program
13-18 Assign 1 (Ms Entering of text
6 4 4 4
Feb Word) Font menu
Saving a document
Insert:
Picture, Shapes, Hyperlink,
Headers & Footers
Page Numbering, Text Box,
WordArt Symbol
 Unit 1 continues

Conclude Ms Word:
20-25 Tables
7 5 5 5
Feb Page Layout:
Margins, Orientation,
Columns, Watermark
Page Borders
Unit 2: Working Inside
Desktop Computers and
Laptops

PowerPoint Getting
started:
Ribbon and different Tabs
Creating & Opening
Presentations:
27 Feb - Quiz 1 Creating a new blank
8 6 6 6 4 Assign 1 (Ms presentation
Mar PP) Slide layouts
Design Themes &
Background graphics
Enter text in placeholders
Insert a text box
Duplicate/Delete/Move/Hide
a slide
Formatting & Modifying text

Quiz 1 Due: 3 Mar

Unit 2 Continues

Ms PowerPoint continues
The PowerPoint Window
Formatting slides:
Insert ClipArt
Insert Shapes
9 7 7 7 6-11 Mar
Insert WordArt
Apply Animations
Apply Transitions
Add Sound
Saving presentations and
rearranging and deleting
slides
ONLINE Unit 3: All About
13-18 CLASSES Motherboards
10 8 8 8
Mar Quiz 2
Quiz 2 Due: 17 Mar
4-Day Week: 20 Apr (Mon)
– TUT holiday
20-25 21 Mar (Tues) - Human
11 9 9 9 Class Test 1
Mar Rights Day.

Class Test 1 (Unit 1 & 2)

 27 Mar -
12 10 Recess Recess: 27 Mar – 10 April
1 Apr

13 3-7 Apr Recess Recess: 27 Mar – 10 April

5-Day Week: 10 Apr (Mon) -
Family Day

Unit 4: Supporting
Processors and
Upgrading memory

Ms Excel:
Ribbon and different Tabs
Exploring absolute Ref,
Merge
10-15 Quiz 3 Rotating text, Text wrapping
14 10 7
Apr Assign 3 (Ms Headers and Footers,
Excel) Boarders
Rename Sheet, Page
orientation
Currency, Decimal Places,
Charts, Pictures

Assign 1 (Ms Word) Due:

14 Apr
Assign 2 (Ms PP) Due: 14
Apr
Quiz 3 Due: 14 Apr
CT1 Marks
Unit 4 Continues
17-22 captured on
15 11 8
Apr ITS
Excel continues
Revision 1-3
4-Day Week: 27 Apr (Thurs)
- Freedom Day
28 Apr (Fri) - Tut Holiday
24-29 Semester
16 12 9
Apr Test 1 (unit 1 ICT Test week 1
– 3)
Semester Test 1 (Unit 1 -
3)
Assign 1 & 2
(MS Word & 5-Day Week: 1 May (Mon) -
17 13 10 1-6 May
PP) Marks Workers Day.
captured
Unit 5: Supporting the
Power System and
Quiz 4 Troubleshooting
Computers
8-13
18 14 11 8 ST1 Marks
May
captured on Quiz 4 Due:12 May
ITS
Ass 3 (Ms Excel) Due: 12
May
 Class Test 2 (Unit 4 & 5)
15-20
19 15 9 Class Test 2
May
Quiz 5 Due:
ICT Exam week
22-26 Online
20 16 10 Unit 6: Supporting Hard
May Classess
Drives and Other Storage
Devices
Online ICT Exam week
29 May Classess
21 17
– 2 June Revision Unit 6 continues

ICT Exam week

Online Semester Test 2
5–9 Classess Quiz 6 Due: 8 Jun
22 18
Jun Revision
Assign 3 (Ms Excel) Due:
9 Jun
Semester ICT Supplementary week
12 – 16 Test 2
23 19
Jun Semester Test 2 (Unit 4 –
6)
24 20 Marks Supplementary Exams.
Captured on
19-24
ITS
Jun
Supplementary
ends 23 Jun
26 Jun-7
26 Jun-7 Jul: Recess
Jul Recess