Westminster Lab (Collaboration Essentials)

 Note: This Course Outline is being developed, and may be subject to change

General Information

Course Name

Westminster Computer Lab: Collaboration Essentials

Course Description

"Those that don't learn from past mistakes will be condemned to repeat them in the future"

Course Duration

Six 2-hour sessions (one day a week - excluding holiday weekends). Additional term work can be performed by student on-line from their home computer.

Prerequisite(s)

None

Required Materials

None

Detailed Information

Course Delivery Style

12 hours of in-class instruction at the Westminster Computer Lab. Additional tasks and coordination will be performed online via a student's individual WIKI.
Students will join their WIKIs to form "Planets" to help foster collaboration and information sharing.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Describe the steps to correctly startup and shutdown the Westminster computer lab.
• List the main rules for lab usage.
• Explain the importance for maintaining / supporting the Westminster computer lab.
• Use a WIKI to write and store information, and allow collaboration and modification of information online.
• Use basic applications such as Open Office productivity suite to create reports and presentations (slide shows).
• Define the term "Open Source Software" and how it contrasts with Propitiatory software.
• List 5 different types of Open Source software that is available in the Westminster computer lab.
• Use computer applications that are contained in the Westminster computer lab in order to solve a computer-related task (both individually and in groups).
• Provide several online resources in order to get solutions or help with computer software that is available in the Westminster computer lab.

Learning Resources / Notes

[ Westminster-Intro-Basics WIKI ]

Mind Map of Topic Schedule (Refer to Learning Resources for Detail)