Introduction to Information
Technology (ITIT)
Lecture 1, October 11-12, 2010

Introduction to Information Technology (ITIT)
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Instructor: Joseph Yu
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Ph.D. in Information Systems, NUS

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Research interests:
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Virtual Communities

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Economics of Information Systems

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Office: AB 360

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Email: jie.yu@nottingham.edu.cn

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Office Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:00

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Lab tutor: Lee Li
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Office: Room AB 359

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Email: Lee.li@nottingham.edu.cn

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Office Hours: Thursdays 9:50am-10:50am

Lab tutor: Sherwin Sung
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Office: AB 357

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Email: Sherwin.sung@nottingham.edu.cn

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Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am

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Lab tutor: John Twiname
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Office: Room TB 314

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Email: John.Twiname@nottingham.edu.cn

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Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00am - 11:00am

Methods of Delivery
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Lectures
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Based on assigned readings, which can be downloaded from the NEXUS system

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Attendance not taken

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Lectures may help you understand the assigned readings and identify contents that the instructor thinks are important

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PPT slides for each lecture uploaded every Sunday around 17:00

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The lectures will cover only 10% of what you are expected to know about the course. Students expected to read the assigned readings in order to do well easily in the final exam.

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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/nexus

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Log in using your university email account

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Choose Undergraduate, Click “Go”

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Choose “Introduction to Information
Technology” and Click “Go”

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Choose “Convenor Page” and Click “Go”

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This is the course website

Classroom Discipline
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Labs
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One lab per week starting from Week of Nov 1
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Lab 1: WebCT and Microsoft Word

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Lab 2: Microsoft Excel

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Lab 3: More on Microsoft Excel

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Lab 4: Microsoft PowerPoint

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Lab 5: Lab Assessment (25%)

Lab attendance will be recorded. I will explain how it will be done online about one week before you start your lab session.

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Labs (cont’d)
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Microsoft Office is a productivity suite. It is supposed to increase your productivity. You should learn to use these applications effectively.

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It is easy to overestimate your knowledge about these applications because they are What-YouSee-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) software

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Quite a number of students failed their lab assessment last year…

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Demonstration
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See supp1.doc and supp2.doc from the course website

Assessments
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1 x 45 minute computer lab assessment –
(25%)

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1 x one-hour multiple choice examination –
(75%)

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Lab Assessment (25%)
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In the final computer lab (Lab 5), you will take a test that is worth 25% of your final mark

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Test your knowledge about Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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There will be multiple choice questions, as well as hands-on skill tests on using these applications

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The skill tests will be graded by Word Grader and
Excel Grader, both downloadable from http://www.officegrader.com 

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You may want to try them to get some idea how you will be graded.

Final Exam (75%)
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Worth 75% of the overall mark for the course

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Multiple-choice questions only

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Test your knowledge of the information covered in the lectures and required course readings

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According to the university’s policy, past year MC exams cannot be distributed to students for their revision. 16

Invitation to Participate in Research
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I would like to invite all students to participate in research studies I collaborate with several researchers within UNNC and overseas

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As a token of our gratitude, we would reward each participant with 10 RMB worth of print quota.
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I know it is not much, and most of you probably do not care about the print quota. However, it is a common practice in academia to provide some reward to research participants.

Information will be provided on the
Announcements page of the course website
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Participants grant permission for the researchers (i.e., me and my collaborators) to make use of data collected through the ITIT