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The starting hours of the course are in week 36 and the exam in week 50. An extensive package of instructions and help has been prepared for the Itslearning learning environment to support your studies. Independent study is supported by themed weekly guidance meetings with the teacher. Schedule: • week 36: Introduction to the course, choosing the time zone and location settings, the institution's IT systems, saving and using MS Onedrive • week 37: Basic word processing and getting to know Word MS Word • week 38: Using styles and layouts in MS Word • week 39: Getting to know the ready-made document template/report of the UMK in MS Word • week 40: Word test • week 41: Basics of spreadsheets in MS Excel • week 42: Holiday • week 43: Spreadsheets and cell formatting in MS Excel • week 44: Working with spreadsheets in MS Excel • week 45: Basics of visualization: Creating charts in MS Excel • week 46: Using PowerPoint and the UMK template, features of a good presentation • week 47: Working on your own PowerPoint presentation in cooperation with the Intro to Higher Education course • Week 48: Introduction to Matlab with the Onramp course • Week 49: Basic use of Matlab in cooperation with the Intro to Mathematical Subjects course • Week 50: Introduction to Matlab simulations, recording of the Onramp certificate and checking the course score

5 credits = 135 h of student work, divided into independent tasks, meetings and final exam. - Meetings 40 h - Tasks related to meetings 36 h - Review assignments and review for the exam 24 hours - Demonstration test 2 h - Preparing a PowerPoint presentation 6 h - Matlab Onramp 27 h Tasks to be evaluated - Weekly assignments that can be used to collect points for the course grade - Compulsory revision tasks in MS Word and Excel - Final assignment on presentation graphics (MS PowerPoint) - Final exam on word processing (MS Word) and spreadsheets (MS Excel) - Matlab Onramp Cource (MathWorks)

The course is based on the student's active self-study through exercises. The teacher organizes weekly meetings where the theoretical content and students' questions about the topic of the week are reviewed. Attendance and exercises earn points for the course grade. Attendance is mandatory.

If you already have strong information technology skills from university level, come and present the certificates from the course and talk to the teacher -> Completing the review assignments and the exam independently may be possible.