WEEK 1

lecture Summary

In our first lecture in UP0004 we were introduced more about this unit. It is very important to have access to computers because they are an essential part of most units specially this unit. We will learn how to use different softwares, communicate with our tutor or lecturer or our peers online and how to research information online which will be very important. We also learn how to access different sources of information. We were also told that we have two assignments and one exam in this unit. During the lecture we discussed student’s rights and responsibilities. We also talked about the importance of attending all the lectures and tutorials. We were informed about Plagiarism policy.

Tutorial Summary

torial we learnt a few things. One of most important things we learnt about was the Blackboard which will be used consistently during the semester. Blackboard provides us with the information needed about lectures, tutorials, unit out lines, assessments and more details about our four units. We also leant how to use our ECU email accounts. After exchanging our email account we had to send 5 emails to different people. We learnt about SIMO which provide us with information about our enrolment, time table and details about our account. Another part of this week’s activity was to create an account in www.blogger.com. We also need to record the summary of our weekly lectures and TUT.

• How to find Blackboard
  Go to www.ecu.edu.au on the left side of the page click on current students. Then again on the left side click on My ECU (Blackboard)

How to check the ECU email
Go to www.ecu.edu.au on the left side of the page click on current students. Then again on the left side click on Student E-mail

• How to find SIMO
  Go to www.ecu.edu.au on the left side of the page click on current students. Then again on the left side click on SIMO (enrolment)
  

Summary of reading

PC-Hardware- A computer is formed by number of hardwares. this reading talks about diferent computer hardwares and various PC technologies. the website gave us an iroduction to how PCs work and also gave us an insight look at the diferent aspects regarding computers in todays society.

the second reading was also based on howstuff works focusing on how PCs work . the article gave us a breif overvie of how a c oporates, the article then goes into specifc aspects of the pc such as the connection type, operting systems and mobile computing.