OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

1. To inculcate basic skills in handling with computers.
2. To develop skills on using word-processor and presentation software.
3. To foster skills of statistical calculation and database management using spreadsheets.
4. To develop the skills on using basic Google platforms.
5. To nurture skills on sending emails and related features.
6. To train the participants to develop some useful digital skills using basic Apps.

Course Credits: 12
Course Duration: 1 Year
ELIGIBILITY
All B.Ed. and M.Ed. Students.

Evaluation:
This course is basically a skill-oriented course and shall try to develop practical skills among the students. The evaluation scheme for this course is as described below:
Part 1: Theory: An examination will be conducted by the institution at the end of the course. It will comprise of a Theory Paper of 25 marks.

Part 2: Practicum: The total marks of all the Practicum will be out of 75 marks. The candidate will have to pass theory as well as practicum separately and the pass marks is 50% in practicum and 45% in Theory.

COURSE CONTENT

• Working with MS-Word
• Working with MS-Power-point
• Working with MS-Excel
• Google Platforms
• E-mail and other messaging Apps
• Digi-Locker and its Usage

Practicum

• Working with MS-Word
  Getting Started with word, Saving as Another File Format like PDF, Older/Newer Version, Adjusting Basic Settings , Data Input , Using Hindi Input tools, Data Selection , Copying, Moving and Deleting Text, Find and Replace, Adjusting Text Type, Size, and Colour Adjusting Text Layout , Formatting Paragraphs , Styles and Pagination , Headers and Footers , Using Tables , Working with Images , Adding Shapes , Importing Objects , Using Mail Merge , Creating a Mail Merge , Spelling and Grammar , Preparing to Print , Printed Output.


• Working with MS-Power-point
  Getting Started with power-point, Creating a Presentation ,Inserting Master Slides , Slides and Design Templates , Copying, Moving, and Deleting Text, Copying, Moving, and Deleting Images, Copying, Moving, and Deleting Slides , Formatting Text , Modifying Text Boxes , Adding Headers and Footers , Graphics and Charts , Creating Drawn Objects , Charts , Images , Printing and Distribution , Slide Setup ,Slide Show Animations and Transitions Animation Effects , Using Transitions ,Inserting Narrations, , Inserting Hyper Links, Slide Show Options , Print Setup ,Printing Handouts.


• Working with MS-Excel
  Getting Started with MS-Excel, Introduction to Worksheets ,Managing Worksheets, Data Input, Copying, Moving, and Deleting Cells, Freezing and Unfreezing Rows and Columns, Working with Functions and Formulas Arithmetic and Logical Formulas Functions , Using Formulas for generating Students Report cards with graphical analysis, Inserting Table and Graphs, Chart Editing, Making Bar-diagrams and Pie-Charts Formatting Cells , Formatting Cells - Numbers , Formatting Cells - Text ,Formatting Cells - Cell Ranges , Spelling Review , Using the Print Function , Output Preparation , Spreadsheet Printing.


• Google Platforms
  Basics on Google Platforms, Google Drives and its usage, General skills on using Google Slides and Google Documents, Creating Google Forms, Creating Quizzes using Google Forms, Creating a Google Classroom, Adding Members in the Google Classroom, Giving Assignments on Google Classroom, Assessing Students work and generating feedback reports.


• E-mail and other messaging Apps
  Understanding E-mail Basics through Gmail , Different E-mailing Platforms, Creating an email account, Basic Messaging, Composing E-mail, Understanding different fields in an email messages-To, Cc, Bcc, Subject and other, Mail Attachments and Downloads, Message Sending , Copying, Moving and Deleting Text Message, Viewing Message, Replying , Printing Mails, Managing Mail , Message Management, Inbox , Outbox , Sent Mails, Junk Mail and Spam Folder, User Generated Folders, Address Books ,Sending Messages to Several Participants, Other messaging Apps like WhatsApp, Telegram.


• Digi-Locker and its Usage
  Creating a Digi-Locker Account on Desktop, Downloading Digi-Locker App, Verifying a Digi-Locker Account, linking Digi-Locker Account to Aadhaar, Keeping documents in Digi-Locker Account. Using Digi-Locker Account for academic purpose.