COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PARDUS AND LIBREOFFICE EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTH 3506 PARDUS AND LIBREOFFICE EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AKIF EZAN

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Computer Engineering
Geophysical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

1. To introduce and use Linux systems to users who have no experience before,
2. To introduce interfaces, details of user interfaces at the end-user level, and development of basic level skills for terminal usage,
3. To develop basic skills for using open-source office tools

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know free software philosophy
2   To have basic knowledge of Linux and Pardus operating systems
3   To be able to use the advanced terminal
4   To have an understanding of LibreOffice
5   To be able to use LibreOffice Calc and LibreOffice Impress tools

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Free software philosophy and history
2 Introduction to the Linux operating system
3 Installing the Pardus operating system
4 What is the desktop environment Description of the Pardus desktop environment
5 Pardus operating system settings
6 Which applications can we use for what purpose in Linux operating systems
7 Basic-level terminal commands
8 Advanced use of the terminal
9 Introduction to Libreoffice
10 Creating documents with LibreOffice Writer
11 Midterm Exam
12 Working with spreadsheets with LibreOffice Calc
13 Creating presentations with LibreOffice Impress
14 Other applications in LibreOffice & review of the topics
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Presentations of the lecturer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations about course topics with some applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.ezan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.133
LO.233
LO.333
LO.433
LO.533