Media, computers and English

Final results

The examination papers can be collected and discussed in my office hour in the Summer Semester. Unsuccessful candidates should see me in my office hour, in any case, in connection with a repeat examination.

Immatriculation Number.Grade
11226383,3
15474252,3
15503405,0
15707342,3
15792482,7
15880151,3
15885002,3
15887412,3
15897312,3
15897422,3
15918003,0
15924262,7
15928992,0
15945603,7
15986194,0
16015902,7
16016112,7
16026563,3
16026782,3
16081671,7
16084103,0
16089702,0
16127213,7
16174842,3
16213013,7

Goal
The goal of this course is to provide participants with the basic computer literacy skills which they will require for their studies and later professional activities, from a systematic text linguistic point of view.

Work style
This is a practical class with theoretical text linguistic components; students are expected to develp an ability to work with language based media on their own initiative.

Participation and Qualification
All participants are expected to take part actively in the preparatory and summary exercises and in the project phase at the end of term; proof of active particpation is constituted by written results. Details of examinations will be provided later; written or oral examinations will be based on both the practical and the theoretical work done in class, yielding a total of 3 credit points:

  1. Credit point 1: Participation in class.
  2. Credit point 2: Powerpoint presentation on a topic of your choice, using techniques introduced in the first half of the term.
  3. Credit point 3: End of term test on the principles underlying the presentation.

Further information will be included as it become available.

Tutorial by Julia Reuter.

Plan

16.10.2002 Introduction to computational tools
23.10.2002 Plain texts: structure and presentation (Notepad and Wordpad)
30.10.2002 Spreadsheets: databases
07.11.2002 Spreadsheets: tabular calculation
14.11.2002 Graphics: bitmap and vector formats
21.11.2002 Graphics: practical visualisation
28.11.2002 Sound: Editing
05.12.2002 Sound: Analysing
12.12.2002 Word Processing: advanced structure and presentation (MS-Word)
19.12.2002 Word Processing: defining objects and styles (MS-Word)
09.01.2003 Hypertext: Manual construction of single pages in HTML
16.01.2003 Presentation project: Phase 1
Powerpoint: experimenting with a public presentation medium
23.01.2003 Powerpoint: Document design, realisation and implementation
  1. Content structure (information the web, in the library, etc.)
  2. Basic document structure (introduction, sections, etc.)
  3. Layout structures (slide page design - background; layout objects, their properties and relations)

30.01.2003 Project presentations: 10-minute talks and discussion (1 credit point)
06.02.2003 (continuation of presentations)
13.02.2003 End of term test (1 credit point)

Dafydd Gibbon, Thu Oct 17 16:49:32 MEST 2002