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Syllabus Basic IT Tools

The Basic IT Tools course offers 2 credits, focusing on developing essential IT skills for students who have completed Class XII. The course covers spreadsheets, word processing, and database management, aiming to enhance employability and data analysis capabilities. Learning outcomes include proficiency in document creation, data management, and effective data representation using various IT tools.

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Syllabus Basic IT Tools

The Basic IT Tools course offers 2 credits, focusing on developing essential IT skills for students who have completed Class XII. The course covers spreadsheets, word processing, and database management, aiming to enhance employability and data analysis capabilities. Learning outcomes include proficiency in document creation, data management, and effective data representation using various IT tools.

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Basic IT Tools

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite


title & Lecture Tutorial Practical/ criteria of the course
Code Practice (if any)
Basic IT
Tools 2 0 0 2 Class XII NA

Learning Objectives

The Learning Objectives of this course are as follows:


To enable students develop IT skills that are a pre-
environment.
To equip them with basic computing skills that will enhance their employability in
general.
To enable the student to analyse and present information in a meaningful manner.

Learning outcomes

The Learning Outcomes of this course are as follows:


By studying this course, students will be able to use word-processor to generate
documents with appropriate formatting, layout, review and referencing.
By studying this course, students will be able to manage data in worksheets and
workbooks and analyze it using spreadsheet functions and inbuilt formulas.
By studying this course, students will be able to draw analysis on data using
spreadsheets to make decisions.
By studying this course, students will be able to make meaningful representations of
data in the form of charts and pivot tables.
By studying this course, students will be able to manage data in database tables and
use the same for generating queries, forms and reports.

SYLLABUS

Course Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction to Spreadsheets (16 hours)


Spreadsheets: Concept of worksheets and workbooks, creating, opening, closing and saving
workbooks, moving, copying, inserting, deleting and renaming worksheets, working with multiple
worksheets and multiple workbooks, controlling worksheet views, naming cells using name box,
name create and name define; Exchanging data using clipboard, object linking and
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embedding; Printing and Protecting worksheets: Adjusting margins, creating headers and
footers, setting page breaks, changing orientation, creating portable documents and printing
data and formulae; Implementing file level security and protecting data within the worksheet;
Understanding absolute, relative and mixed referencing in formulas, referencing cells in other
worksheets and workbooks, correcting common formula errors, working with inbuilt function
categories like mathematical, statistical, text, lookup, information, logical, database, date and
time and basic financial functions.

Unit 2: Data Analysis in Spreadsheets (16 hours)


Consolidating worksheets and workbooks using formulae and data consolidate command;
Choosing a chart type, understanding data points and data series, editing and formatting chart
elements, and creating sparkline graphics, Analysing data using pivot tables: Creating,
formatting and modifying a pivot table, sorting, filtering and grouping items, creating
calculated field and calculated item, creating pivot table charts, producing a report with pivot
tables. Introduction to recording and execution of macros.

Unit 3: Word Processing (12 hours)


Introduction: Creating and saving your document, displaying different views, working with styles
and character formatting, working with paragraph formatting techniques using indents, tabs,
alignment, spacing, bullets and numbering and creating borders; Page setup and sections: Setting
page margins, orientation, headers and footers, end notes and foot notes, creating section breaks
and page borders; Working with tables: Creating tables, modifying table layout and design, sorting,
inserting graphics in a table, table math, converting text to table and vice versa; Create newspaper
columns, indexes and table of contents, Spell check your document using inbuilt and custom
dictionaries, checking grammar and style , using thesaurus and finding and replacing text; Create
bookmarks, captions and cross referencing, adding hyperlinks, adding sources and compiling and
bibliography; Mail merge: Creating and editing your main document and data source, sorting and
filtering merged documents and using merge instructions like ask, fill-in and if-then-else; Linking
and embedding to keep things together.

Unit 4: Databases (16 hours)


Introduction to Database Development: Database Terminology, Objects, Creating Tables,
working with fields, understanding Data types, Changing table design, Assigning Field
Properties, Setting Primary Keys, using field validation and record validation rules, Indexing,
working with multiple tables, Relationships & Integrity Rules, Join Properties, Record
manipulation, Sorting & Filtering; Select data with queries: Creating Query by design & by
wizard (Select, Make Table, Append, Delete, Cross Tab, Update, Parameterized Query, Find
Duplicate and Find Unmatched), Creating multi table queries, creating & working with table
joins. Using operators & expressions: Creating simple & advance criteria; Working with forms:
Creating Basic forms, working with bound, unbound and calculated controls, understanding
property sheet, Working with Data on Forms: Changing Layout, creating Sub Forms, creating
list box, combo box and option groups; Working with Reports: Creating Basic Reports,
Creating Header & Footer, Placing Controls on reports, sorting & grouping, Creating Sub
reports.

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Essential/recommended readings
Swinford, E., Dodge, M., Couch, A., Melton, B. A. (2013). Microsoft Office
Professional 2013. United States: O'Reilly Media.
Wang, W. (2018). Office 2019 For Dummies. United States: Wiley. Microsoft
Lambert, J. (2019). Microsoft Word 2019 Step by Step. United States: Pearson Education.

Suggestive readings
Jelen, B. (2013). Excel 2013 Charts and Graphs. United Kingdom: Que.
Alexander, M., Jelen, B. (2013). Excel 2013 Pivot Table Data Crunching. United
Kingdom: Pearson Education.
Alexander, M., Kusleika, R. (2018). Access 2019 Bible. United Kingdom: Wiley.

Examination scheme and mode:


Evaluation scheme and mode will be as per the guidelines notified by the University of Delhi.

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