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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Review and coursework completion

HES 213 · Introduction to Computer Science — Week 15 of 16

CourseHES 213
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe the role of hardware and software components.
  • 1.2 Explain the fetch-execute cycle at a basic level.
  • 2.1 Explain the function of an operating system.
  • 2.2 Compare common operating systems.
  • 3.1 Explain how text, images and sound are represented in binary.
  • 3.2 Describe units of data storage (bit, byte, KB, MB, GB).

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing Guide, 1.6: Evaluation: Intention vs. Execution · PDF · OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook (2021), 1.6: checking your work against a rubric or set of criteria, pp. 30–31 · for registered students
  • Writing Guide, ch. 20: Portfolio Reflection · PDF · OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook (2021), ch. 20 (20.1–20.5): looking back at your work and writing a self-assessment, pp. 664–678 · for registered students
  • A systematic review of e-portfolio use during the pandemic · Open-access article · Zhang & Tur (2024), Open Praxis. Review of e-portfolio practice for collecting and reflecting on evidence. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: What is a computer system?
  • Week 2: Hardware: the parts of a computer
  • Week 3: Software: system and application software
  • Week 4: The CPU and the fetch-execute cycle
  • Week 5: Memory: RAM, ROM and cache
  • Week 6: What an operating system does
  • Week 7: Comparing operating systems
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Bits and bytes: units of storage
  • Week 10: Storing text: ASCII and Unicode
  • Week 11: Storing images: pixels and colour depth
  • Week 12: Storing sound: sampling
  • Week 13: Storage devices
  • Week 14: Choosing a computer for a job
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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