This week’s topics
Review and coursework completion
- Reviewing the learning outcomes
- Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
- 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
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.