This 3-sentence summary provides the essential information about the COMP202 - Computing for End-Users course outline: The course examines information technology tools and techniques for business presentation, focusing on providing hands-on experience with Windows, Corel Draw, PowerPoint, and PhotoShop through a series of lectures, tutorials, assignments, and a final exam worth 45% of the total grade. Students will complete regular assignment exercises and a final book assignment worth 15% to develop their skills in desktop publishing and professional presentation tools.

1. COMP202 - Computing for End-Users
Course Outline 2005
Introduction
This is a single semester paper for those students who wish to gain more exposure to and
experience with professional tools and techniques for business presentations.
Overview The course examines information technology tools and techniques for
business presentation and will be devoted to providing hands on
experience. The lectures will cover and demonstrate the Windows
software which will be used in preparing the several assignments
required during the semester. Software examined will include
Windows, Corel Draw, PowerPoint, PhotoShop and several others.
The course is organised as a series of lectures, tutorials and assignments
and web documents. Students are expected to draw from all sources.
Course Delivery
Lectures Wednesdays and Thursdays in CO.219 at 5:00p.m.
Laboratories Students will have access to PC laboratories with the Windows
platform. Room CO.317 in the School of Business.
Tutorial Ten (10) Lab tasks will be assessed and awarded 0.5% for each.
Assignments The student will be given regular assignment exercises. These will be
submitted electronically (see page 11 for method). Each part of the
first 2 assignments is worth 5 marks. The final assignment - the
book, is worth 15 marks.
Presentation Standards
Finished product will incorporate desktop publishing tools and
techniques including the use of colour.
Examination
There will be a formal final examination of three hours duration at the
end of the semester.
Requirements for Terms
None.
Allocation of Marks
Tutorials 5%
Assignments 50%
Exam 45%
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100%

2. Course Notices Each student must have at least two (2) blank rewritable CDs with
cases - preferably more. These will be used to hold backup copies of
your work and to hand in the final book assignment files.
Text Books
Provided Each COMP202 student will be provided with one copy of a booklet
containing exercises, tutorials and ancillary reference materials.
Recommended Linnea Dayton, Shane Hunt & Sharon Steuer, Corel Draw WOW!
Book, Peachpit Press, 1999, ISBN: 0-201-88632-4 (available in the
Science Library).
Linnea Dayton & Jack Davis, PhotoShop Elements WOW! Book,
Peachpit Press, 2002, ISBN: 0-321-10847-7 (available in the Science
Library).
Robin Williams, The Non-Designers’ Design Book, Peachpit Press,
1994, ISBN: 1-56609-159-4 (available in the Central Library).
Note: If you want to buy a copy of the Corel book, it is hard to find but a
good reference. The PhotoShop book is available from UBS.
Some reference materials will be provided by the lecturer or will be
available at the computer lab, for example, application manuals. A
partial list of applications available in the labs is as follows: Corel
Draw, PhotoShop, PowerPoint, Netscape, Windows, and Word.
Teaching Staff Hank Wolfe, phone 479-8141, Room 11.09, School of Business.
Consultation Times
If the door is open (which is most of the time) come in, otherwise by
appointment.
Tutorial staff Tutorial Streams Time Venue
Bruce McLennan
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2
3
4
Please note: Tutorials begin in the second week of the course. Streaming
is initially done automatically. Manual restreaming (your own choice of
stream) will be done in the first week of lectures. If you wish to change
your stream after that, see Hank in his office.

3. Lecture Outline
1st Semester
1st Term Assignment
Due
W 2 Mar Installing & Configuring the Computer System
T 3 Mar Introduction to Windows, Professionalism & Assignment Outline
W 9 Mar Introduction to Computer Graphics
T 10 Mar Computer Graphics using Corel Draw
W 16 Mar Introducing Corel’s Tools - I
T 17 Mar Introducing Corel’s Tools - II
W 23 Mar Working with Text - I
T 24 Mar Working with Text - II
W 30 Mar Using the Tool Effectively - I
T 31 Mar Using the Tool Effectively - II #1-a – 1 Apr
W 6 Apr Design Techniques - I
T 7 Apr Design Techniques - II #1-b – 8 Apr
W 13 Apr Getting Acquainted with PhotoShop Elements 3.0
T 14 Apr PhotoShop Features and How to Use Them - I #1-c – 15 Apr
W 20 Apr PhotoShop Features and How to Use Them - II
T 21 Apr PhotoShop Features and How to Use Them - III #1-d – 22 Apr
2nd Term
W 4 May PhotoShop – Some Examples
T 5 May Combining all of the Graphic Tools #2-a – 6 May
W 11 May Combining Graphics
T 12 May Using CorelDraw as a DTP #2-b – 13 May
W 18 May Publishing with CorelDraw
T 19 May Computer Security #1-e – 19 May
W 25 May Computer Security - What Are the Risks
T 26 May Computer Security - How Risks Are Reduced #3 – 27 May
W 1 Jun Protecting Information
T 2 Jun Review for Final Exam
NOTE: This outline is meant to be a guide to study and course content but the course coordinator reserves
the right to change its structure and content at his discretion.