The course is structured to allow the learning of the basics of information technology, data processing regulations and data protection. The aim is to transfer the basic elements of the use of information technology into the professional field.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in Information and communication technology
Teaching Methods
The course takes place through frontal teaching. For each CFU (25 hours) is expected 4 hours of teaching in DE delivery mode, i.e frontal teaching (presentation of contents via slides) 2 hours of interactive teaching - DI ( analysis of real ICT infrastructures, guided exercises) 19 hours of self-study on the course slides and their sources To facilitate inclusive teaching, the teacher provides up to two hours of office hours per week, by appointment
Assessment Methods
Written exam with open-ended questions and closed-ended questions For open-ended questions the evaluation criteria will be: exhaustiveness, relevance and clarity of explanation. Each question assigns from 0 to 3 points, the final evaluation will be positive if the sum of the scores exceeds 18 points.
Texts
Course slides with sources for further information.
Contents
The course make a review of the basic concepts of information technology: data, coding and representation, cryptography, hardware, software, operating system, information security. The course presents the IT tools and the relevant regulations: Electronic signature, PEC, SPID, CIE, GDPR. It introduces the concept of service and the methods of use and provisioning, both for on-premises and CLOUD services. Presentation is focused to data/information collection, storage and manipulation using the IT resources provided by the University (Azure, Google, AWS, University Library System); It presents the potential of spreadsheets as tools for data analysis (statistical functions, logical functions, temporal functions) and data presentation (charts, conditional formatting, pivot tables).
Course Language
Italian
More information
The course material is available on the KIRO portal (https://elearning.unipv.it/)
