Module: ICT Competency

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	ICT Competency
Module Code	EDU1026 (ITS: ED8002)
Faculty	Policy & Professional Practice	School	DCU Institute of Education
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	0

Description

At the end of this short course students will be better able to use advanced word processing tools to present long documents such as a thesis in a consistent way. Students will use styles to present text, tables and headings consistently. They will also be able to generate tables of contents automatically

Learning Outcomes

1. Create and/or adapt appropriate styles to format normal text throughout a long document
2. Create and/or adapt appropriate styles to format headings consistently throughout a long document
3. Create and/or adapt appropriate styles to format blockquote text, tables, references, and captions consistently throughout a long document
4. Create and/or adapt appropriate styles to format blockquote text, table text, references and captions consistently throughout a long document
5. Paginate a long document in two sections with different formats as appropriate
6. Use styles to generate a table of contents which can be updated

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	2	Online or face to face lecture in which students are presented with all methods required in the learning outcomes
Assignment Completion	4	Preparation and online submission of a formatted document
Total Workload: 6

Section Breakdown
CRN	20294	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	PASS/FAIL	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Margaret Leahy	Module Teacher	Catherine Furlong, Denis Twomey

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Assignment	Submission of a file formatted using the methods described in the course and in the resource materials.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Reading List

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