Business ICT Skills (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Mondays 8.15-11.30. Period 3 classroom is 3013 and period 4 classroom is 4001.
Course Wk 1 (14.1.): Introduction to course contents, tasks and assessment. Go through of Haaga-Helia’s ICT and learning environments (HH-network, Office 365 incl. OneDrive & SharePoint), and their various offerings to support efficient learning.
Course Wk 2 (21.1.): Haaga-Helia ICT environment continued (if needed). PowerPoint and ingredients for a successful presentation. Exercise guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 3 (28.1.): Haaga-Helia’s assignment and report guidelines. Referencing techniques in HH style academic writing. Exercises guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 4 (4.2.): Word and its efficient utilization with text documents (incl. Finnish document standard). Exercises guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 5 (11.2.): Word and its efficient utilization with text documents (incl. Finnish document standard). Exercises guided by the teacher.
Monday 18.2. no class - intensive week
Course Wk 6 (25.2.): Review of the learning assignments. Review class with assignments of PowerPoint and Word for the examination.
Course Wk 7 (4.3.): Examination 1 (PowerPoint and Word).
Course Wk 8 (11.3.): Business processes and business process flowchart creation with Visio. Exercises guided by the teacher.
Monday 18.3. no class - intensive week
Course Wk 9 (25.3.): Examination 1 review. Spreadsheet computing basics with Excel.
Course Wk 10 (1.4.): Spreadsheet computing: creating reports and charts. Exercises guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 11 (8.4.): Spreadsheet computing: functions. Exercises guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 12 (15.4.): Spreadsheet computing: database functionalities. Exercises guided by the teacher.
Course Wk 13 (22.4) No class - Easter Monday (public holiday in Finland)
Course Wk 14 (29.4): Review of the learning assignments. Review class with assignments of Excel spreadsheet computing for the examination.
Course Wk 15 (6.5.): Examination 2 (Excel and Visio).
Course Wk 16 (13.5): Examination 2 review and course feedback.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Contact and distant sessions or educationalisation.

If you have acquired the required competence in previous work tasks, recreational activities or on another course, you can show the competence with a demonstration and progress faster through your studies. More information and instructions for RPL are available at MyNet.

Materials

All learning materials are provided in course's Moodle learning environment.

Teaching methods and instruction

Contact sessions with assignments.
The assessment of one’s own learning.

Working life connections

Knowledge and skills of included solutions and software applied are essential in the toolkit of contemporary business professional.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Two compulsory examinations: course week 7 Monday 4.3.2019 (report, assignment and business document writing and presentation graphics) and course week 15 Monday 6.5.2019 (spreadsheet computing and business process flowcharts).
Re-examinations for both the compulsory course examinations are held in HH’s electronic re-examination system Exam (see MyNet for further details). Re-examination practices according the HH’s code of conduct rules and regulations are applied to each student. Teacher will notify all the students of the time period when re-examinations are held during the course. Normally, this is a two week period once the course’s regular examination is reviewed at class.

Internationality

Assignments and exercises will make use of international examples and elements.

Learning assignments

Learning assignments (4 pcs) are weighted at 20 % of student's final course grade (5 % each).
Learning assignment 1: PowerPoint presentation. Graded with 0-5 scale. Detailed instructions and timetable for successful completion are provided in Moodle at section “Learning Assignments”.
Learning assignment 2: Word business document. Graded with 0-5 scale. Detailed instructions and timetable for successful completion are provided in Moodle at section “Learning Assignments”.
Learning assignment 3: Excel basics with a chart. Graded with 0-5 scale. Detailed instructions and timetable for successful completion are provided in Moodle at section “Learning Assignments”.
Learning assignment 4: Excel advanced functions and formulas. Graded with 0-5 scale. Detailed instructions and timetable for successful completion are provided in Moodle at section “Learning Assignments”.

Assessment methods

Final course grade will be calculated with the following weight in assessment categories:
Examination 1 40 %
Examination 2 40 %
Learning assignments (4 pcs) 20 % (5 % each)