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2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MODL1010 IT for LCS Students

5 creditsClass Size: 800

Module manager: Dr Ruth Payne
Email: r.payne@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to access and make effective use of the IT facilities available both on and off-campus, including:
- essential features of the current campus operating system;
- using online resources (the library catalogue; Leeds for Life);
- have an understanding of the meaning and implications of plagiarism.

Syllabus

The module is designed to provide training in the online and some of the associated skills required by UG students of modern languages. The module is delivered entirely online, via the VLE.

Students complete a skills and knowledge audit by following a series of online exercises at their own pace covering:
- use of the VLE;
- use of the online library catalogue;
- using the Language Centre;
- plagiarism, and how to avoid it;
- using Leeds for Life; and
- effective exploitation of the online resources available in the University and on the WWW.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
On-line Learning	1	50.00	50.00
Private study hours			0.00
Total Contact hours			50.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			50.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

MODL1010 is a self-access, supernumerary module.

Progress is monitored through:
- the completion of the formative, instruction-based assignments;
- the advice offered by the module tutor in the event that an assignment is completed incorrectly.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Assessed on a pass/fail basis	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 04/08/2016

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