IS10060 Digital Technology

Academic Year 2020/2021

How do mobile phones actually work? Why are binary and hexadecimal of fundamental importance to computers? What should I look out for when buying a laptop? How do I read a CPU spec? What is the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? These questions and more will be answered in this module. It aims to provide students with a grounding in the principal technological components of modern information systems. This background will help students to successfully tackle some of the technological aspects of subsequent level 2, 3 and 4 I&CS modules.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

An understanding of:
* How computers work
* Networks, the Internet and the WWW
* Hardware and software
* Artificial Intelligence

Indicative Module Content:

Data representation
Hardware: binary to circuit boards
Hardware: circuit boards to PCs
Hardware: Motherboard and memory
Buying a laptop
Mobile phones
Networks
The Internet
HTML, CSS
The WWW
Spreadsheets
Artificial Intelligence


Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22
Specified Learning Activities

79
Online Learning

24
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
2 lectures per week, with a quiz or exercise on the completion of each topic.
A multiple choice exam at the end of the semester covering all topics.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Exclusions:

Students registered on ANY programme offered by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering OR by the School of Computer Science are NOT eligible to take this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
COMP20020 - Digital Systems, COMP30010 - Foundations of Computing, COMP30030 - Introduction to AI, EEEN20050 - Digital Electronics


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: 6 quizzes and 2 group-work practical exercises set at roughly weekly or fortnightly intervals (or when a topic is completed) from week 2. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on quizzes will be provided online once the quiz has been submitted.