Youngstown State University

College of Engineering & Technology

Civil & Environmental/Chemical Engineering Program

ENGR6923: Information Technology Tools for Engineers

Course prerequisites

No Prerequisites, basic knowledge of computer operations required. Access to a Windows XP based PC connected to high speed Internet. Modem Dial up connection will be too slow for the course need. Also the student should have the access to download and install programs on this PC. The YSU lab PCs do not allow this so it is essential that all the students in the class have an access to their own internet connected PC/Laptop.

Learning Unit	Topics	Tasks, Exercises	Supplemental material
1	Class organization, Class Yahoo group	Task#1
2	Computer Mediated Communication	Task#2
3	Searching for Online resources	Task#3
4	Online Language Translation Tools	Task#4
5	Internet Communication tools	Task#5
6	Blogs, blog subscriptions and creation	Task#6
7	Group web pages creation, Social Networks	Unit of Learning 7
8	Group document creation, Sharing  and  Collaboration Additional web sites for social networking Search for software on the web through collaborative filtering	Learning Unit 8
9	Group coordination, project management and Image editing and web based albums	Learning Unit 9	SVG tutorial Freeweb Tutorial
10	Social Networking, Collaborative writing, Social Book marking Discussion on managing many information sources	Learning Unit10
11	Presentation, Sound recording editing and creating Slide casts	Learning Unit11
12	Audio/video acquisition, capture, editing and Sharing Real Time Audio/Video conferencing systems	Learning Unit12
13	Flash Animation, Screencast and Video Conversation	Learning Unit13
Final	Real Time Collaboration tools, Final Course assessment	Final Learning Unit