Computing and Python Basics

Prerequisite

No pre-requisites; open to beginners

Course Description

Start your journey into IT with a beginner-friendly course covering MS Office skills and Python programming fundamentals.

What you will learn

• - Automate tasks with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• - Learn basic Python programming
• - Explore fields like Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and AI
• - Discover trending IT career paths

Course Outline

• Week 1

  • Introduction to Microsoft Office and Applications, Getting Started with MS Word, Editing a Document, Formatting Text, Paragraphs, Adding Table, Header and Footer

• Week 2

  • Drawing Toolbar Word Art, Create Word Macros, Proofing a Document, Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint, creating a Presentation, Working with Content, Formatting Text, Adding Content

• Week 3

  • Graphics, Tables, Charts, Slide Effects, Printing, Getting Started with MS Excel, Formulas and Functions

• Week 4

  • Editing Features, Working with the Large Workbooks, Inserting Page Breaks for Printing, Working with Charts, Analyzing Data Using Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts

• Week 5

  • Introduction to the course and Python, Setting up Python environment (IDE installation), Variables, data types (integers, floats, strings), Basic input/output operations, Arithmetic operations and expressions.

• Week 6

  • Conditional statements (if, else if, else), Logical operators (and, or, not), Writing and debugging conditional code, Loops (while, for) and their applications, Iterative problem-solving exercises, Writing reusable functions

• Week 7

  • Introduction to lists, List manipulation (accessing, updating, appending), Practical exercises involving lists, Introduction to dictionaries, Working with key-value pairs, Dictionary manipulation and exercises

• Week 8

  • Introduction to classes and objects, Creating and using classes, Methods and attributes, Inheritance and polymorphism, Creating class hierarchies, OOP problem-solving exercises

• Week 9

  • Reading from and writing to files, Handling text and CSV files, Try-except blocks for error handling, Handling common file-related exceptions, File manipulation exercises, Debugging and preventing errors

• Week 10

  • Introduction to web development with Python, Basics of HTML and CSS for web interfaces, Setting up a simple web server using Python, Introduction to Flask or Django (web frameworks), Creating routes and handling requests, Building dynamic web pages with templates.

• Week 11

  • Essentials of Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking, Essentials of Cloud Computing

• Week 12

  • Essentials of Machine learning and AI, Introduction to Data Science

Grading Criteria

Particulars	Marks (%)
Quizzes	20
Class Participation/ Attendance	15
Projects	25
Final Projects	40
Total	100