Class Applied Informatics

Applied Informatics is a curricular unit of theoretical and practical nature that is based as a complement of productivity with technological base for the future professional of Physical Education and Sport. Its application nature allows the student to perform technical tasks with scientific support. The teaching-learning process of this curricular unit is based on 3 fundamental aspects through the use of digital applications: the support to the data collection technique and its treatment, the transformation of information and its dissemination and the scientifically adequate support for the latter. This UC provides means and knowledge for a better productivity and scientificity of the future professional in Physical Education and Sport.

1. MS Word: Paragraph formatting, page formatting, page breaks, sections, headers, footers, pagination, styles, automatic indexes, legends, indexes, tables and figures, record changes and comments, insertion of objects

2. Online Research: Preparation of bibliographic references, online databases for bibliographic research (free and conditioned), bibliographic search engines on the Internet, document organization, bibliographic management software, scientific article structure

3. MS Excel: Cell formatting, automatic sequences, formulas, graphs, tables, conditional formatting, sorting and filters, dynamic tables and graphs, data validation

4. MS Powerpoint: Background formatting, design formatting, inserting and formatting text, inserting figures and tables, formatting objects: order and grouping, animation

5. MS Teams: as a communication platform between teams

6. MS Onedrive: as storage space and for sharing folders and files

7. MS Forms: creating, editing and sharing forms

During lessons, with the help of their teachers, students will be able to apply the knowledge they have acquired:

• carrying out exercises and checking their correctness 
• and in work on other course units

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