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 contact hours, practical sessions of the contents of an applied nature are held through b-learning exercises (contents are provided on the Moodle platform to be developed in the contact hours).

Continuous assessment: a Moodle test about MS Excel and Online Research (40%) and an oral test (60%) on the remaining syllabus. The final classification is obtained as follows: [test (if >=7.5 values) x 40%] + [oral test x 60%]/100%.

Assessment by exam: taking a test with theoretical and practical contents and an oral test. Access to the oral test requires a classification >= to 9.5 values. The final classification is the average of the 2 tests.

1. Microsoft. (2019). Centro de Formação do Office 365. Retirado de https://support.office.com/pt-pt/office-training-center
2. Pereira, A. & Poupa, C. (2004). Como Apresentar em Público Teses, Relatórios, Comunicações, Usando o Powerpoint. Edições Sílabo. Lisboa.
3. Pereira, A. & Poupa, C. (2004). Como Escrever uma Tese, Monografia ou livro científico usando o Word. 3º Edição.Edições Sílabo.Lisboa.
4. Urbano, M. (2008). Google - Guia de consulta rápida.3ª edição. FCA - Editora de Informática. Lidel Edições Técnicas.

Todos os contactos extra-aula deverão ser realizados via Moodle (esclarecimento de dúvidas, marcação de reuniões, etc..).

O contato poderá ser realizado também por email desde que utilizado o endereço institucional da conta do Office 365 para o contato dos docentes, identificando a turma a que pertencem: