🔵 🔴 🟡 Course description

The course is an introduction to digital technology and in particular to information technology and computers, both hardware and software.

Upon successful completion of the courses, students will be able to:

• know the parts of computers and their interfaces

• represent different types of data in digital form

• understand the ways of encoding and storing multimedia

• understand the basic principles of operating systems

• understand the structure of a computer network

• use simple design and development tools 

🔵 🔴 🟡 Theory (1 hour)

1. The evolution of digital technology and computing systems
2. The basic architecture of the computer
3. The representation of data: numerical systems
4. Binary representation and text encoding
5. The digitization of sound and image
6. Data compression: storage media
7. Data input and output: peripheral devices
8. Data processing: the execution of the program
9. System software: the operating system
10. Computer programs and tools
11. Introduction to Computer Networks and the Internet
12. Web Sites and Technologies
13. Other categories of computer systems and their applications

🔵 🔴 🟡 Workshop (2 hours)

1. The Parts of a Computer
2. The Central Processing Unit
3. The binary and hexadecimal systems
4. Logic gates and digital design
5. Text and audio encoding and compression
6. ASCII art
7. Image and video encoding and compression
8. Programming with LOGO
9. Windows Management Tools
10. Online art
11. Manage networks in a DOS environment
12. Static Website Design
13. Art and Artificial Intelligence

Review language: Greek

🔵 🔴 🟡 Evaluation method:

• 75% written exam
• 25% individual assignments

• Face-to-face
• Use of ICT in teaching
• Use of ICT when communicating with students.
• Learning process through an electronic platform.

https://eclass.uop.gr/courses/2870/ 

🔵 🔴 🟡 Course Textbooks [Eudoxus]

• Beekman Ben, Beekman George, (2014) Introduction to Computer Science, 10th Edition. Giourdas Publications
• Bozanis Panagiotis D. (2016) Introduction to Informatics and Computers. Tziolas Publications
• Evans A, Kendall, M., Poatsy M.A. (Eds.) - Stamatiou G. (Eds.), (2018). Introduction to Computer Science. Kritiki Publications