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Aim of Module | To enable students working in groups to plan activities and collaborate on documents using electronic means |
Credits | 5 |
Suggested Time | 50 student learning hours |
Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2003 |
Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
1 Use workgroup software | A | 40 | |
2 Collaborate on documents | A | 30 | |
3 Control a workgroup | A | 30 | |
100 |
LEARNING OUTCOMES The Student Will | ||
A | 1 | Exchange messages and schedule events using appropriate workgroups software. May include: |
Netmeeting | ||
Outlook | ||
Groupwise | ||
Lotus Notes | ||
A | 2 | Collaborate with others on a document. |
P | 3 | Control communications in a workgroup, using the facilities available in the software. |
1 Use workgroup software |
> | Exchange messages with others using workgroup software, including: | |
Broadcast | ||
Individual | ||
Forwarded | ||
Attachments | ||
> | Schedule an activity between a group of no less than three people. Agree on date, time and place. Update the electronic diaries of all concerned. | |
> | Invite members of a group to participate in an on-line discussion. Participate in an on-line real-time discussion about a topic previously arranged. |
2 Collaborate on documents |
> | Make changes and comments on a shared document provided by your assessor. | |
> | Ensure that all modifications and comments are highlighted according to the workgroup softwareís capabilities. | |
> | Complete the processing of the collaborative document to the formal approval of all of the group. |
3 Control a workgroup |
> | Create a standard for the communications of the group, for acceptable and unacceptable communications. | |
> | Given some communications, decide whether they would be accepted or rejected. | |
> | Summarise the communications of a group on a theme the group has been electronically discussing, using the software effectively to publish this information. |