CBSE Class 9 Foundation of Information Technology Syllabus 2016 – 2017

New syllabus of CBSE Board Class 9 for the academic session of 2016‒2017 is released by CBSE board.

The important highlights of CBSE Class 10 Hindi (Course - A) syllabus for the academic year 2016 ‒ 17 are as follows.

There will be six exams:

(i) Formative Assessment ‒ I,

(ii) Formative Assessment ‒ II,

(iii) Summative Assessment ‒ I

(iv) Formative Assessment ‒ III,

(v) Formative Assessment ‒ IV,

(vi) Summative Assessment ‒ II

The weightage of marks from each test is as per this scheme:

Course Structure for CBSE Class 9^th Term I:

Marks: 90 (70 Theory, 20 Practical)

Details of Units and their weightage in Term I

Unit I: Basics of Information Technology

Convergence of Technologies: Computer, Communication and Content Technologies.

Computer System: Characteristics of a computer, components of a computer system

– CPU (CU & ALU), Memory, Storage Devices and I/O Devices

Memory: Primary (RAM & ROM) and Secondary Memory.

Units of Memory: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, I/O Devices -

Keyboard, Mouse, Printer, Joystick, Scanner, Microphone, OCR, MICR, Light Pen,

Barcode Reader, Digital Camera, Web Camera, Speaker, Plotter

Storage Devices: Hard Disk, CD ROM, DVD, Pen/Flash Drive, Memory Stick

Types of Software: System Software (Operating System), Application Software

(General purpose application software - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation,

Database Management; Specific purpose application software - Accounting

Management, Reservation System, HR Management, Attendance System, Payroll

System, Inventory Control System, Billing System) and Utility Software (Disk/Folder/

Files Management, Virus Scanner/Cleaner, Encryption/Decryption Tools)

Unit II: Information Processing Tools

Operating System - Basic concepts of Operating System, Operating System: Need for operating system, Functions of Operating System (Processor Management, Memory

Management, File Management and Device Management), Types of operating system

- Interactive (GUI based), Real Time and Distributed; Commonly used operating systems: UNIX, LINUX, Windows, Solaris, BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions); Mobile OS - Android, Symbian.

Introduction to Windows: Basic components of a GUI Window: Desktop, Frame, Title

Bar, Menu Bar, Status Bar, Scroll Bars (Horizontal and Vertical), Basic operations of left and right buttons of mouse, Creating Shortcut, Basic Tools: Text Editor, Painting

Tool, Calculator, using Mouse and moving icons on the screen, Task Bar, Different types of menu and menu selection, running an application, setting system date and time; viewing files, concept of folders and directories, creating/moving/ renaming/ deleting files and folders, opening and closing Windows, Minimise, Restore and Maximise forms of windows.

Office Tools

Word Processing Tool: Introduction to a Word Processor. Creating and Saving a document. Editing and Formatting a Document: Text Style (B, I, U), Font Type, Size, changing color, alignment of text. Formatting paragraphs with line and/or paragraph spacing. Adding headers and footers, numbering pages, using grammar and spell check utilities, using subscript and superscript, inserting symbols, Print Preview, Printing a document. Inserting Pictures, Page Setting, Bullets and Numbering, Borders and Shading, Format Painter/Paintbrush, Find and Replace, Inserting Tables: inserting, deleting rows and columns, merging cells, splitting cells.

Unit III: IT Applications

Students are suggested to work on the following areas using Word Processing.

Domains:

Multi Lingual Documentation:

• Letter Writing - content, context, addressee

• Report Writing - content, presentation, context

• Greeting Card - design, context, recipient

• Poster Making - design, context, target group

Detail of Practicals in Term I

(A) HANDS ON EXPERIENCE

1. Working on Operating System:

To test some of the following basic system operations on file / folder(s):

• Create

• Rename

• Copy / Cut / Paste

• Delete

• Commands related to Text Editor / Drawing Tool

2. Word Processing*

A document is required to be created for testing the following areas

Editing and formatting text and paragraph

• Page and paragraph setup

• Inserting symbols and pictures

*Printouts of the document(s) should be attached with the answer sheet.

(B) IT APPLICATION REPORT FILE

Students are supposed to make an IT Application Report File containing real life assignments using Word Processing Tool on 4 topics (Report Making, Poster Making, Invitation Cards, Letter/Application writing).

(C) VIVA VOCE

The questions can be asked from any portion of the syllabus covered during Term of Class IX.

Course Structure for Term II

Details of Units and their weightage in Term II

Unit I: Basics of Information Technology

Communication Technology

Computer Networking - LAN, MAN, WAN, Internet, Interspace Wired Networking Technology; examples Co-axial Cable, Ethernet Cable, Optical Fiber Wireless Networking Technology, examples, Bluetooth, Infrared and WiFi

Content Technology

Data, Information and Multimedia (Picture/Image, Audio, Video, Animation)

Unit II: Information Processing Tools

Office Tools

Presentation Tool: Introduction to Presentation Graphics, Understanding the concept of Slide Shows, Basic elements of a slide, Different types of Slide Layouts,

Creating and saving a Presentation, Different views of a slide: Normal view, Slide

Sorter view and Slide Show, Editing and Formatting a slide: Adding Titles, Subtitles,

Text, Background, Watermark; Headers and Footers, Numbering Slides; Printing

Slides Handouts, Inserting pictures from files, Animating pictures and Text with

Sound Effects, Timing Text box, Pictures and Slides, Rehearse Timings, Ungrouping and Grouping Objects (like text, picture).

Spreadsheet Tool: Introduction to Spreadsheets, Concept of Worksheets and Workbooks, Creating and Saving a worksheet. Working with a spreadsheet: entering numbers, text, date/time, series using Auto Fill, Editing and formatting a worksheet including changing colour, size, font, alignment of text, Inserting or Deleting cells, rows and columns, Formula-Entering a formula in a cell, using operators(+,-,*,/) in formulae, Relative referencing, Absolute referencing and mixed referencing, Printing a worksheet. Use simple Statistical functions: SUM (), AVERAGE (), MAX (), MIN (), IF () (without compound statements); Inserting tables in worksheet, Embedding Charts of various types: Line, Pie, Scatter, Bar and Area in a worksheet.

Word Processing Tool: Using auto-format, mail merge, track changes, review comments, insertion of drawing tools, shapes and mathematical symbols.

Unit III: IT Applications

Students are suggested to work on the following areas using Word Processing, Presentation and Spreadsheet Tools.

Domains:

Documentation:

• Mail-Merge Formal/Informal letter

Presentation:

• School Presentation

• Environment (Save Energy) and Pollution (Global Warming)

• Product Advertisement

• Science and Social Science topic from the course

• Trends in Wireless Computing

Analysis Reporting:

• School/Class Result with student-wise and subject-wise marks

• Cricket Score Record

• Weather Forecasting Report

Unit IV: Societal Impacts of IT

Benefits of ICT in Education, Healthcare, Governance, Business, Design and

Manufacturing Plagiarism, Privacy, Security and Integrity of Information; Intellectual

Property Rights, Careers in IT.

Detail of Practicals in Term II

A) HANDS ON EXPERIENCE

1. Presentation

A presentation is required to be created with 4 slides for testing the following areas:

• Editing and formatting slides

• Inserting pictures and sounds

• Animating pictures and text with sound effects

2. Spreadsheet*

A spreadsheet is required to be created for testing the following areas:

• Formatting cells and data

• Functions & formulae (Relative, absolute and Mixed reference)

• Charts

*Printouts of the document(s) should be attached with the answer sheet.

(B) IT APPLICATION REPORT FILE

Students are supposed to make an IT Application Report File containing real life assignments/ presentations using Presentation and Spreadsheet Tools.

• 4 presentations

• 4 spreadsheets with charts

• 1 word processing document along with mail merge feature.

(C) VIVA VOCE

The questions can be asked from any portion of the syllabus covered during Term II.

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