Computer Applications
Subject Code - 165
CLASS IX (2025-26)
Learning Outcomes
After the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Familiarise themselves with the fundamental components and functions of
computer systems, memory, storage devices, and I/O devices.
2. Develop an understanding of various types of software, computer networks,
and multimedia.
3. Understand the importance of Safe Internet Practices
4. Create and edit documents, spread sheets, and presentations.
5. Perform basic data manipulation using spread sheets.
6. Animate text and pictures using presentation tool
Distribution of Marks and Periods
Unit Periods
No. Unit Name Marks
Theory Practical
1. Basics of Information 20 20 10
Technology
2. Cyber safety 15 10 05
3. Office Tools 15 20 55
4. Lab Exercises 50 - -
Total 100 50 70
Unit 1: Basics of Information Technology
• Computer Systems: characteristics of a computer, components of a
computer system – CPU, memory, storage devices and I/O devices
• Memory: primary (RAM and ROM) and secondary memory
• Storage devices: hard disk, CD ROM, DVD, pen/flash drive, memory stick
• I/O devices: keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, scanner, web camera
• Types of software: system software (operating system, device drivers),
application software including mobile applications
• Computer networking: Type of networks: PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN,
wired/wireless communication, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cloud computers
(Private/public)
• Multimedia: images, audio, video, animation
Unit 2 : Cyber-safety
Safely browsing the web and using social networks: identity protection, proper
usage of passwords, privacy, confidentiality of information, cyber stalking,
reporting cybercrimes
• Malware: Viruses, adware
Unit 3: Office tools
• Introduction to a word processor: create and save a document.
• Edit and format text: text style (B, I, U), font type, font size, text colour,
alignment of text. Format paragraphs with line and/or paragraph spacing.
Add headers and footers, numbering pages, grammar and spell check
utilities, subscript and superscript, insert symbols, use print preview, and
print a document.
• Insert pictures, change the page setting, add bullets and numbering,
borders and shading, and insert tables – insert/delete rows and columns,
merge and split cells.
• Use auto-format, track changes, review comments, use of drawing tools,
shapes and mathematical symbols.
• Presentation tool: understand the concept of slide shows, basic elements
of a slide, different types of slide layouts, create and save a presentation,
and learn about the different views of a slide set – normal view, slide sorter
view and handouts.
• Edit and format a slide: add titles, subtitles, text, background, and
watermark, headers and footers, and slide numbers.
• Insert pictures from files, create animations, add sound effects, and
rehearse timings.
• Spreadsheets: concept of a worksheet and a workbook, create and save a
worksheet.
• Working with a spreadsheet: enter numbers, text, date/time, series using
auto fill; edit and format a worksheet including changing the colour, size,
font, alignment of text; insert and delete cells, rows and columns. Enter a
formula using the operators (+,-,*, /), refer to cells, and print a worksheet.
• Use simple statistical functions: SUM (), AVERAGE (), MAX (), MIN (), IF ()
(without compound statements); embed charts of various types: line, pie,
scatter, bar and area in a worksheet.
4. Lab Exercises
• Browser settings for a secure connection
• Working with the operating system: Navigation of the file system using a
mouse and keyboard.
• Word processing: create a text document; create a letter, report, and
greeting card.
• Create a text document with figures in it. It should describe a concept
taught in another course.
• Discuss the following in a text document about the basic organisation of a
computer: CPU, memory, input/output devices, hard disk.
• Create a text document in an Indian language other than English.
• Create a presentation.
• Create a presentation with animation.
• Include existing images/ pictures in a presentation.
• Animate pictures and text with sound effects in a presentation
• Create a simple spreadsheet and perform the following operations: min,
max, sum, and average.
• Create different types of charts using a spreadsheet: line, bar, area and
pie.
Breakup of marks for the Practicals:
S.No. Unit Name Marks
1. Lab Test (30 marks)
Word processing 10
Handling spreadsheets 10
Creating presentations 10
2. Report File + viva (10 marks)
Report file:-- 4 documents each with a word
processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tool 8
Viva voce (based on the report file) 2
3. Project (that uses most of the concepts that have been learnt) (10 marks)
Total Marks 50
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