Information and Communication Technology in Horticulture
Course Overview
Official detailed syllabus from the ICAR Sixth Deans’ Committee curriculum.
Course Objectives
To learn basics of computing and its practical use in communication
Theory Syllabus
IT and its importance. IT tools, IT-enabled services and their impact on society; Introduction to Computers, hardware and software; input and output devices; word and character representation; features of machine language, assembly language, high-level language and their advantages and disadvantages; Operating Systems, definition and types, Applications of Word Processing / Spreadsheet /Presentation /Databases for document creation and Editing, Data presentation, interpretation and graph creation, statistical analysis, mathematical expressions, Database concepts and types, uses of DBMS in Horticulture; Introduction to Local area network (LAN), Wide area network (WAN), Internet and World Wide Web, HTML and IP and Video conferencing, Introduction to e- Horticulture, concepts and applications, Use of ICT in Horticulture.
Practical Syllabus
Practice with latest operating system for creating Files, Folders, File Management. Use of Word Processing/ Spreadsheet/ Presentation/ Databases with latest software packages; Creating a spreadsheet, Use of statistical tools, writing expressions, creating graphs, analysis of scientific data. Creating Database, preparing queries and reports, creation and operation of E mail account; Demonstration of Horti-information system using Mobile Apps. Internet applications: Web browsing, handling of audio-visual equipment. Planning, preparation, presentation of posters, charts. Introduction of Geospatial Technology of generating valuable information for horticultural. Hands on Decision Support System. Preparation of contingent horticultural crop planning.
Suggested Readings
1. Comer Douglas E. 2018. The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and how the Internet Works. Chapman and Hall/CRC.
2. Crowther R, Joe L, Ash Blue, and Wanish G. 2014. HTML5 in Action (1st Edn.). Manning Publication Co.