IT services for tourism 1.S3.JAT.PP.37
Course objectives:
- familiarising with information technology in the tourism industry.
- developing the ability to use applications used in travel agencies, hotels and other tourist institutions
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Course content
1. The specificity of IT services in the tourism industry. Hardware and software Help Desk tasks
2. Planning IT solutions in the tourism industry
3. TCO and models of IT solutions in the tourism industry
4. IT tools for communication. Intranet solutions, communicators.
5. Web applications used in tourism - Canva, Buffer, Pixlr
6. Use of multimedia materials - Photo Stocks, photos, sounds, videos. The most important issues related to copyright
7. Free and paid databases with multimedia materials.
8. Content creation in the travel industry.
9. IT programs specific to particular branches of tourism
10. IT security in tourism
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity
discussion, brainstorming, independent student work, project work, teamwork, ICT tools, MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes according to PQF 2019:
Knowledge
The student knows and understands:
1. at the advanced level the position and importance of philological studies in the field of information technology, with particular emphasis on tourist services (k_W01/P6S_WG)
2. principles of functioning of IT programs used in tourism (k_W07/P6S_WK)
3. methodology of performing tasks, standards, procedures and good practices used in tourism related to IT services (k_W10/P6S_WK)
Skills
The student is able to:
4. be innovative in solving IT service tasks in tourism (k_U02/P6S_UW)
5. independently search, analyze, evaluate, select and use information from electronic sources and develop IT skills in tourism (k_U05/P6S_UW)
Social competence
The student is ready to:
6. taking individual and team actions to improve the quality of their work in IT services in tourism (k_K07/P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active participation in the workshops - 50% of the final grade (outcome1,2,3,4,5,6)
2. Projects and partial tasks carried out by students - 50% of the final grade (outcome1,2,3,4,5,6)
Pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading materials provided by the teacher
Additional information
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