This course on ‘Electricity and Safety Measures’ will introduce you to electricity, from generation to transmission to cities/ towns, to distribution up to the end user. You will learn the elementary electrical, overview of electrical power system, Quality of electrical supply, general tools and tackle, Major substation equipment, Operation & maintenance practices for substation and transformer in the first part of this course. While the use of electricity is a boon to us, its misuse could lead to major accidents.

This course has its importance because after construction of buildings they need proper repair and maintenance to serve their purpose efficiently and effectively throughout their service life. In this course you will come to know about the defects in buildings and building materials and their deterioration over the period of time. The defects in buildings may be due to use of defective building material and workmanship. Deterioration in buildings and materials may be due to environmental and other external agents, improper use and lack of proper care of building over the time.

This course “Inventory and Stores Management” covers the concept of Inventory Management and how to estimate Economic Order Quantity.  Construction Industry maintains Inventory so that work at site should not suffer. The course covers Inventory Control Techniques. The course also tells about Stores Management.  Details of Inventory  Control and Stores Management have also been highlighted to give the learners a holistic learning experience. 

Most of our education system is changed. New educational goals are emerging every day according to the need of the society and the advancement of science and technology. Global competitions and multinational companies are expecting higher order thinking skills. So we have to rethink what is important to learn and how this might be assessed authentically might be incorporated in curriculum planning. We encourage learners to use ICT but how can we restrict to paper based assessments to assess their knowledge.  e-Assessment can pave way for a radical approach to qualifications.

Teacher Education is one of the important components to determine the quality of a teacher. Untrained teachers remains deprived of becoming aware realising many good qualities of a teacher. Teaching is a profession which requires development of typical the feelings and skills of harnessing the good qualities in a learner. To ensure that all untrained teachers acquire the requisite qualifications, SSA provides for 60 days of training for teachers who have not received any training before their recruitment.

If you are an internet user, this is a must join course for you, designed in a most illustrative manner with lot of multimedia for your better understanding. Technology has facilitated us in many ways, almost in all facets of our life. No one can deny the extent of convenience being provided by Information and communication technology but in contrast because of its anonymity, it provides a suitable platform for criminals to commit crime.

This course entitled “Certificate Course in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in Rehabilitation.” has been designed in a very systematic and logical manner for self-learning of a virtual learner. This course shall be presented through a variety of multimedia enriched content, activities and assessments so that you are able to understand various topics very well. 

This course describes the foundations, processes, models and theories and instructional design in practice that have evolved from the basic systemic approaches for e-learning environment. Keeping in view the need of the learners, teachers and practitioners of e-learning, this course is planned, designed and developed to acquaint them with the design aspects of Instructional Design. This course is run over 12 weeks and requires 3 to 5 hours of time in each week.

The rise in the widespread use of technology paves a way to rise in cybercrime. For hackers, the possibilities increased exponentially, along with the potential rewards like ransomware. Hence being cautious about the situation, the internet experts are paying attention by investing a lot of time and money in predicting cyber security trends.

Introduction to Mind education

This Course involves academic experts at the national and international level. The Experts are from the University of East Anglia, International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid and Tropics (ICRISAT), Panjab University, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), NNedPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS).

The Tax system  is an important subject to study. In India almost every university has included this subject in the syllabus of post graduate levels of study. Corporate tax planning is a specific and specialized area where the students may acquire knowledge on the subject. Corporate tax planning as a subject is very interesting to know how the corporate assesses plan to utilize various provision as provided in the Income Tax Act 1961 with an objective to minimize their tax liability.

The history of the cooperative movement in developing countries, the concept underlying the cooperative movement, the distinction between cooperatives and public /private sectors, and the extent of achievement of the inherent objective for the upliftment of peasantry and rural masses are important highlights of this course. The course will familiarize you with various aspects of the cooperative movement in developing countries in general and India in particular.
 

This course broadly encompasses the study of properties of ingredients of concrete, design of concrete mix, production of concrete and various concreting operations. Cementing material is the vital component of the concrete, hence study of process of manufacturing of cement, types of cement and their properties are covered in this course. Study of properties of aggregates and water also finds their due coverage in the course. Process of concrete production and concreting operations also forms an essential component of the course.

This one credit online course entitled, “Commercial Fruit Production: Pomegranate & Guava” will contain entire production technology of two fruit crops i.e. Pomegranate and Guava”. It will cover latest production technology of these two crops including its climatic requirements, varieties, planting techniques, fertilizer and irrigation requirement, inter culturing and special practices, maturity indices, harvesting techniques, etc. 
 

Week 1

Lecture 1: Importance, soil and climatic Requirements of pomegranate

Lecture 2: Varieties of pomegranate

Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability
By 1. Dr. M. Rajesh 2. Dr. Sindhu P Nair, 3. Dr. Jalajakumari VT, 4. Dr. P Unnikrishnan   |   IGNOU Regional Centre, Vatakara

The course is an unique effort to provide awareness about environmental issues from the perspective of social  sciences, technology,  education and law. It is expected that after going through the course, learners will have a comprehensive idea about the issue areas.

Course layout

Week 1

1.      Introduction to environment and society

This four credit course is a part of UGC curriculum, as a discipline centric elective and has given space in fifth semester of B.Sc. program. 

One of the major uses of Computers is in facilitating communication of secure information over the Internet. One of the major developments in this respect is the World Wide Web (WWW) - also called simply the Web. The WWW have made major inroads in development of web based communities, collaboration, services and applications such as social networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs etc. Today many technologies and services are available through the Internet. Internet has caused permeation of information at grass root level.

The basic objective of this course is to make the student aware that we are living in an information age. The course begins with the basics of Information and touches various aspects of Information Systems and information technology. (You may go through the CIT001: Fundamentals of Computer Systems to learn about the technology part viz. computer hardware, software and networking.)

This course comprises 7 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn from Linux for Sys-Ads spoken tutorials with ease. 

An essential component of marketing is consumer insight – both the obvious needs and wants that are on the surface of conscious thought, but also the deeper, possibly unconscious motives that drive human behavior at an implicit level.The course covers the major topics of consumer behavior, including attitudes, impulsive vs. deliberative purchase, psychographic profiling and assessment, brand loyalty, experiential marketing, self and identity, and product satisfaction. Focus of the course would be on the psychological and sociological elements and their impact on consumer decision making.

This course comprises 20 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux commands with ease. 

This course comprises 23 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux BASH Shell Scripting with ease. 

This course comprises 11 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux AWK with ease. 

This course comprises 9 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Writer (word processor component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

LibreOffice Suite Impress
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 10 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Impress (slide presentation component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

LibreOffice Suite Impress
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 10 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Impress (slide presentation component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

இந்த பாடநெறி, 20 ஆடியோ-வீடியோ ஸ்போகன் டுட்டோரியல்களை கொண்டுள்ளது, இதைப் பயன்படுத்தி நீங்கள் Linux commandகளை எளிதாகக் கற்றுக்கொள்ளலாம்.

படி 1-
முதல் பாடத்தில் கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள படிகளைப் பின்பற்றி முதலில் Ubuntu Linux OSஐ நிறுவவும்.
    1. முதல் பாடம், ஒரு  Virtual Boxல் Ubuntu Linux operating systemஐ நிறுவுவதற்கான படிகளை கொடுக்கிறது.
    2. பாடத்தை திறந்து, உங்கள் OS க்கான டுட்டோரியல்களை படித்து, Ubuntu Linuxஐ உங்கள் கணினியில் ஒரு Virtual Boxல் நிறுவவும்.
    3. வெற்றிகரமான நிறுவுதலை உறுதிப்படுத்த,  (தாளில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளபடி) சரிபார்க்கவும்.

LibreOffice Suite Draw
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 15 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Draw (graphic component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease.