About Computing@Carnegie Mellon
Course Overview
Computing@Carnegie Mellon (C@CM) is a 3-unit, pass/fail mini course that will help you develop foundational computing and information literacy skills, focusing on the tools and technologies that are specific to Carnegie Mellon so you can be successful in your other academic courses. All undergraduate students are required to take the course.
C@CM is offered in a hybrid format through the Open Learning Initiative's (OLI) online course environment; meaning that students will complete a number of assignments online while still attending face-to-face support sessions. Only those students who are able to master the learning objectives and stay on track with the weekly schedule will be allowed to complete the course independently.
Accessing the Course
To access the course, visit https://oli.web.cmu.edu/. If you have officially registered through Online Registration, the course should automatically appear. If the course does not appear, first confirm that you are registered by viewing your course schedule on Student Information Online. Once you have confirmed that C@CM is on your course schedule, send an email with your course section (i.e. 99-101 A3) to c-cm@andrew.cmu.edu and request access to the course.
If you are not taking the course for credit, you can access the open version of the C@CM OLI course by entering the course key "ccmoliopen."
Curriculum
The curriculum is determined by an advisory committee of faculty from each college, and covers the prerequisite skills students need to succeed in their other academic courses. The course is comprised of four primary units. A description of what’s included in each is below.
Responsible Computing
As its name implies, this unit will provide you with an overview of the computing privileges and responsibilities that apply to the Carnegie Mellon community. You will learn about the specific issues involved in protecting information and resources – not just your own, but the larger community’s as well.
Effective Computing
This unit of the course will introduce you to some of the most commonly used electronic tools and services that the university offers, and how to use them effectively to support your learning.
Safe Computing
The Safe Computing unit will teach you about online threats and malicious attempts to compromise information and resources, along with protective measures they can take.
Information Literacy
You will learn how to get good information in the Information Literacy unit. You’ll learn how to navigate the University Libraries website to find information, conduct effective searches and evaluate information. This unit also addresses academic integrity issues related to plagiarism and citing sources.
Learning Strategies
The course also includes a section on learning strategies where you will work on developing skills for independent learning and learn how to apply these metacognitive skills to their academic coursework.
More Information
Phone: (412) 268-7851
Email: c-cm@andrew.cmu.edu
Web: http://www.cmu.edu/computing/training-ed/c-cm.html
