ULGATLA030 Informatics for tourism

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Petr Janík (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Janík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to widen the knowledge of the students of the employment of information technologies and information systems in the field of tourism. The students will get acquainted with the practical usage of information systems in tourism (booking systems, GIS). They will learn how to use the Internet efficiently, to work with electronic map, to look up transport connection, on-line reservations and purchase orders, and to use the browsers specialised in tourism. The students will learn the basics of HTML language and will be able to create internet presentation to be published on the Internet using WYSIWYG editor.
Syllabus
  • 1. Information systems (GIS) in tourism
    2. Providing information, reservation and sales services, requirements on technical and software equipment specific for tourism
    3. Use of the Internet for reservation and purchase order services
    4. Development and publishing of self-created WWW presentation
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KRÁL M., ŠROM, L. Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Podrobná uživatelská příručka. Praha: ComputerPress. info
  • PÍSEK, S. HTML začínáme programovat - 3. Aktualizované vydání. Praha, 2010. info
  • BEAIRD, J. Principy krásného webdesignu. Praha, 2010. info
  • SCHAFER, S. M. HTML, XHTML a CSS. Praha, 2009. info
  • TOMLINSON, R. Thinking about GIS: Geographical Information System Planning for Managers. 2007. info
  • CYROŃ, M. CSS - kaskádové styly: praktický manuál. Praha, 2006. info
  • PÍSEK, S. HTML tvorba jednoduchých internetových stránek. Praha: Grada, 2006. info
  • FREW, A. J. Information and communication technologies in tourism. 2005. info
  • ZELENKA, J. a kol. Informační a komunikační technologie v cestovním ruchu. Hradec Králové, 2002. info
  • TUČEK, J. Geografické informační systémy, principy a praxe. Computer press, Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-7226-691. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
- test (computer) in the extent of lectures and seminars
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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