KELMS (Kyambogo E-learning Management System)

This course is designed for beginners who want to learn essential laptop skills and how to maintain their laptops effectively. Participants will gain hands-on experience in charging, shutting down, navigating through their laptops, connecting to the internet, using emails and social media, sharing files both online and offline, and ensuring safety and security while using their laptops.

Course Description

The course covers theories, milestones and difficulties in the development of language for children with intellectual impairment. It also covers the assessment of the communication skills and various communication techniques that can be used with and for persons with intellectual imapairment

This course introduces the students to the basic knowledge and skills of using computers.  It emphasizes the use of Microsoft Windows, Ms. Word, Ms. Excel and the Internet.

In this course you will explore the different kinds of interaction and communication relevant to persons with deafblindness/ MSI.How you communicate with persons with deafblindness/MSI will differ depending on the unique needs of the individual You will learn the practical skills needed to facilitate understanding between deafblind children and their communication partners.

This course equips students with knowledge on social deviance, crime and its management. It examines theories, causal factors, criminal procedures and institutional framework relating to crime and social deviance. The course further explores community’s role in prevention and management of social deviance and crime. 
 

Course objectives    
The course aims to provide students with:

• Knowledge of theories of social deviance and crime.
• Insights into common social deviant behaviours and prescribed crimes.
• Knowledge on management of social deviance and crime.
• Knowledge on the national criminal justice system.  

Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:

• Demonstrate ability to apply theories and principles of crime and social deviance in community development practice.
• Analyse common social deviant behaviours and prescribed crimes.
• Demonstrate knowledge on guiding and educating the community on management of social deviance and crime.
• Describe the criminal procedures and practices in Uganda. 

Mode of delivery
The course will be delivered using interactive face to face and online lectures, group discussions, brain storming, field visits, case studies, guest speaker,   and library and e-information resources.
Assessment

1. Course work 40%                                         
2. Final Examination 60%

      Total                 100%

The course enables students to examine gaps that limit the participation of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable conditions in society. It emphasizes the importance of equalization of opportunities and use of human rights-based service provision approaches to promote inclusion of and social justice for persons with disabilities in development initiatives.

This is to certify that the participant has completed the Safeguarding Essentials training program, demonstrating their commitment to protecting the welfare and well-being of children, young people, and vulnerable groups. This course was developed in partnership with Cyber School Technology Solutions and the Mastercard Foundation Uganda.