CBSE Class 10 Computer Application Syllabus (Term-wise) Rationalised Syllabus

Check the latest CBSE Computer Applications Syllabus for class 10. This is the revised syllabus released by the board for the current academic session. Link to download the complete syllabus is also provided in this article.

CBSE Class 10 Computer Education Syllabus 2021-2022 for Term 1 and Term 2

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The detailed syllabus for CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications is given below:

Computer Applications

CLASS 10 (Code 165)

(2020-21)

Learning Outcomes

Ability to create a simple website
Ability to embed images, audio and video in an HTML page
Ability to use style sheets to beautify the web pages.
Ability to write iterative programs with Scratch/Python.
Ability to Interface a web site with a web server and record the details of a user’s request.
Ability to follow basic cyber ethics
Ability to familiarize with network concepts.

Distribution of Marks and Periods is as follows:

CBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2020-21: All Subjects

Unit 1: Networking

Internet: World Wide Web, web servers, web clients, web sites, web pages, web browsers, blogs, news groups, HTML, web address, e-mail address, downloading and uploading files from a remote site. Internet protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, HTTPS. Remote login and file transfer protocols: SSH, SFTP, FTP, SCP, TELNET, SMTP, TCP/IP.
Services available on the internet: information retrieval, locating sites using search engines and finding people on the net;
Web services: chat, email, video conferencing, e-Learning, e-Banking, e-Shopping, e-Reservation, e-Governance, e-Groups, social networking.
Mobile technologies: SMS, MMS, 3G, 4G.

Unit 2: HTML

Introduction to web page designing using HTML: create and save an HTML document, access a web page using a web browser.
HTML tags: html, head, title, body, (attributes: text, background, bgcolor, link, vlink, alink), br (break), hr(horizontal rule), inserting comments, h1..h6 (heading), p (paragraph), b (bold), I (italics), u (underline), ul (unordered list), ol (ordered list), and li (list item). Description lists: dl, dt and dd. Attributes of ol (start, type), ul (type).
Font tags (attributes: face, size, color).
Insert images: img (attributes: src, width, height, alt), sup (super script), sub (subscript).
HTML Forms: Textbox, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combobox.
Embed audio and video in a HTML page.
Create a table using the tags: table, tr, th, td, rowspan, colspan
Links: significance of linking, anchor element (attributes: href, mailto), targets.
Cascading style sheets: colour, background-colour, border-style, margin, height, width, outline, font (family, style, size), align, float.

Unit 3: Cyber ethics

Netiquettes.
Software licenses and the open source software movement.
Intellectual property rights, plagiarism and digital property rights.
Freedom of information and the digital divide.
E-commerce: Privacy, fraud, secure data transmission.

Lab Exercises

Create static web pages.
Use style sheets to enforce a format in an HTML page (CSS).
Embed pictures, audio and videos in an HTML page.
Add tables and frames in an HTML page.
Decorate web pages using graphical elements.
Create a website using several webpages. Students may use any open source or proprietary tool.
Work with HTML forms: text box, radio buttons, checkbox, password, list, combo box.
Write a blog using HTML pages discussing viruses, malware, spam and antiviruses
Create a web page discussing plagiarism. List some reported cases of plagiarism and the consequent punishment meted out. Explain the nature of the punishment in different countries as per their IP laws.

Breakup of marks for the practicals:
S.No.	Unit Name	Marks
1.	Lab Test (20 marks)
	HTML (design one web page based on a diagram)	20
2.	Report File + viva (20 marks)
	Report file: At least 10 HTML pages, and at least 5 Scratch/Python programs.	15
	Viva voce (based on the report file)	5
3.	Project (that uses most of the concepts that have been learnt)	10