Measurements and Classification of Unprocessed Timber

Course: Measurements and Classification of Unprocessed Timber
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Prerequisites: Elective
Credits: ECTS 2
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE DSΙE7 SEMESTER Spring/Winter
COURSE TITLE Measurement  and Classification of Unprocessed Timber
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures 3 2
     
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Skill Development
PREREQUISITES:

 

 No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/eclass/courses/OPE02131/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The course material aims to teach students the measurement and classification of rough wood products and in general the recognition of the quality of unprocessed Timber

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Recognize the importance of the dimensions and the quality of the quality of the unprocessed Timber. The determination of the sale price based on the characteristics of the unprocessed Timber
General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
Search, analysis, synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.      Classification of Unprocessed Timber

2.      Measurement and characterization Unprocessed Timber

3.      Measurement of Unprocessed Timber

4.      Labeling of Unprocessed Timber

5.      Calculation of volume of standing wood

6.      Name of Unprocessed Timber

7.      Measurement of standing trunk volume

8.      Terminology – Defects in wood structure

9.      Defects in structure and color

10.   Classification criteria

11.   Classification by type of use

12.   Quality classification

13.   Stacked timber (short) and industrial timber (long).
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of ICT in Teaching and in Communication with students
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 30
Bibliographic analysis   and classroom presentation 5
Field Exercise  
Team work 5
Independent study 10
   
   
Course Total 50
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

 Written final exam (in Greek) with development questions (knowledge, conclusions, problem solving).

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally.

The topics of the written final exam indicate the points with which each question is graded. The students’ grades are announced publicly. The student can see his / her writing at any time

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
·        Dimou, V., 2011. Measurement and Classification of Unprocessed Timber – Defects in the structure of Wood, (University traditions)

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Vasiliki Dimou
Contact details: eclass, email
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Written and oral examination by remote methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination is ensured
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination of the course will be carried out through eclass according to the examination program. Students who have institutional accounts, have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education can take part. Students after their composition in eclass will randomly receive, from a question pool, 10 questions that you must answer in 10 minutes. Each of the questions will be graded 1.0.

 

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.