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| Week #15 Week of December 11th |
Contact me when you are ready to take the final. If you are going to finish the course on time, the final must be passed in by Monday, Deccember 18th> |
| Week #14 Week of December 4th |
You should continue working on creating your electronic portfolio (templates are available under CIS17). You should also report back to me on the research you did (ways of creating an electronic portfolio and what should go in it. Please think carefully before you put any identifying information. |
| Week #13 Week of November 27th |
This week I would like you to continue researching an electronic portfolio system. Find some sites that
offer them and gain an understanding of what an electronic portfolio is. Sites you can look
at include: Sourceforge (open source software) Open Source Portfolio You should also start to create your own - see me for help in this! Please be sure you have read the entire book - your final will definately be easier if you have. Assignments: The dairy project should include the following documentation: description of the system, DFD, systems flowchart, programs (list all and document 1), files (list and layout fields for all and document 1 (dictionary)), reports (list and layout fields for all and document 1 (dictionary)), input (list and layout for all document 1). I also want an implementation plan. Documentation information can be found at: Documentation |
| Week #12 Week of November 20th |
Continue working on the dairy and project management. I also want you to start to build an electronic portfolio to use when you are job hunting. We need to talk about this, so email, IM or inperson works. |
| Week #11 Week of November 13th |
Read chapter #10 - we will not cover it this week but I want to keep you reading one chapter
at a time, so... I want you to experiment with the Project Management software. You can download it from the web or get a copy from Carol Mello. I have asked that it be installed in the K130 lab. Project Manager Remember the business software packages that I asked you to send away for at the beginning of the semester - well now I want you to look at them! Assignments: We need to start getting me the systems flowchart for the dairy. When that is set, I want you to pull together a documentation package that will include the listing of input and output and files, the DFD, the systems flowchart and documentation. We will talk about what that means this week. Evaluate two of the software packages. You want to understand what functions they can accomplish (payroll, order entry, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory etc.). You want to look at them related to the business notes I had you read and your own experience and evaluate whether they would work for a small company trying to set up a portion of their business with this software. Look at ease of use, whether the package works, whether it is flexible, whether in fact you could recommend it to a client. |
| Week #10 Week of November 6th |
This week we will continue looking at systems design including systems flowcharts and talking
about some standard business systems. Please read chapter #9 in the text. Read the information on Systems Analysis and Design Toolkits (if you haven't already) up through part #4 with special focus on PERT/CPM charts - you will also find notes at the site on this topic. I think it would be beneficial to meet or set up a webhuddle meeting or try instant messaging or something - this tends to me the place where people have trouble. Assignments: Pert/CPM assignment I want you to continue working on the dairy system. This week I want you to draw the systems flowchart and explain briefly what each of the programs does. Continue with New Century Health Clinic. |
| Week #9 Week of October 30th |
This week we will continue designing systems and look at data and processing. Assignments: First, you need to design a DFD for this project and I want you to draw one. Second, we are going to decide on the storage/database etc that will be needed. I want you to make a list of tables in third normal form including keys/indexes. (Be sure to include fields) Continue with New Century Health Clinic. |
| Week #8 Week of October 23rd |
Please read chapter #8 in the text. We will continue the discussion of design, databases,
IO etc. Assignments: Dog Store Database assignment Dairy System We will be working on this via email and in class for a couple of weeks. I would suggest that you make some time to go over this with me either in a internet conference session or in person. First, I want you to decide on the output and input that would be produce and give me a list. Continue with New Century Health Clinic. |
| Week #7 Week of October 16th |
Please read chapter #7 in the text. We will spend this week doing Access and normalization. Hopefully the assignment from last week will have introduced you to the concepts. Assignments: Credit Union Assignment Continue with New Century Health Clinic. |
| Week #6 Week of October 9th |
Please read chapter #6 in the text/ You should also look at the additional information
about relational databases and normalization at this site. We will spend
time on that this week. Since most of you are comfortable with Access (if you aren't be sure to look at the Access tutorials), I am going to ask you to start thinking about normalization as you follow these two example/tutorials. Assignments: Using Access, I want you to create the following two databases: Student database example (due in 2weeks) Payroll database example (due in 2 weeks) Continue answering the questions about New Century Health Clinic at the end of the chapter. |
| Week #5 Week of October 2nd |
This week we are going to spend time on DFD diagrams. Please go over the Systems Analysis and Design Toolkits for Communication Tools, Case Tools and Financial Analysis Tools in your textbook. Be sure to check for notes under notes and handouts that would be helpful in understanding the analysis phrase. I decided to wait until next week to assign chapter #6. Assignments: Ticket DFD Assignment Project: (Due in three weeks - note the assignment says two weeks but I have added an extra week) Develop a PowerPoint presentation that will explain the analysis of the Clinic and your recommended results from the analysis. Note I say you can give it to me on a disk but if your email can handle it I would rather have it sent to me by email. Analysis/Powerpoint assignment |
| Week #4 Week of September 25th |
Please read chapter #5 in the text. We will start focusing on Data Flow Diagrams. I want you to spend a lot of time going over the examples in the text (chapter #4) and the example out on one of my presentations very carefully. Be sure you understand them. Assignments: I want you to do a Data Flow diagram for something you are familiar with. Processes that you do at work would be ideal. Put together a diagram and send it to me with an explanation. I am not going to grade this assignment, I am just going to check it off (maybe a check plus for more details). Continue answering the questions about the New Century Health Clinic at the end of the chapter. |
| Week #3 Week of September 18th |
If you do not know HTML/XHTML I want you to learn the basics so you can create a portfolio.
You can get the information from my CIS17 website, my CIT11 website and/or my CIS44 website.
Please let me know whether or not you are comfortable with basic HTML. You will receive an invitation to join writely (sent to your BCC address) which is a collaborative group. Please accept the invitation and respond to the Beach House Case Study Assignment. Read chapter #4 in the text. We will be looking at decision tables this week. Please read the information posted under notes and handouts. I also want you to look at the information about data flow diagrams very carefully. We will look at them next week as well. Assignments: Accept my invitation to writely and go there and respond to the Beach House Case Study Assignment. Continue with the New Century Health Clinic, answering and submitting the questions. Decision Table assignment (due in two weeks) |
| Week #2 Week of September 11th |
Remember that this is a capstone course - you should keep a portfolio of your work to pass in at
the end of semester (it should be web based). I would like you to upload
samples of things you have done during your studies in this major. Read chapter #3 in the text. There are also some links on the site and some information and resources at the text book site. Assignments: I want you to read along and follow the analysis for the New Century Health Clinic as you read the text. You should take the time now to review the information about the clinic and start thinking about solutions in relationship to the chapters you are reading. The web site for the New Century Health Clinic is at New Century Health Clinic Assignments: Each chapter has questions about the New Century Health Clinic. I want you to answer the questions and turn them in for each chapter you read. |
| Week #1 Assignments Week of September 4th |
Read chapter #1 and #2 in the text. The text is available from the bookstore or
at the text book site. Part of your work this semester will be to prepare a portfolio of your work. You should spend some time this week looking at portfolio packages on the web and seeing if you find something you like. The alternative is to create a site using HTML. Explore some of the information and resources at the text book site. Text book site I would set up a free email to use for this course, acquiring software requires an email and you will get lots of email responses from the information you provide. Acquiring software can be done over the next month. Downloading is always risky, so the safest way of doing this is to send away for CDs. You should also acquire case tool software to experiment with. There is a list of case tools at the text book site. and there is a trial version of Visible Analyst that is used in the book available at Visible choose the educational version Start to acquire some sample software for use later in this course. These are some that I have found, you can look for your own. You should acquire three or four different business software packages. If you see a time period limitation, either wait to download or install. You want the duration to start when you get an assignment. If you are not comfortable with spreadsheets and need more information, let me know and I will find a text book for you to use. Assignments: Information on software demos for this course These are just some possibilities of demo software - it would be great if you found some other options! First e-commerce assignment: eCommerce due in two weeks Spreadsheet assignment: Southworth Nursery spreadsheet due in three weeks to give you time to review Excel You should do the Case Study Questions for New Century Health Clinic at the end of chapter #1 and at the end of chapter #2. You should essentially build a collection of responses to the questions and pass in the complete set at the end of the semester for a grade. You should also pass in the answers weekly to be checked off. |