Date |
Assignment |
| Before Course Begins |
Pre-Course Assignment
Course Introduction and Overview
Projects:
Acquiring MS Access, MS Visio, MS Office, Tableau
Accessing the UIowa Virtual Desktop
Purchase web server
Create your "homepage" on the Internet |
June 10 |
Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Systems
Projects:
Managing Your Computer Environment
Creating a Blog using WordPress. |
June 13 |
Chapter 2: Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems
Projects:
Using MS Visio to Diagram Components of a System
Creating Your "Personal" Information Data
(your music songs) as an ASCII text file.
Creating Your First HTML Webpage |
June 17 |
Chapter 3: Ethics and Privacy
Projects:
Access 1 - Case 1, Up the Hill Bakery, Tables and Forms
Exploring Your Website's WordPress Database
Creating "Private" Website Folders
Explore "Privacy" issues involving your website and web server. |
June 20 |
Chapter 4: Information Security
Projects:
Access 2 - Case 6, Destination Corporate Event Planning, Inc., Queries and Reports
VPN into UIowa "home" Network from Off Campus
Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and SSH software
Explore "Security" issues involving your website and web server. |
June 24 |
Chapter 5: Data and Knowledge Management
Projects:
Music Database ER Diagramming using MS Visio
Importing your Music Data into MS Access
Exporting MS Access and Adding it to Your Website using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software
Using SSH software
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June 27 |
Chapter 6: Telecommunications and Networking
Feedback for this Online Course
Projects:
Excel 1 - Create a Weighted Decision Matrix using Excel
Case 10, Up the Hill Bakery, Using the Payroll Analysis Model
Configuring your GoDaddy Email
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July 1 |
Chapter 7: E-Business and E-Commerce
Projects:
Excel 2 - Using Case 10, Up the Hill Bakery, Using the Payroll Analysis Model
Installing e-Commerce Software (Magento) on your Server
Understanding file access "rights" |
July 4 |
Textbook Reading Break - Study for Exam 1.
Projects: Mid-Term
Excel 3 - Case 11, Celebrations for Charity, Creating a Break-Even Model
Creating a website with Excel Files
Transferring Large Files to others Using Your Website
Transferring Large Files from others to you with FTP
Exam1, chapters 1-7 (Monday, July 8 until Friday, July 12)
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July 8 |
Chapter 8: Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce
Projects:
Excel 4 - Case 13, Up the Hill Bakery, Creating a Financial Projections Model & Questions
Email Spam control |
July 11 |
Chapter 9: Social Computing
Projects:
Excel 5 - Case 16, Up the Hill Bakery, Creating a Building Remodel Proposal Mode
Installing Wiki Software on your Server
Access to Adobe Dreamweaver (Either On or Off-Campus.) |
July 15 |
Chapter 10: Information Systems Within the Organization
Projects:
Excel 6 - Database Functions (Not from textbook.)
Creating a website (homepage) using Adobe Dreamweaver |
July 18 |
Chapter 11: Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management
Projects:
Excel 7 - Web Queries, PivotTables, and Slicers in MS Excel (Not from textbook.)
Dreamweaver 2:
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| July 22 |
Chapter 12: Business Analytics
Projects:
Dreamweaver 3
Tableau and Excel - Basics of Data Visualization, Analyzing Excel Data
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July 25 |
Chapter 14: Data Standards, XML (Not from textbook.)
Projects:
Creating your own "podcast" with XML and your music files |
July 29 |
Chapter 14 Due. Begin studying for exam2. |
July 27 to August 1 |
Exam2, chapters 8-12 (You can take the final exam anytime between Saturday, July 27 and Thursday, August 1)
Course Ends (any remaining work due by Thursday 11:55PM) |
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