Info 415

Week	Course Material	Comments
Sept. 7
	Course Overview (Chapter 1) - Intro. to IS & IT- IT’s Role in Business, IT Basics – StFX Network drives.
Sept. 12
	Enabling the Organization (Chapter 9)- Decision Making – Transaction Processing Systems, DSS, ESS, AI, and Data Mining.
Sept. 19
	E-Business – Plug in B11- Accessing Internet Info- Intranet, Extranet, Portal, Kiosk; Providing Internet Info – ISP, OSP, ASP; Measuring E-Business Success – Metrics; Trends – Egov, Mobile Communication.
Sept. 26
	Designing Web pages – Plug in T9- WWW, Process of web design, HTML Basics, Web Graphics; creating web pages using HTML – Plug in T10- HTML, Creating, viewing HTML docs, Creating hyperlinks, and Displaying graphics.
Oct. 3	Online Store Website – Design – Assignment 1- Overview.

Oct. 10	Friday, Oct. 14 – Assignment 1 Due. Hardware/ Software Basics – Plug in B3- Hardware Basics, CPU, Primary/ Secondary Storage, Input/ Output Devices, Communication Devices. Computer categories- Take apart a PC. Software Basics- Systems software, Application Software.

Oct. 17	Tuesday, Oct 18- Mid Term1
	Networks and Telecommunications – Plug in B5. Network Basics- Architecture, Typology, Protocols, and Media.
Oct. 24	Storing Organizational Information – Databases – Chapter 7- Storing organizational info, Relational databases, DBMS.

Oct. 31	Database Design – Assignment 2. – Explain. Databases – Designing Database Applications- Plug in T5- Entities and Data Relationships, Documenting logical data relationships, relational data model.

Nov. 7	Basic Skills and Tools using Access 2007 – Plug in T6- Access Intro, Creating and modifying tables, Defining Relationships.
	Friday, Nov. 11. - Remembrance day – No Class
Nov. 14	Tuesday, Nov 15- Mid Term2
	Problem Solving using Access 2007 – Plug in T7- Simple queries creation, Advanced Queries.
Nov. 21	Tuesday, Nov. 22 Assignment 2 Due. Decision Making with Access 2007 – Plug in T8- Forms – Reports, using the Report Wizard.

Nov. 28	Linking the Online store Website with Database. – Assignment 3. Explain.
	Friday, Dec. 2 Assignment 3 Due. Review and Slack

Business Driven Technology, by: Baltzan, and Phillips, 4^th Edition, 2010, ISBN 9780077359355. This text is available at StFX bookstore bundled with a MISource 2010 CD.

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Week	Topic	Class Notes	Class preparation
Sep 7	Introduction		Friday
Sep 12	Business Driven Technology		Tuesday Business Driven Technology - Chapter 1 Friday Information System Basics
Sep 19	Enabling the Organization- Decision Making		Tuesday Enabling the Organization-Decision Making Chapter 9 Scenario Manager Goal Seek Friday
Sep 26	E-Business – Plug in B11- Accessing/ Providing Internet Info; Measuring E-Business Success – Metrics; Trends .		Tuesday E-Business – Plug in B11 Friday
Oct 3	Designing Web pages – Plug in T9 Creating Web pages Using HTML - Plug in T10		Tuesday Designing Web pages – Plug in T9 Plug in T9 Material Web Design Assignment Friday Creating Web pages Using HTML - Plug in T10 Plug in T10 Material
Oct 10	Hardware/ Software Basics – Plug in B3		Tuesday Mid-Term Topics & Type of Questions Hardware/ Software Basics – Plug in B3 Friday Friday, Oct. 14 – Assignment 1 Due by 5 P.M..
Oct 17	Networks and Telecommunications – Plug in B5		Tuesday Tuesday, Oct 18- Mid Term1 Friday Networks and Telecommunications – Plug in B5
Oct 24	Storing Organizational Information – Databases – Chapter 7.		Tuesday Guest Lecture Answers for midterm Friday Databases – Chapter 7
Oct 31	Databases – Designing Database Applications- Plug in T5- Entities and Data Relationships, Documenting logical data relationships, relational data model.		Tuesday Databases – Designing Database Applications- Plug in T5 Database Design – Assignment 2. Friday Coca-Cola Database - Queries- Reports ERD Model for Coca-Cola
Nov 7	Basic Skills and Tools using Access 2007 – Plug in T6- Access Intro, Creating and modifying tables, Defining Relationships. Problem Solving using Access 2007 – Plug in T7- Simple queries creation, Advanced Queries.		Tuesday Mid-Term2 Topics Answers Basic Skills and Tools using Access 2007 – Plug in T6 Problem Solving using Access 2007 – Plug in T7 Friday Nov. 11, Remembrance Day (No classes)
Nov 14			Tuesday Tuesday, Nov 15- Mid Term2 Friday
Nov 21	Decision Making with Access 2007 – Plug in T8- Forms – Reports, using the Report Wizard.		Tuesday Tuesday, Nov. 22 Assignment 2 Due by 5 P.M.. Decision Making with Access 2007 – Plug in T8 SlopesideBikes_Data.mdb Queries and Reports Friday
Nov 28			Tuesday Xmas Exam Details Friday Review Friday, Dec. 2 Assignment 3 Due.

GRADING	Item	Percent of Grade
	Quizzes / Mid-terms (2)	30
	Assignments (3)	30
	Final Exam	40