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Here we go.
Go on.
You can do it!
Go on.
You can do it!
Take a class full of students and ask them what they know about business. Ask them what they can do with office productivity software. Ask them what an information system is. Ask them what the most important part of an information system is. ...then lead them down the garden path (a bit)...
Get students to step through the transformational blue door.. Go on. It wont hurt much... ...wait for the transformation...
Okay so you got a hair cut and some nice new clothes. Now we have to work on the stuff under the haircut. Your official role is now that of "Systems Analyst" (in training) and you will analyse you project business and design an information system for it.
Lectures are aimed at
giving you the conceptual knowledge needed to complete the lab assessment items Sometimes they will be mass workshops on using software and learning computer stuff
Who is here to help you?
Every tutor has consultation time for one-on-one help
The lecturer has a drop in time for consultation on any matter
Every computer lab in this course is assessed. You will embark upon a project that will enable you to understand the information requirements of business and organisations of any size. You will have two hour labs booked. The first hour is led by your tutor where he can give you an overview and then answer any individual questions. The second hour is for you to work with your peers so solve problems and share knowledge. You can work together but everyone's project will be different so that you have to make your own design decisions.
The first few lectures cover the concepts of systems, organisations, information systems and User Interface Design. You will learn HTML, network communication protocols and software, client-server architecture and learn alot about people. It gets creative! You will document answers to some theory questions raised in lectures in the last lab class of this module
In the first few labs you will create your own professional website.
In this module we concentrate on how organisations are arranged and how determine their information system needs. You will learn how to create a network design for your project organisation and create a shopping list for everything you need. You will document answers to some theory questions raised in lectures in the last lab class of this module
In this set of labs you will be learning how to do presentation with spreadsheets.
You will set up an organisation chart for your project business and design a network plan.
We cover elements of organisational analysis and introduce some simple tools used in the business world. You will learn about the operating context of a business and be able to create analytical and decision tools using spreadsheets. You will document answers to some theory questions raised in lectures in the last lab class of this module
In this set of labs you will be learning how to do left different things with spreadsheets.
It is not just words but graphics and formulae and decision making too.
This is all about information design and the most important business software tool - the database. You will learn how to design and build a working database for you project business. You will document answers to some theory questions raised in lectures in the last lab class of this module
Didnt you always want to design a database?
It starts with entities (people and things) and working out how they interact.
You create tables, relationships, queries and reports and voila - you are in business.
Here we are at the business end - literally.
The outcome of systems analysis is a design document that details your information system design and all of you justifications.
This is a 50% assessment item ("exam") that is completed in labs in week 13
Every bit of work that you do will be uploaded to the web server (kobold) and this is where your tutor will look for your project deliverables to be able to assign you marks. You will go to the tutor's website to find your marks and to get feedback. * If you completed the assessment item before the assessment date then if you act on the feedback you can get it reassessed for extra marks.
All work you do during the semester will be placed on the Kobald server. Your tutors will have access to mark your work.
