Class Participation (100 points)
You will be evaluated for
your oral contributions to our class discussions. The topic of electronic
commerce lends itself to discussion, and your eventual work success in MIS will
require an ability to share your technical knowledge with others. It is
for these reasons that participation will be evaluated.
Mid Term (250)
This closed book exam will evaluate mastery of the Electronic
Commerce textbook and your ability with Cold Fusion. Multiple choice, and short answer
questions will evaluate your textbook knowledge. The exam will evaluate
your knowledge of the Key Terms at the end of each Chapter.
To evaluate your Cold
Fusion ability, you will be given two short Hands On Project type problems that
require building web page solutions.
You can test out of parts of the midterm. By
achieving a 90% average on the weekly quizzes, you will be excused from the
short answer part of the midterm. By completing each of the Cold Fusion chapter
ending "Hands-On Projects", you will be excused from one of the two
short Cold Fusion Project type problems.
Final (250)
Exactly the same type of evaluation as the mid term with
textbook and Cold Fusion parts. The final is non comprehensive, that is, I will ask questions from the second half of the
course after the Mid Term. You can test out of the Final in the same manner as
testing out of the midterm. There will be four quizzes: Chapters 5,
6, 7, and 8.
Project & Presentations (300)
Teams of three students will design and build a
website for an actual organization or individual. The specific project will be chosen by
the students and approved by the instructor. The project will demonstrate
many of the technical aspects of the course as well as the business and organizational
principles discussed in the text and in the classroom. Students on each team will, in part, evaluate each other.
The project has three milestones. On Mar 25 a one page
overview of the proposed site and the organization will be submitted. On April
8,
each team will present a 5 minute status report. The final presentation
on April 29 or May 1 will demonstrate the final product and present lessons
learned.
Project Parameters:
The project will as a minimum involve a three table database;
and multiple web based views of the data (different users should have different
views of the data). The project will be evaluated on: 1) usefulness to the
client; and 2) technical sophistication. Technical sophistication is the
variety of tags (does your site use advanced features such as login, cookies, application
features, and forms where appropriate), and site design (consistency, appearance, graphics,
and navigation).
Mar 25 Overview:
Submit a one page single spaced description of your project. Explain
who is involved, what data will be used, and what processes will be supported by
your project. Also include a list of the major milestones (5 to 7), and what
has been accomplished to date.
These descriptions will be evaluated for completeness,
progress, and foresight.
Apr 8 Presentation:
For this 5 minute presentation in the classroom make no
more than 8 Powerpoint slides. Because of the number of groups presenting,
you will be using printed slides, not a projection of the slides. Bring a printed copy of the slides for me
to class.
This presentation is a progress report. Therefore, explain
which milestones have been accomplished, and your plan for the final
month. Along with your slides, print and turn in a draft of your database,
a site depiction, and a draft of at least two key pages in your site. On
this day you only need to come to class for your presentation, and two others (a
schedule will be distributed).
This presentation will be evaluated for completeness,
progress, foresight, and professionalism (would I hire you).
Final Presentation 29 April or 1 May:
This 10 minute presentation in the lab will focus on
three areas. First, demonstrate your site, that is, show how it will be used.
Second, explain how the site will be maintained after the semester is over, to
include a cost estimates for the first year. Third, explain at least three
lessons learned. These lessons are not about technical or coding problems,
rather they are lessons learned about planning and designing a site, or working
with a client. Turn in a printed cost estimate, a database diagram, a site
diagram, and a print of the code for your pages. You can use Powerpoint
and the projection system provided in the lab.
This presentation will be evaluated for completeness, and
professionalism. This formal presentation will be graded using the Project Parameters
evaluation criteria shown above.
405 Newsite (50)
Read and grade current events before class.
Current Grades:
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