Business Information Systems I – Class Syllabus BCS 338 (M 03) – Fall 2011 Instructor: James A. Nelson, Ph.D. call me Jim Office Hours: I will have virtual office hours from 7:00AM until 7:00 PM unless I’m in a meeting or otherwise engaged. I’ll be in the BC 309 computer lab on dates to be scheduled. Feel free to call me at the number below (my personal cell phone) or text me during my virtual hours or email me at any time. Cell Phone for my BCIS classes only: (575) 649-5938 NMSU E-Mail: [email protected] Please use my NMSU email for quicker response to personal questions. You can also set Blackboard to forward your NMSU email to your favorite 3rd party email provider (e.g. Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) using the instructions below. For questions that other students may also need answered, please use Blackboard Discussions. Course work will be assigned and administered from two different websites. Most course activities, grades, and quizzes will be on Blackboard: learn.nmsu.edu, while Microsoft Excel and Access training and exams will be on myitlab: http://www.myitlab.com. Course Materials & Texts (Required) • Using MIS, 2011, David M. Kroenke, Prentice Hall – This is a loose leaf text and is available the NMSU Barnes & Noble bookstore, Campus Bookstore (Pan Am Plaza), Amazon.com and other sources have this book available. All of the quizzes on Blackboard will come from this text. • myitlab access code in NMSU Bookstore package or from www.myitlab.com at $80 Note: If you have an access code from BCIS 110, it is valid for one year and you can use the same code for this course. The course ID code is CRSABKP-828576 and is not the same as your personal access code. • The bookstore has a bundle ($108 used/$150) including the Kroenke text, myitlab code, and a trial version of Microsoft Office 2010. If you already own Microsoft Office Professional 2010, the bookstore has a bundle that does not include Office ($95.65 used/$132.50 new). Please note that the myitlab code is new in both bundles. • We will use Office 2010 for our course. Course Description • This course provides an understanding of management information systems (MIS) by blending technical information with decision-making, problem-solving and systems integration. This course emphasizes the importance of technology as an aid to decision-making and as productivity tools in business. In addition to gaining an understanding of management information systems, students also gain a working knowledge of productivity software through the use of a database management system (Access) and spreadsheet software (Excel). Course Objectives This course is a core course in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program. The primary program learning goals to which this course contributes are: 1) Students are effective users of information technology and 2) Students can think critically.Upon completion of this course, the student will also: • Be able to describe how MIS relates to you as a future business professional. • Understand the nature of collaboration and how it pertains to decision-making, problem-solving and project management. • Understand the key components of Information Technology (IT). • Be able to explain the dynamics of Information Systems (IS) among organizations; particularly e-commerce, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management systems. • Understand business intelligence and knowledge management. • Understand information security, including security threats, policy and safeguards. Blackboard and This Course • Blackboard is a tool for integrating the Internet into the delivery and management of our course. All course information will be posted to Blackboard. All assignments (except for myitlab) will be submitted via Blackboard. All instructions, messages, and course information will be posted to the Discussions on Blackboard. Blackboard may be accessed from learn.nmsu.edu, the NMSU.edu portal, or from my.nmsu.edu. You are expected to logon to Blackboard several times per week and your logons will be part of your participation in the course. Reading the Discussions is required. If you don’t read the Discussions you will miss out on updates to course requirements and instructions on how to complete the assignments. You are also required to post your thoughts (blog) to Topics that will be listed under Discussions. You must respond to the Topic Discussions within3 days of my initial posting. Myitlab • myitlab assignments are web-based simulations which will cover advanced Excel and Access chapters. These assignments require an access code which can be purchased from the NMSU bookstore or more conveniently from the myitlab site http://www.myitlab.com ($80). If you have taken BCIS 110 this summer or last spring you will be able to use your old code. • You must have an access code for myitlab and complete all of the assigned work at the 70% level to pass the course. The new myitlab has built in video conferencing where you can see my screen and I can see yours. It will take us a while to figure it out, but it should make for a better course when you have questions over tough Excel and Access assignments. • If you are doing your work on your home computer, you will need to install some sound files from the myitlab.com site; these files are already installed in the BC309 computer lab and at many other labs on campus.. You will need a fast connection at home or myitlab will not work well. • You must register on the www.myitlab.com site during the first week of the course. The course code for BCIS 338 M70 Summer II 2010 is Course ID: CRSABKP-828576. If you fail to purchase an access key and register on the myitlab site, you will be asked to withdraw from the course. If you do not complete and pass 70% of the myitlab assignments you will fail the course. • Most of you used myitlab for your BCIS 110 course. If you have not used myitlab, please go over the tutorials covering Excel Chapters 1 -4 and Access Chapters 1 -3. You will not be graded for these chapters, but they will bring you up to speed on Excel and Access. They are on the myitlab.com calendar as being due on August 9th, the last day of class, but you should do them the first week of class.• Myitlab grades will be manually input into Blackboard grade book weekly. Quizzes • Each quiz is worth 20 points each. These quizzes