Course Announcements

Hi Class,

Last night we held a comprehensive review for the final.  The final will be a combination of Multiple Choice/True or False/Short Answer/Essay.  It will be closed notes/computer/book, but you can bring in one page of notes for reference.  You will have the entire class to complete the exam.

Please submit any lingering assignments ASAP as I will not be accepting any assignments regardless of late penalty after this week.

Good luck preparing for the Final!

Pat

Hi Class,

Last night we covered Web Application Security and worked through the web application hacking exercise (Due 11/29).  If you have not complete the activity you can access the url here.

We will not have class next week 11/22 due to the Thanksgiving break.  We will meet again on 11/29, where we will work through the application development exercises and review topics for the final exam to be held on 12/6.

Be sure to submit all outstanding assignments to me ASAP.

Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Pat

Hi Class,

Last night we covered part 2 of Application Software Development.  We covered the foundation of programming including classes, object, properties, methods, events, form controls, variables, conditional logic (if…then…else) and loops (for and while).  We covered this material by creating a windows forms application and illustrating the concepts by coding in the application.  We also discussed the difference between windows forms applications and windows web applications.

Next week we will move onto Web Application Security, where we will cover the 10 most common vulnerabilities found in web applications and how they are exploited as well as an exercise where we will analyze and attempt to hack a vulnerable web site.

For next week: 1) Complete all of the assigned readings for Week 12 listed under materials on the course website 2) Submit Murach Exercises 4-1 and 5-1 to me before next week’s class

Note: If you are have any assignments from previous weeks that you have not submitted to me please submit them to me ASAP as the late penalties will continue to add up based on how long past the due date the assignment was submitted.

Have a great week!

Pat

Hi Class,

I have posted our virtual class webex from last night to the Week 10 Material section of our course website.  To recap: We reviewed Tech Challenge 4, went through the Application Software Part 1 presentations and went through an intro to IIS Web Servers and Visual Studio, including the creations of a small windows forms application.

Due next week: Tech Challenge 5 (Send me a Screenshot of IIS), Tech Challenge 7, Murach C# Exercise 2-1 and 3-1 (For the exercises please zip up and send me your entire code folder for the solutions), Read Murach C# Chapters 4 and 5.

I have posted a few discussion threads and may ask a few questions over the next week.  As part of the participation grade please contribute to this discussion thread.  Also, please post all issues/errors to the discussion boards.

Next week we will go deeper into application development and cover programming fundamentals.

See you all next week!

Pat

To recap: last night we reviewed MySQL Server, MySQL Workbench and covered SQL Queries, including how to interpret database architecture and joins.

Next week we will begin Web/Application Development, which will include an introduction to Visual Studio, web servers, and an introduction to programming.

For next week: 1) Submit Tech Chall 4 & 6 ASAP if you have not done so yet 2) Submit the Database Development Assignment (Murach MySQL Ch 4 questions 1-7) I need a screenshot of your full SQL query as well as the results. 3) Read Murach C# Chapter 1,2,3

If you are able to please start on Tech Challenge 5 and Tech Challenge 7 (Steps 1-8) which involves installing Visual Studio 2015 on your -IIS1 VM in MS Azure.  I am hoping we can begin programming next week and the install takes some time, so it would be great if everyone already has Visual Studio running.

See you all next week!

Pat

Hi Class,

Last night we reviewed Systems Administrations, the Azure portal and covered the Database Administration presentation.

Next week we will review tech challenge 4 and 6, continue our coverage of databases and move into Database Development, which involve writing SQL queries. (Note: We will be using the database you create in Tech Challenge 6 so be sure to complete this Lab on time).

For next week: 1) Submit Tech Challenge 4 2) Submit Tech Challenge 6 3) Read Murach Ch’s 3 & 4

Again, be sure to shutdown your VM’s in MS Azure when you are not actively working in them.

Note: Tuesday 10/25/2016 – Is the last day to withdraw from a course.  If you have any questions at all about your grade please let me know!

Have a great week!

Pat

Hi Class,

Good work last night.  To recap we covered Systems administration and worked our way through a good portion of the system administration tech challenges.

For next week: Please submit Tech Challenges 2, 3 and 4 by 10/18/16 5:30 pm.

Be sure to post to the discussion board with ANY issues you run into with the labs.  In addition, extra participation credit will be given to those who post and respond on the boards.

Next week we will review tech challenge 4 and then begin covering Databases focusing on Database Administration.

All grades up to this point have been posted as well.

Have a great week!

Pat

Hi Class,

Good work last night.  To recap we reviewed the key takeaways from the networking topics and covered Systems Administration.  We closed the class with a command line example.

Next week we will go through DNS, DHCP, File Services and Login Scripts.

Please Submit Tech Challenge 2 – Active Directory – Accounts, Groups, and Machines by 10/18 5:30 pm.

See you all next week!

Pat

Hi Class,

Good work with the networking lab this week.  Everyone did a great job working through issues and helping each other through the configurations.

Next week we will begin discussing System Administration and begin the Active Directory Lab.

For next week 1) Read Burd Ch 14 2) Submit your group networking Lab responses

See you all next week!

Pat

Hi Class,

Good work last night!  To recap: We reviewed Operating Systems from week 3 and covered Storage Topics including how magnetic storage (hard drives in particular) works as well as backup and fault tolerance techniques (Mirroring and RAID).  We also discussed and examined benefits of cloud based services over desktop based services.

Next week we will cover Networking, which will involve a hands-on lab configuring a test network.

For next week: 1) Ensure you can access the software site and successfully download software 2) Read Burd Ch. 9 3) Submit the two storage assignments to me by next class.

 

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT:  

I would like everyone to utilize the IT Knowledge Base to complete this week’s (and future weeks) assignment as well as resolve any outstanding issues related to VMWare, the MIS Software Website etc. For anyone that was having issues downloading software, configuring VMWare etc… last night from the MIS Software website, I would like you to post your issue to our IT Knowledge Base detailing your issue and what you have done to resolve it.  Anyone that posts their issues and/or provides guidance or a solution to anyone with a software install issue or any issue will receive additional credit on their participation grade.

I am expecting everyone to utilize the IT Knowledge Base on-going as a key component of the participation grade for this course.

See you all next week!

Pat