Course Information

The syllabus can be found here: Spring 2014 Syllabus

We will use this WebEx link each week. Please try to arrive a few minutes early to ensure your connections are up to speed. Please mute your phone upon entry.

Topic: MIS 2101 Sec 702
Host: Amy Lavin
Date: Every Thursday, from Thursday, January 23, 2014 to Thursday, May 8, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Session number: 642 212 081
Session password: This session does not require a password.

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To join the training session
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1. Go to https://foxsbm.webex.com/foxsbm/k2/j.php?ED=260923032&UID=0&HMAC=da8fee393b6debc0248126088c4b5918d021ab5f&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: This session does not require a password.
4. Click “Join Now”.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link
https://foxsbm.webex.com/foxsbm/k2/j.php?ED=260923032&UID=0&HMAC=da8fee393b6debc0248126088c4b5918d021ab5f&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

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Posting & Commenting on Our Course Site:

Getting access

All students will have “author” access to this site. This means that you will be able to author new posts and also edit and delete your own posts (only). Comments are also open to all students.
Log-in to the FoxMIS community site by clicking on “log-in” above (use your Temple accessnet id and password). After you have logged-in once you will automatically get an account on the site.
After all the students have logged in once, the instructor can then change their status to “author.”

To add a new post

Log-in to the FoxMIS community site by clicking on “log-in” above (use your Temple accessnet id and password)
Click on “My Sites” above and select “Information Systems…” (the title of this course) – then from the sub-menu – click on “New Post”
Start typing your post! Consider adding a picture to illustrate your point. Text only posts are hard to read. Use paragraphs to separate your text.
Use a descriptive title – this is important if you want to encourage people to read your post – think of a newspaper style headline.
Select another category – pick one that makes sense.
Select or create new tags. Categories are for the kind of post you are making – tags are for the actual content of your post. They are similar to keywords. The tags are displayed in the “tag cloud” – the more a tag is used the larger the word appears in the tag cloud. So it is useful if you pick existing tags.
Tags and categories are critical – we are using a very unstructured medium – they provide a way for others to find your content.
When done, click on “Publish” on the right hand side.

To edit one of your posts

Log-in to the FoxMIS community site by clicking on “log-in” above (use your Temple accessnet id and password)
Click on “My Blogs” above and select “Managing Information…”, then from the sub-menu – click on “Dashboard”
You will see a list of options on the left. To edit a post, click on “Posts” and select the post you want to edit.

To comment

Log-in to the FoxMIS community site by clicking on “log-in” above (use your Temple accessnet id and password)
Click on a particular post
Start typing in your “Reply”
Click “Submit” when done.

Tips for posting and commenting

To make your posts and comments more interesting and to achieve high ratings, you should consider:

Including a picture that illustrates your point
Set up a profile and a picture avatar on the MIS community site (directions). It is much more interesting to read a comment when you can actually see the person.