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Learning Outcomes
Class Introduction
Define MIS
Describe Systems in Organizations

Topics and Required Reading
What is an Information System?
Systems Architecture
Systems Analysis
What is Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Max Labs Pre-Flight

Required Viewing
In-Class Activity Overview
Assignments Overview

Slide Deck
Discussion 1.1

A1. Pre-course video intros (due on Friday. 1/19, by 11:59 PM)

A2. Max Labs Pre-flight (due on Monday, 1/22, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Explain the Digital Product Manager’s (DPM’s) role in solving problems for organizations
Identify how the DPM utilizes technology to enable organizations
Illustrate how you will begin producing your own DPM tools to analyze, synthesize and evaluate data
Analyzing Organizations as Systems

Topics and Required Reading
What is a product manager? A complex, cross-functional role in IT
Max Labs 1a
An Introduction to Swim Lane Diagrams

Slide Deck
Discussion 2.1

Learning Outcomes
Modeling Processes with Swim Lanes – part 1
Modeling Processes with Swim Lanes – part 2
Data modeling with ERDs

Topics and Required Reading
What is an Entity Relationship Diagram?
Entity Relationship Diagram
What is Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)?

Slide Deck
Discussion 3.1

Additional Tools (optional)
LucidChart (signup for the free version)
Miro (signup for the free version, plus a good read too)

A4. Max Labs 2a/2b (due on Tuesday, 2/6, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Prepare a simple entity relationship diagram
Identify basic ERD symbols and interpret an ERD 
Learn how to turn data into an ERD
Digital Product Management – virtual brand development

Topics and Required Reading & Viewing
How AI is deciding who gets hired (watch)
What hiring managers look for in your social media profile (watch)
Learn-IT-1-for-Non-MIS-Majors (read)
Learn-IT-1-MIS-Majors (read)

Slide Deck
Discussion 4.1

Exam 1 – Review Slides

A5. Mini Case (Uber) (due on Monday, 2/12, by 11:59 PM)

A6. Max Labs 3a/3b (due on Monday, 2/19, by 11:59 PM)

Exam #1 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 1-4 learning objectives

Learning Outcomes
Max Labs – Digital Product Management
Discuss major functions of Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP)
Be able to explain the basic capabilities and benefits of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems

Topics and Required Reading
What is ERP? (Watch Video and scan reading)
What is CRM? (Watch Video and scan reading)
Differences between ERP and CRM

Additional Readings (scan)
3 CRM Use Cases

Slide Deck
Discussion 5.1

Exam #1 (Tuesday, 2/13, in-class)

A7. Learn IT #1 (due on Friday, 2/23, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Define Data Analytics and Big Data and discuss how data creates value for organizations.
Review case studies illustrating how organizations collect and utilize data.
Discuss data storage methods. Illustrate how Google Analytics utilizes data and illustrate key tracking metrics.
Recognize Supply Chain needs and identify how data systems support each phase of the process.

Topics and Required Reading
Data Visualization vs Data Analytics: Key Differences
What is BI?
How do you become a data-driven organization?
Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband
McDonald’s Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition (you may need to login with your email for a free account)
MagicBand+ (scroll down page and watch 1:11 minute video)

Slide Deck
Discussion 6.1

Additional Readings (scan)
5 V’s of Big Data
10 Big Data trends you should know about for 2022
Just Announced: MagicBand+ Will Debut in 2022 at Walt Disney World Resort as Part of 50th Anniversary Celebration
RF Technology at Walt Disney Resort
Uniqlo is banking on RFID tech to help drive international growth

A8. Learn IT #2 (due on Friday, 3/1, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Be able to explain what a platform is and the provide examples of business models that leverage platforms. Be able to explain cloud computing and the benefits it can offer an organization
Recognize what an API is and demonstrate how they are leveraged in business

Topics and Required Reading
What is the API Economy?
What’s the difference between IaaS, Saas & PaaS?
Network Effect: What It Is, How It Works, Pros and Cons (Watch Video and Scan Reading)

Slide Deck
Discussion 7.1

Additional Readings (scan)
How digital platforms are changing the way we work
Product Managers for the Digital World
9 Software Platforms People Use Every Day
Pentagon Comes Around to Multicloud Approach

Spring Break – No Class

Learning Outcomes
Define Cybersecurity and identify examples of it’s impact on industry.
Discuss protection risk needs of organizations.
Describe the current state of Cybersecurity regulations.
Define Artificial Intelligence and identify Narrow, General & Super-intelligence types
Develop strategies to differentiate a person from a computer

Topics and Required Reading
What is threat modeling?
What Really Happens In a Data Breach
What is AI
US Data Privacy Laws in 2023
Healthcare Cyber Attack Statistics 2022
Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks

Slide Deck
Discussion 8.1

Additional Readings (scan)
Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
North Korea is targeting hospitals with ransomware, U.S. agencies warn
MOVEit hack claims Calpers and Genworth as millions more victims impacted
US State Privacy Legislation Tracker

Exam 2 – Review Slides

3/19

3/21

Exam #2 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 5-8 learning objectives

Exam #2 (Tuesday, 3/19, in-class)

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that prompts the user for input, stores the information in variables and displays output.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 1 – Hello, World – Chinnathambi
Chapter 2 – Values and Variables – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 9.1

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that manipulates numbers and strings.

Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that implements conditional logic as part of processing information.

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 3 – Functions – Chinnathambi

Chapter 4 – Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 10.1

Discussion 11.1

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program that implements conditional logic as part of processing information.

Identify solutions for repeating code – loops
Describe how to create loops

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 4 – Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch – Chinnathambi (Continue) 

Chapter 5 – Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do…While! – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 12.1

A10.UDacity Intro to JavaScript (due on Monday, 4/8, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes
Identify solutions for repeating code – loops
Describe how to create loops

Generate for & while loops
Identify HTML, CSS and JavaScript code and discover the impact and interconnectivity of each language.

Topics and Required Reading

Chapter 5 – Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do…While! – Chinnathambi (continue)

Brief intro to HTML and CSS (see slide deck 13.1)

Slide Deck
Discussion 13.1

A11. Coding Challenges – 3 of them (due on Friday, 4/19, by 11:59 PM)

Learning Outcomes

Continue Week 13 subjects

Exam Review

Complete SFFs

Exam 3 Review Slides

Answers to Practice Questions

Exam #3 – 60 Minutes – Assess week 9-14 learning objectives

A12. Coding assignment (due on Monday. 4/29, by 11:59 PM)

Exam 3  (4/25, Thursday, in-class)