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Department of Management Information Systems, Temple University

Digital Systems

MIS 2101.008 ■ Fall 2020 ■ AJ Raven
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Schedule

WEEK DATES TOPIC DUE
1 8/25

Learning Outcomes
Class Introduction
Define MIS
Describe Systems in Organizations

Topics and Required Reading
Acquiring Information Systems And Services
Systems Architecture
Systems Analysis

Slide Decks
Discussion 1.1

 
2 9/1

Learning Outcomes
Analyzing Organizations as Systems
Modeling Processes with Swim Lanes

Instructions

How to sign up with LucidChart. Will be explained in class. 

Topics and Required Reading
An Introduction to Swim Lane Diagrams

Slide Deck
Discussion 2.1

1. Max Labs Pre-flight (due Monday 9/7 by 11:59 PM)
3 9/8

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
Prepare a simple entity relationship diagram
Identify basic ERD symbols and interpret an ERD 
Learn how to turn data into an ERD

Topics and Required Reading
Max Labs Pre-Flight
Entity Relationship Diagram
What is Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)?

Slide Deck
Discussion 3.1

2. Max Labs 1a/1b (due Monday 9/14 by 11:59 PM)
4 9/15

Learning Outcomes
Data modeling with ERDs
Digital Product Management – virtual brand development

Topics and Required Reading
Learn-IT-1-for-Non-MIS-Majors
Learn-IT-2-for-Non-MIS-Majors

Required Viewing
What hiring managers look for in your social media profile

Slide Deck
Discussion 4.1

First Exam Review Session: Friday, 09/18 at 5pm 
Link: https://temple.zoom.us/my/mariaprikhodko
 
Recording: Review Session 1
 

Second Exam Review Session: Monday, 09/21 at 3pm
Link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/8689285168 

Recording: Review Session 2

3. Max Labs 2a/2b (due Monday 9/21 by 11:59 PM)

5 9/22

Exam #1 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 1-4 learning objectives. The exam is on Canvas and will be administered through Proctorio. (Proctorio will provide a Calculator and Whiteboard)

Learning Outcomes
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?
5 ERP Trends
What is CRM?
Missing the Most Important Part of CRM
CRM vs. ERP: What’s the Difference?
3 CRM Use Cases

Slide Deck
Discussion 5.1

Exam #1 (9/22)

After the exam, at 6:30, we will have our regular class in the Zoom meeting. 

6 9/29

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 Difference Between Data Analysis And Data Visualization?
  • What is BI?
  • Companies Are Failing in Their Efforts to Become Data-Driven
  • Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband
  • McDonald’s Bites on Big Data With $300 Million Acquisition
  • How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Slide Decks
Discussion 6.1

4. Learn IT #1 (due Monday 10/5 by 11:59 PM)
7 10/6

Learning Outcomes

Topics and Required Reading

  • API Imperative
  • How the API economy is igniting a cultural shift in businesses
  • What are digital platforms?
  • Product Managers for the Digital World
  • IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS
  • What is the Network Effect?
  • Platform Businesses
  • 9 types of software platforms

 ICA 10 MaxLabs File: Lab 2c Packet

Slide Deck
Discussion 7.1

Digital Systems 7.1 AJ-s Additional Slides

5. Max Labs 3a/3b (due Monday 10/12 by 11:59 PM)
8 10/13

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.

Topics and Required Reading

  • What is threat modeling?
  • Data Breaches
  • John Deere’s Promotional USB Drive Hijacks Your Keyboard
  • These are the worst corporate hackers of all time
  • 5 Worst Data Hacks
  • What is AI
  • The Wired Guide to Artificial Intelligence
  • Why Hospitals Are The Perfect Target For Ransomware

Slide Deck
Discussion 8.1

6. Cybersecurity (due Monday 10/19 by 11:59 PM)
9 10/20

Exam #2 – 50 Minutes – Assess week 5-8 learning objectives. The exam is on Canvas and will be administered through Proctorio. (Proctorio will provide a Calculator and Whiteboard)

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 Decks
Discussion 9.1

See Diamond Peer Corner for Review Sessions.

Exam #2 (10/20)

7. Watch Lynda.com video “The Importance of HTML”
(due Monday 10/26 by 11:59 PM)

10 10/27

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

Topics and Required Reading
Chapter 3 – Functions – Chinnathambi

Slide Deck
Discussion 10.1

Assignment 8 (Code Academy) is cancelled for this semester. You do not have to complete it.  
11 11/3

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

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

Slide Deck
Discussion 11.1

 

12 11/10

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

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

Slide Deck
Discussion 12.1

PEMDAS Slide

 

13 11/17

Learning Outcomes
Generate for & while loops

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

Slide Deck
Same slides as in week 12 above.

Sample Exam 3 Questions

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10. Learn IT #2 (due Monday 11/16 by 11:59 PM). Because of schedule changes assignment 10 comes before assignment 9. 

14 12/1 

Learning Outcomes
Be able to create a simple JavaScript program explain the utilizes HTML and CSS to interact with the user.

Slide Deck
Discussion 13.1 (not a typo, this is the 13th slidedeck)

Course Review and Reflection, Complete SFFs

9. Coding assignment (due Thursday 12/3 by 11:59 PM)

 

 

Exam Week Tuesday 12/15

Final Exam – 
***The exam is on Canvas and will be administered through Proctorio. (Proctorio will provide a Calculator and Whiteboard)

Exam 3 (final): (12/15), 5:45 – 6:45 PM. 

 

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Instructor

AJ Raven

Email: ajraven@temple.edu
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Virtual Office Hour Availability: By appointment only. Please email me to schedule your virtual meeting.

ITA CONTACT INFO

ITA
Name: Anh Huynh ( ePortfolio)
Email: tul44748@temple.edu
Virtual Office Hours Availability: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30 and by appointment.
Location: Zoom Meeting
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anhhuynh1/
ITA
Name: Loymi Peralta ( ePortfolio)
Email: tug26945@temple.edu

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