+ introduction to class ist210 class lecture. + course objectives understand the importance of data,...

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Introduction to Class

IST210 Class Lecture

+Course Objectives

Understand the importance of data, databases, and database management

Design and implement a database

Design SQL queries to access databases

Understand web-based databases

Understand how different databases exchange data

Understand basic user interface design principles to support information processing

+Why Are You Here?

It is a required course.

But hopefully there is more!

+Course Organization

2 “Lectures” a week Tuesdays and Thursdays – 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

205 IST Building

Reading To be completed before class on Tuesday

Homework Due - Sunday at 11:55 p.m. turned in via the

appropriate drop box on Angel. One Amnesty day – Turn in 1 assignment 24 hours

late.

+Course Resources

Required Book Database Concepts, Seventh Edition

Course Website Syllabus Schedule and Assignments Announcements www.personal.psu.edu/nna102/IST210

Angel Site Turn in Homework Grades Announcements go out via Angel

email

+Course Grading

Project: 25% (announced in a few weeks)

Homework: 25%

Midterm: 25%

Final: 25%

+Course Software

Data base Microsoft SQL Server

Data base Management Software Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Website hosting (if used for project) IST UP Webspace - https://my.up.ist.psu.edu/username.

Web Development Languages (if used for project) HTML CSS PHP

+About Me

I graduated from Penn State in 1998 Returned to Penn State a few years back to

work at ARL (Applied Research Lab) Completed the IST Masters in 2012 and

began work on the IST PhD program in 2013 I work full time at ARL I am a father and live in State College with

my 8 year old son and my wife. I love teaching and am here to help you be

successful in your academic career with IST

+About Jake

Course TA:Jake WeidmanEmail: jyw5163@ist.psu.edu

+About Jake

3rd Year Ph.D. student with a focus in wearables technologies and interface design as they relate to health and mobile fitness

Fan of all Pittsburgh sports

I have far too many phones and gadgets (including an entirely smart home)

+Office Hours

Regularly scheduled hours will be before class on Tuesday & Thursday from 2:00-4:00

I am also very flexible to meet by appointment if those times don’t work

You can also reach my via email (I try to respond ASAP) or through Google Hangouts (jakeweidman@gmail.com). If you message me through Hangouts, be sure to state who you are in your initial message, or it will be flagged as spam.

If there are other ways I can be available, just let me know.

+Academic Integrity

Do your own work

Do NOT download answers

Homework assignments are individual

Only your project is potentially group work

What happens if you cheat or copy or plagiarize?

+Academic Integrity

+Academic Integrity

(Team) Projects – make your work original

Check your team members’ work

You can use book examples and the web for help, but do not copy or loosely copy

Remember that I have been teaching this for years

What happens if someone on your team cheats or copies work?

+Academic Integrity

+Announcements

Read Chapter 1

If you have any concerns about anything, Talk to me sooner rather than later!

+What is Data?

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

The quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media

Things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation

Computer Human