Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2016

INFOST 490 - 201 (Online)

Week 9 (March 21 – March 27)



Monday, March 21   (6:30 P.M. – 7:20 P.M., GoToMeeting)
Optional Session
Online Dropin Session
    On Monday evenings, I will be holding an Online Drop-In Session using the GoToMeeting platform. Students are invited to join us to discuss questions and issues concerning the class. This will serve as an opportunity to meet and start discussions with other students in the class. I expect this to be particularly useful during the early part of the semester when we are forming teams. Your experience will be best when you are using a headset. You may join the GoToMeeting session using this link.


Thursday, March 24   (3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M., NWQB-3472)
Optional Session
Office Hours
    Every Thursday afternoon, I will be holding Office Hours in my UWM office. Please feel free to drop by to ask a question, to discuss a problem, or just to say hello.


Sunday, March 27, @  11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline
Class Participation Assignments Due
  • Team Meetings
    Description: Teams should be conducting approximately 2 team meetings per week using Skype or some other form of group communication. These will take the place of the agile Daily Scrum meeting.
    Submit to: Not Applicable
  • Team Status Post
    Description: The purpose of this post is to keep the instructor informed regarding the general progress that the team is making. It takes the place of short oral reports that are being made by each team in the on-campus section. Please include a brief synopsis on the status of any issues with: the team and its formation, the client, implementing the agile methodology, planning and completing sprints, as well as acquiring the infrastructure support needed for the project. Feel free to include any other relevant information.
    Submit to: Weekly Status Forum (only one post per team)
Exams Due
  • Midterm Exam on Layton Text
    Description: This will be a 50-question, multiple-choice exam administered using the D2L quiz feature. Each attempt at the exam will be limited to 150 minutes. The number of attempts will be unlimited during the period during which the quiz is open. The quiz will be open for 7 days.
    Quiz Activity: INFOST 490 Spring 2016 Midterm Exam
    Quiz Activity Opens: Sunday, March 20