Week 1 (June 27 – July 3)

Thursday, June 30   (6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., GoToMeeting) Optional Session
Online Office Hours	Every Thursday evening, I will be holding Office Hours using the GoToMeeting Platform. Please feel free to drop by to review solutions to recent Coding Assignments, to ask a question, to get help with your assignments, or just to say hello. Please use a headset when joining this session. You may join the GoToMeeting session using this link.

Sunday, July 3, @  11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Topics	Introductions Review syllabus Installing the MySQL software An Introduction to relational databases (Chapter 1) How to use MySQL Workbench and other development tools (Chapter 2)
Computing Setup	Please install MySQL Server Community Edition and MySQL Workbench on your computer. Instructions can be found in Murach Appendix A and B. See the tutorial videos (below) for more help.
Required Readings	Course Syllabus Murach: Chapter 1 (An Introduction to relational databases) Murach: Chapter 2 (How to use MySQL Workbench and other development tools)
Required Recordings	Tutorial Video: Install MySQL, MySQL Workbench, Murach Files Under Windows Tutorial Video: Install MySQL, MySQL Workbech, Murach Files Under OS X
Other Resources	Murach Chapter 1 Slides Murach Chapter 2 Slides
Class Participation Assignments Due	Introduce Yourself Description: Introduce yourself via a post to our Class Discussions forum. Include information on the following: Your name; The UWM program in which you are enrolled; Your employment (this includes, full-time, part-time, university, and home care activities); Your previous experience with databases (especially relational databases); Most Important: What you would like to get out of this course. Submit to: Class Discussions - Introduce Yourself