Weekly Course Schedule – Summer 2019

IS 490 - DBO (Meets Wednesday Evenings Online)

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Week 9 (July 8 – July 14)



Wednesday, July 10   (6:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate Ultra)
Class Session 9
Topics
  • Review Chapter 12 exercise solutions
  • Conceptual Data Modeling
Required Readings
  • Oppel: Chapter 5
Other Resources


Sunday, July 14   (10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M., Blackboard Collaborate Ultra)
Optional Session
Online Lab Session
On Sunday mornings from 10:00 AM till 11:00 AM, I will be holding an optional Online Lab Session in our normal Blackboard Collaborate Ultra classroom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset when joining this session.


Sunday, July 14, @  11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline
Computing Setup
  • Install Visio 2016 (Our data modeling tool for Windows users)
    Description: If you are using a Windows computer, follow the directions demonstrated in the tutorial video below to install Visio 2016 on your machine. A FREE COPY is available to all iSchool students via the Illinois Webstore (https://webstore.illinois.edu). Download the product entitled "Microsoft Imagine Program: Visio Professional 2016 License and Download". If you have difficulty locating this free version, please contact the iSchool Help Desk.(
  • OR, Prepare to Use MySQL Workbench Diagrammer (Our data modeling tool for macOS and Linux users)
    Description: For the limited amount of data modeling that we do in our class, I have found that the best alternative for non-Windows users is to use the MySQL Workbench Diagrammer in an adaptive way. Please play the video tutorial below for an example of how to adapt this diagrammer for the purpose of our data modeling assignments. I typically discourage students from using some other diagrammer for our data modeling work. If you are convinced that you have a compelling case for using a different diagrammer, please seek permission using our Request Center Portal before using a different diagrammer.
Written Assignments Due