Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2020

IS455 - AO - Database Design and Prototyping

Meets Tuesday Evenings Online

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Week 1 (August 24 – August 30)



Tuesday, August 25   (6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., Zoom)
Class Session 1
Session Link
You may join the session using this link. Use 183797 as the session password. Please use a headset.
Topics
  • Discuss syllabus
  • Discuss schedule
  • Introductions
  • Introduction to Data Modeling
  • Relational Model Components
Required Readings
Required Recordings
Other Resources
Class Discussion Prep
  • Introduce Yourself
    Our first activity during class will be introducing ourselves. I plan to go through the class in the order that participants are listed in our online session. I will ask each of you to speak to us using your headset. I am expecting each person to speak for 1 - 2 minutes. Here are the things that I would like you to share with us: Your name; The iSchool 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. I look forward to meeting each of you during your introductions.


Sunday, August 30   (10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M., Zoom)
Optional Session
Session Link
You may join the session using this link. Use 675696 as the session password. Please use a headset.
Online Lab
On Sunday mornings from 10:00 AM till 11:00 AM, I will be holding an optional Online Lab Session using Zoom. 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.


Sunday, August 30, @  11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline
Computing Setup