Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2020

IS455 - AO - Database Design and Prototyping

Meets Tuesday Evenings Online

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Week 12 (November 9 – November 15)



Tuesday, November 10   (6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., Zoom)
Class Session 12
Session Link
You may join the session using this link. Use 183797 as the session password. Please use a headset.
Topics
  • Review Chapter 12 exercise solutions
  • Conceptual Data Modeling
Required Readings
  • Oppel: Chapter 5
Other Resources


Sunday, November 15   (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, November 15, @  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 Microsoft's Azure Dev Tools for Teaching Web site. I have provided a link below for your use. If you have difficulty accessing this free version, please contact the iSchool Help Desk. Or, stop by our Online Lab Session on Sunday morning.
  • 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