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MGS 351Introduction to Management Information Systems

Lecture #1

+Agenda Introduction

TA Recitation

Recitation Policies Attendance Homework Grading Email Cheating

UBlearns Discussion board

Course Website Syllabus Software Lecture notes Homework assignments

E-Assign

Homework #1

Database in the Workplace

+Introduction

TA Laura Wanerka laurawan@buffalo.edu 1st year MBA student Marketing & Consulting Office Hours:

Monday and Wednesday

11:00 – 12:00 PM

Office:Jacobs 287

Recitation: Occurs Weekly Attendance is mandatory Covers Homework help Covers Project work Provides group time In-class exercises 2 quizzes WE DO NOT COVER TEST

MATERIAL

+Recitation Policies

Attendance (3 points) MANDATORY

Can miss 1 class per semester (with no penalty) Less than 5 minutes late

Minus 1 point, receive 2 points for class More than 5 minutes late

Minus 2 points, receive 1 point for class Attendance credit

Factored in to the overall 10 point recitation grade

+Recitation (HW policies)

Homework is graded as follows: Two parts

Guided Exercise (10-30%) & Applied Exercise (70-90%) Must complete BOTH

Submission Access Database files: Submitted to E-ASSIGN ONLY Guided Exercise questions: In recitation or via email to

laurawan@buffalo.edu Due BEFORE recitation starts (Time stamp will be looked at) CLOSE DATABASE before trying to attach and send database (or it will be

a locked database file) ie .laccdb

+Recitation Policies

Grading All TA’s follow SAME rubric

Every effort made to make grading equal Grades will be posted approximately ONE WEEK after

submission Students have two weeks to ask for a re-grade

+HW Help

I will go over homework hints the week before homework is due.

Use Homework Help files/powerpoint Posted on MGS 351 course website

If you still need help, you can email me (see next slides on how) or come to office hours.

Or ask me in class the week BEFORE homework is due

Also try F1 (Microsoft Access Help) before emailing me

When in doubt, GOOGLE it!

+Recitation Policies

Email Email subject line must reflect course

MGS 351 Recitation # PLEASE include your recitation section and name somewhere in

the email

+Recitation Policies

Cheating Do not cheat Constitutes as:

Using other students’ e-assign files Using old students’ files Having other people do your homework for you See University at Buffalo’s academic policy

If you submit an assignment & receive a 0: I will not approach you Approach me only if you believe there was a mistake If you get caught twice, we will pursue UB’s official policies for cheating

+UBlearns

Can access from myUB ublearns.buffalo.edu

Link to course website http://mgt.buffalo.edu/departments/mss/djmurray/mgs351

Announcements

Discussion board YOU MUST Subscribe to my discussion board (Laura’s Students)

Please read the documents I post; they will help you with your homework questions and lab questions

Lecture videos

+Group Pages

Contact group members (email or post discussion)

Post files in file exchange

See TIDB activity pages (pp.84-85) We will do this next week

+UBlearns Discussion Board

Added this week: Laura’s MGS 351 Lab syllabus Lecture #1 Registering for E-Assign Examples of Database Use in the Workplace

+Course Website Professor Murray’s MGS 351 LECTURE Syllabus

Software “How do I get the free Microsoft software from UB”

Team Information Database (for activity in your Access 2013 textbook)

Lecture notes

Homework Help

Lab Activities/other homework

Lecture & Lab Resources

Project Requirements

Project Help

+E-Assign

Register & Log on to e-assign.com This is not the course website Used to SUBMIT individual student homework 1-5

To Register onto E-Assign you Need:1. Website Access (bought from e-assign.com)2. Course code (found on Professor Murray’s syllabus)3. Correct Recitation section (see your UB schedule)4. UBIT name

+Getting your Homework files from E-Assign

See registering for E-Assign document on my UBlearns discussion board

Download & save custom student homework files from E-Assign

+How is Homework Graded? (2 parts)

1. Database file with both Guided Exercises and Applied Exercises

Use only Access 2013 software on your computer Due before class starts Submitted (uploaded to E-Assign) Save HW to flash drive/external hard drive BEFORE CLASS (just in

case) having issues submitting homework

2. Guided Exercise Question sheet (end of Chapter guided exercise questions in Access 2013 textbook)

Hard copy due in lab the day the homework is due Or type and attach to email - laurawan@buffalo.edu

+E-Assign Homework Submission

Submit files onto E-assign BEFORE your recitation section on due date; upload only ONE file at a time

Double check that your file was submitted correctly by going back and re-downloading the file you just submitted (ALWAYS DO THIS!)

If you are getting a submission error, try to upload the file again later Acceptable Browsers to submit homework on:

Internet Explorer Mozilla Chrome

May submit same homework multiple times on E-assign BUT: Only the most recently uploaded and on-time file is graded

+E-Assign

New homework submission system, so give yourself time to submit. If technical difficulty arises, you will have time to fix it.

Worst case scenario: Notify me BEFORE LAB (email me) that you cannot submit your

homework file on time Also send me a screen shot of the submission error on E-Assign

you are having This is the only exception for homework submission I will allow

+Important – Page Numbers

The syllabus notes page numbers for different assignments and homework

These page numbers refer to the ACTUAL PRINTED number on the page of the e-book, NOT the page that you PDF reader says you are on

+Complete by Next Lab

Register & Pay for E-Assign

Download homework #1-5 student files for the semester

Skim pages 84-85 in textbook

Read lab syllabus Quiz next week

+Homework #1

Homework: Chapters 1 & 2 from Microsoft Access 2013 Textbook Do all Guided and Applied Exercises in those chapters Takes at least an hour to complete.

Give yourself AT LEAST 2-3 hours to complete You must do Guided Exercise BEFORE Applied Exercise Try to do assignment in order of numbered steps.

If you get stuck, email me/come to office hours

Answer guided exercise questions Email or print out answers to questions

+Homework #1

Due: Thursday Recitation: September 11, 2014 Friday Recitation: September 12, 2014

See Homework #1 Help on MGS 351 course website