1 ISM 3410 Telecomm and Networking in Business Instructor:Vincent WS Chow Rm:WLB 818 Ext:7582 URL: office hours: (to p2)

2 (to p3) ** Office hours Note: Please check with me in advance if you wish to see me in different time slots Subject outline Please refer to my website

3 Subject Outline refer to hand-out (to p4) Textbook

4 (cont.) Textbook(s): –Curt M. White, Data Communications and Computer Networks: A Business User’s Approach, 6 th Edition, Thomson, (to p5) Grading

5 (cont.) Grading Method: –Assignment 25% One group project 15% –Presentation 10% –Report 5% Group Assignment 10% –Class Participation (contribute to class) 10% –Test15% –Final Exam50% (to p6) Tut schedule

6 (cont.) Tut Schedule, for presentation DateWeekTut Groups 20/039 th 1 27/0310 th 2 17/0411 th 3 24/0412 th 4 (to p7) Note: Other weeks are used for either discuss solution to assignments or free Q/A sessions. Grouping (Usually, a lecture only lasts for 2 hours, and thus the remaining hour used for discussion if applied)

7 Group memberships –The class will be segregated into five different groups, and each group is responsible to one assigned case study –(We will group members together during the break hours very soon) –The presentation tutorial format is outlined as such (to p8)

8 Tutorial Formats In the case presentation week, there is –one presentation group –three audience groups For presentation groups (10%) –responsible to present the chosen case –all members must participate to the presentation –members earn a group mark Other students! (to p9)

9 Tutorial Formats Audience groups (5%, another 5% for lecture) –responsible to participate in Q&A session –earned mark bases on individual performance Tutorial format –40 mins for a presentation group –5- 10 mins for Q&A session –5 mins for conclusion remarks by the Instructor, if needed –contents (to p10)

10 Tutorial Format Presentation contents –Could be based on the following format: Introduction –such as the nature of your cases How the system works and operates? Business applications Conclusion Hints (to p11)

11 Hints Your case report must be an extensive one. However, you need not to present all materials based on the reported you submitted but to select those interesting ones for presentation. All submitted reports will be posted onto my web site, and you are expected to read them before the exam because you will be tested on them too!