MGS 351 Introduction to Management Information Systems Lecture #1

Agenda Introduction Recitation Policies UBlearns Course Website 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 Recitation: Laura Wanerka Occurs Weekly 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 Use Homework Help files/powerpoint 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 Link to course website Announcements 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: Website Access (bought from e-assign.com) Course code (found on Professor Murray’s syllabus) Correct Recitation section (see your UB schedule) 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 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