1. MGS 351 Introduction to Management Information Systems
Lecture #1

2. Agenda Introduction Recitation Policies UBlearns Course Website
Attendance
Homework
Grading
Cheating
UBlearns
Discussion board
Course Website
Syllabus
Software
Lecture notes
Homework assignments
E-Assign
Homework #1
Database in the Workplace

3. Introduction TA Recitation: Laura Wanerka Occurs Weekly
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

4. 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

5. 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 to
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

6. 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

7. 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 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 ing me
When in doubt, GOOGLE it!

8. Recitation Policies Email Email subject line must reflect course
MGS 351 Recitation #
PLEASE include your recitation section and name somewhere in the

9. 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

10. UBlearns Can access from myUB Link to course website Announcements
ublearns.buffalo.edu
Link to course website
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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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 textbook)
Lecture notes
Homework Help
Lab Activities/other homework
Lecture & Lab Resources
Project Requirements
Project Help

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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 -

17. 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

18. 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 ( 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

19. 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

20. Complete by Next Lab Register & Pay for E-Assign
Download homework #1-5 student files for the semester
Skim pages in textbook
Read lab syllabus
Quiz next week

21. 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, me/come to office hours
Answer guided exercise questions
or print out answers to questions

22. Homework #1 Due: Thursday Recitation: September 11, 2014
Friday Recitation: September 12, 2014
See Homework #1 Help on MGS 351 course website