Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Other Staff
Frances Louise
Contact via frances.louise@mq.edu.au
Unit Convenor
Matthew Mansour
Contact via matthew.mansour@mq.edu.au
Other Staff
Kristi Ovsthus
Contact via kristi.ovsthus@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides students with a basic understanding of the content of information systems; the types of information systems; the current roles of information systems in organisations; and the opportunities and business impacts of information systems. The unit also provides an overview of the tools, techniques and frameworks used to build information systems; the range of information technologies used to support information systems; and the ethical responsibilities of both the information system professional and the private user of information. Every business has an information system. These systems are a fundamental component of the business and provide the business with the information its people need to operate and manage the business. This unit lays a foundation for students to use information systems in the context of accounting, marketing, and finance, or develop business information systems that organisations want and need.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Diagnostic Quiz | 2% | Week 3 |
Assignments | 14% | Week 7 and 11 |
Mid Semester Exam | 14% | week 9 |
Practical Exam | 20% | 20/01/15 |
Final Exam | 50% | TBA |
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 2%
In week 3 there will be a short quiz in the class. It will be worth 2%. This quiz will test your basic understanding of excel. The quiz will normally not take the whole class (approximately 35 mins) and will be followed by a case study or in-class questions. Please be on time to these classes, as the quiz will be the first thing in the class.
Due: Week 7 and 11
Weighting: 14%
There are two assignments in the practical workshops for ISYS104, which cover:
Excel (Spreadsheets) and Access (Databases).
The 2 assignments will be graded (in your practical class) with each having a corresponding weighting (refer to the above table) for each. You cannot get the assignment marked in any other class than your scheduled practical class. The total assignment mark for ISYS104 is out of 14. You must achieve satisfactory marks in the assignments PASS the course.
Week Due Assignment Points 7 Advanced Spreadsheets 7 11 Advanced Databases 7 Total out of 14% (of final grade)NB. All details of each assignment will be available via iLearn.
You are encouraged to:
Late work for the tutorials, quizzes and assignment will not be accepted. If you cannot submit on time because of illness or other circumstances, please contact the lecturer as soon as possible so that appropriate measures (such as arriving at an indicative mark from other work in the same category) can be taken.
Due: week 9
Weighting: 14%
In week 9, there will be a mid-semester exam in your mixed class. It will be a 'mini' version of the final exam which covers the lecture materials in week 1-7. (Worth 14%) The mid semester will normally not take the whole class and will be followed by in-class problems. Please be on time for the mid semester, as it will be the first thing to be conducted in the class.
Due: 20/01/15
Weighting: 20%
In Week 13 of the unit (the last week of classes for the semester) you will be required to do a practical examination. This examination is compulsory - you cannot pass the unit unless you sit for this examination.
You must bring your student identification card. The practical examination will be 40 minutes long, and will take place in the computer labs. The practical exam will count towards 20% of your final mark for the course.
The aim of the examination is simply to give you credit for satisfactory completion of the assignments i.e. Spreadsheets, and Databases. You may not take any USB thumb drives into the examination. Each scheduled practical class will have a different examination task.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 50%
Regarding the examination process, note that
Teaching and Learning Strategy
ISYS104 is taught via lectures, mixed class (tutorials and practicals) in the laboratory. The feedback that you receive plays also a crucial role in your learning.
Lectures are used to introduce new material, give examples of the use of programming methods and techniques and put them in a wider context.
Mixed classes are small group classes which give you the opportunity to interact with your peers and with a tutor who has a sound knowledge of the subject. This also gives you a chance to practice your technical skills.
You have many opportunities to seek for and to receive feedback. During lectures, you are encouraged to ask the lecturer questions to clarify anything you might not be sure of. Each week, you will be given problems to solve in the tutorials and you will have to present solutions to the tutor. The comments and the solutions provided will help you to understand the material in the unit, prepare you for the work in assignments as well as for the final exam. It is important that you keep up with these problems every week. Assignments have been especially designed to deliver continuous feedback on your work.
Each week you should:
Lecture notes are made available each week but these notes are intended as an outline of the lecture only and are not a substitute for your own notes or reading additional material.
Each week you should attend two hours of lectures, and a one hour mixed class.
Note that mixed classes commence in week 1.
Please note that you are required to submit a certain number of tutorials and assignments. Failure to do so may result in you failing the unit (see the precise Standard and Grading section)
As with every semester we try to use the experiences from previous semesters to enhance the unit. The key change has been incorporating more revision questions in mixed classes. Being the first time run in s3 we have try to give as much opportunity for students to get assistance from the tutors. We have also a brand new text.
Textbook
The textbook for ISYS104 used this semester is:
Experiencing MIS 3ed by Kroenke
(ISBN: 9781442561779)
iLecture/echo
Digital recordings of lectures are available.
ISYS104 makes use of the following software:
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Office 2010/13
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
Website
The web page for this unit can be found at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au.
Discussion Boards
The discussion board for this unit can be accessed through http://ilearn.mq.edu.au.
Staff-Student Liaison Committee
Being the summer session you will find that the Liaison meetings do not run in such a condensed period. If you have any issues to be addressed then you should consult the Director of Teaching (Dr. Steve Cassidy) or the Head of Department (Dr Christophe Doche). You are entitled to have your concerns raised, discussed and resolved.
Student Support Services
Macquarie University provides a range of Academic Student Support Services. Details of these services can accessed at http://www.student.mq.edu.au.
Assumed knowledge
Basic computer use skills.
Below are the 3 days that classes run. Each day corresponds to a week. Please remember that we are running an intense version of ISYS104. The Christmas break runs from Sat 21st Dec - Sun 5th Jan for all units running in summer.
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Assessment week |
1 - 9th Dec | 2 - 10th Dec | 3 - 11th Dec | diagnostic test |
4 - 16th Dec | 5 - 17th Dec | 6 - 18th Dec | N/A |
XMAS BREAK | |||
7 - 6th Jan | 8 - 7th Jan | 9 - 8th Jan | assign1, mid semester |
10 - 13th Jan | 11 - 14th Jan | 12 - 15th Jan | assign2 |
13 - 20th Jan |
prac exam |
Week |
Lecture Topics/Events |
Mix class materials |
Textbook Chapter Reference: |
1 |
IS in Life of Business Professionals |
Get familiar with the computer systems in the lab, and get access to course materials |
Chapter 1 |
2 |
Business Processes, Information and Information Systems - Help with Excel. |
Introduction to Excel |
Chapter 2 |
3 |
Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantages |
Diagnostic Quiz in the class |
Chapter 3 |
4 |
Hardware and Software - Introduction to Assignment 1 (Advanced Excel) |
Revision on the week 1-3 Look at Assignment 1(Advanced Excel) |
Chapter 4 |
5 |
Database Processing
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Continue with Assignment 1. |
Chapter 5 |
6 |
Data Communications - Introduction and help with Assignment 2 (Basic Access Databases) |
Revision on week 4-5 Continue with Assignment 1. |
Chapter 6 |
7 |
Business Process Management |
Assignment 1 due in the class |
Chapter 7 |
8 |
E-Commerce and Web 2.0 |
Mid-semester exam Start Assignment 2 |
Chapter 8 |
9 |
Business Intelligence and Information Systems for Decision Making |
Revision on 6-8 Look at Assignment 2 (Advanced Access Databases) |
Chapter 9 |
10 |
Information Systems Development |
Continue with Assignment 2. |
Chapter 10 |
11 |
Information Systems Management |
Assignment 2 due in the practical class |
Chapter 11 |
12 |
Information Security Management - Start unit revision |
Revision on week 9-11 |
Chapter 12 |
13 |
Revision of the entire unit for the final exam. (Lecturer : KO+FL) |
Practical Exam in labs |
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Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
New Lecture material and mid semester exam
Unlike many units, ISYS104 covers a wide range of areas, but at limited depth. Therefore it is not appropriate to identify core knowledge and assess the students' mastery of that at increaing levels of complexity. Instead, the assessment of learning outcomes is based in large part on the amount of knowledge the student gains across the range of the unit, as assessed by performance in the assignments, quizzes, pratical exam and final examination.
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PASS |
CREDIT |
DISTINCTION |
HIGH DISCTINCTION |
Knowledge development |
Reproduce definitions and ideas, show some breath of understanding |
Show breath of understanding across most of the unit material |
Apply terminology and ideas in some new contexts, show breath of understanding across most of the unit material |
Apply terminology and ideas in new contexts, show breath of understanding |
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PASS |
CREDIT |
DISTINCTION |
HIGH DISCTINCTION |
Application Literacy |
Able to use most of the application functionality specified in the assignments and practical exam |
Able to use almost all of the application functionality specified in the assignments and practical exam for one of the applications covered, and most of the functionality for the remainder. |
Able to use almost all of the application functionality specified in the assignments and practical exam for half of the applications covered, and most of the functionality for the other half. |
Able to use almost all of the application functionality specified in the assignments and practical exam |
Your final grade will depend on your performance in each part of the assessment of the unit. In particular, to obtain a grade of Pass (P) or higher in this unit you will of satisfied the following:
Obtaining a higher grade than a Pass (P) in this unit will require a student to obtain (in addition to the above):
Macquarie is developing a number of policies in the area of learning and teaching. Approved policies and associated guidelines and procedures can be found at Policy Central. There you will find the University's policy and associated procedures on:
The procedure implementing the new assessment policy can be found here.
Disruption of Studies is intended for a student who is prevented by serious and unavoidable disruption from completing any unit requirements in accordance with their ability. In this case, you should follow the procedure implementing the policy available here.
If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. For details of the Special Consideration policy specific to the Department of Computing, see the Department's policy page.
Plagiarism involves using the work of another person and presenting it as one's own. The Department, in line with University policy, treats all cases seriously. In particular, the Department, and the University, keeps a record of all plagiarism cases. This record is referred to so that an appropriate penalty can be applied to each case. More details are available here.
In case of problems arising from the final unit grade provided by academic staff members, the first step is to request a review of your grade. The Department recommends that you submit a request in writing to the convenor of the unit in order to arrange a review session. If this review does not resolve the problem, a formal Grade Appeal can be lodged via www.ask.mq.edu.au