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Class 1--January 26 

Introduction & Basics

Introduction & Overview

Basic Internet Technology, Just Enough Networking

Assignment: Complete this online questionnaire by 2/01

Assignment: Bring three ideas for online services to class next week

Assignment: A01: Evocative Writing

Handout: Syllabus.

Handout: The Essentials of MLA Style by Joseph Trimmer, Houghton Mifflin, 1996, pages 14-17.

Class 2--February 2

Web Page Design

Announcements

Guest: Geoff Peck, Peck Labs, Inc.
Web Page Design  

Assignment due: A01: Evocative Writing, 

Assignment: A02: Testing Your Writing

Class 3--February 9

Navigation and Data Modeling 

Announcements

Assignment due: A02: Testing Your Writing

Web Site Navigation

E-Commerce Trust

Data Modeling

Assignment due: Ideas for online services

Brainstorming: Ideas for Services

Assignment: A06: Personal DB Part I 

Assignment: A03: Personal Web Site

Class 4--February 16

Database Programming

Announcements

Database Design

Database Programming example SQL in a text file

Assignment due: A06: Personal DB Part I exchange and check data models in class.

Assignment: A07: Personal DB Part II due March 1

Assignment: Project Proposal due 2/23

Class 5--February 23

ACS and Scorecard.org

Announcements

Guest: Dave Abercrombie, Ars Digita

Community Systems and the Ars Digita Community System (ACS) Toolkit
Scorecard.org

Assignment: A04: Team Web Site

Assignment due: Project Proposal

Class 6--March 1 

DB Backed Web Pages

Announcements

DB Backed Web Page & TCL 

Assignment: A08: Personal DB Part III 

Handout:

How It Works edited by Jeffrey Davis from Business 2.0, February 2000, pages 112-140.

Forms from Webmaster in a Nutshell, 2nd edition, Spainhour & Eckstein, O'Reilly, 1999, pages 81-88, 20-21, 38-45.

Class 7--March 8 

DB Web II, Usability, E-B Enable

Announcements, DB Backed Webs II, Internationalization, Usability Testing  

E-Business Enablers  

Class 8--March 15

Spring Recess

No class.

Class 9--March 22

DB Web III, ASP, Content

Announcements, DB Backed Webs III

Application Service Providers T12: Corio, T11: USinternetworking Word, T02: Qwest Cyber Solutions

Content Managers: T09: Vignette, T08: OnDisplay Word, T07: Interwoven

Assignment: A08: Personal DB Part III due

Assignment: Project status report due.

Class 10--March 29

Security

Announcements, Security

Middleware T06: BEA Systems Word, PowerPoint, T05: Bluestone Software HTML, T04: eXcelon/Object Design Word, PowerPoint

Configurators: T03: Calico Commerce Word, PowerPoint, T10: FirePond, Word, PowerPoint T01: Trilogy Software Word

Class 11--April 5

XML

Announcements, XML

Customer Relationship Management T12: Clarify Word, T11: Siebel Word, T10: Vantive Word, PowerPoint

Market Makers T09: Ariba, T08: Commerce One Word, T07: Moai Technologies

Class 12--April 12

Intraware.com

Announcements

Guest Speaker: Jeninifer Asprey, Steve Loyd, Intraware

Business Intelligence T06: Cognos, T05: MicroStrategy Word, T04: Viador (formerly Infospace) Word, PowerPoint

Profilers T03: E.piphany, T02: Personify HTML, T01: Verbind Word, PowerPoint

Class 13--April 19

Usability Testing Festival

Assignment: A13 Usability Testing 

Part I:  Testing by Teams 7-12 with Teams 1-6 as test subjects

Part II: Testing by Teams 1-6 with Teams 7-12 as test subjects

Note:  class will be held in the McLaren 133 computer lab.

Class 14--April 26

Project Presentations I

Announcements

Assignment: A14 Project Report and Presentation

Assignment: A15 Post Mortem

Project Presentations by Teams 7-12: Team 10  

Reports: Team 8 Team 10

Class 15--May 3 

Project Presentations II

Announcements

Project Presentations by Teams 1-6. Team 1, Team 4, Team 6

Reports by Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5 & Team 5, Team 6

Course Evaluations

Assignment due May 3 for Teams 7-12: Project Reports and Individual Postmortems.

Assignment due May 10 for Teams 1-6: Project Reports and Individual Postmortems. 

 

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