FIT2013 e-Business technologies - Semester 1 , 2008

Clayton

• Ly Fie Sugianto

Clayton

• Kevin Liao

Prerequisites

Before attempting this unit you must have satisfactorily completed

FIT1002 or BUS1060 or CSE1301, or equivalent.

Relationships

FIT2013 is the second year compulsory unit in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems. This unit introduces students to the fundamental programming concept of object oriented and component based approaches using current technologies and standards. Together with FIT3009, the unit provides a top to bottom design of e-business systems.

Unit leader

Lecturer(s) :

Tutor(s) :

Teaching and learning method for this unit is through on campus lectures and tutorial sessions. During the lectures, students are introduced to concepts, principles, as well as exposed to examples. During the tutorial sessions, students have the opportunity to explore the concepts and reinforce their understanding by working on practical problems.

Tutorial allocation

Students should register for tutorials/laboratories using Allocate+.

Communication, participation and feedback

Monash aims to provide a learning environment in which students receive a range of ongoing feedback throughout their studies. You will receive feedback on your work and progress in this unit. This may take the form of group feedback, individual feedback, peer feedback, self-comparison, verbal and written feedback, discussions (on line and in class) as well as more formal feedback related to assignment marks and grades. You are encouraged to draw on a variety of feedback to enhance your learning.

It is essential that you take action immediately if you realise that you have a problem that is affecting your study. Semesters are short, so we can help you best if you let us know as soon as problems arise. Regardless of whether the problem is related directly to your progress in the unit, if it is likely to interfere with your progress you should discuss it with your lecturer or a Community Service counsellor as soon as possible.

Unit Schedule

Week	Topic	References/Readings	Key dates
1	web2.0, XHTML, CSS	Deitel Ch1-5
2	JavaScript: control statements	Deitel Ch6-8
3	JavaScript: function, array	Deitel Ch9-10
4	JavaScript: object	Deitel Ch11
Mid semester break
5	DHTML: object and collection	Deitel Ch12
6	DHTML: Event model	Deitel Ch13
7	XML	Deitel Ch14
8	Web server and database server	Deitel Ch21-22
9	SQL and ADO.NET	Deitel Ch22
10	ASP.NET	Deitel Ch25
11	Web Services	Deitel Ch28
12	Ajax	Deitel Ch15
13	Revision	All the above

Prescribed text(s) and readings

Prescribed:

Internet & World Wide Web - How To Program By Deitel, Deitel Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0131752421, 2008. 

Text books are available from the Monash University Book Shops. Availability from other suppliers cannot be assured. The Bookshop orders texts in specifically for this unit. You are advised to purchase your text book early.

Recommended text(s) and readings

E-Business & E-Commerce How to Program, by Deitel, Deitel, Nieto, Prentice Hall, ISBN -10: 013028419X, ISBN-13: 9780130284198

www.w3c.org 

VS.Net MSDN

Required software and/or hardware

Microsoft Visual Studio.Net (2005)

Latest browser (eg. Mozilla or IE)

Equipment and consumables required or provided

Students will need access to:

• a personal computer with Windows XP
• the internet via dial-up connection or preferably by broadband
• a printer for assignments

Students may require to configure the PC as server for assignment work.

Students may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook.

Study resources

Study resources we will provide for your study are:

Weekly detailed lecture notes outlining the learning objectives, discussion of the content, required readings and exercises;

Weekly tutorial or laboratory tasks and exercises with sample solutions;

Assignment specifications;

A sample examination and suggested solution

Discussion groups;

This Unit Guide outlining the administrative information for the unit;

The unit web site on MUSO, where resources outlined above will be made available.

Library access

The Monash University Library site contains details about borrowing rights and catalogue searching. To learn more about the library and the various resources available, please go to http://www.lib.monash.edu.au.  Be sure to obtain a copy of the Library Guide, and if necessary, the instructions for remote access from the library website.

Monash University Studies Online (MUSO)

All unit and lecture materials are available through MUSO (Monash University Studies Online). Blackboard is the primary application used to deliver your unit resources. Some units will be piloted in Moodle.

You can access MUSO and Blackboard via the portal (http://my.monash.edu.au).

Click on the Study and enrolment tab, then Blackboard under the MUSO learning systems.

In order for your Blackboard unit(s) to function correctly, your computer needs to be correctly configured.

For example :

• Blackboard supported browser
• Supported Java runtime environment

For more information, please visit

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/students/downloadables-student.html

You can contact the MUSO Support by: Phone: (+61 3) 9903 1268

For further contact information including operational hours, please visit

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/students/contact.html

Further information can be obtained from the MUSO support site:

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/index.html

If your unit is piloted in Moodle, you will see a link from your Blackboard unit to Moodle at http://moodle.med.monash.edu.au.
From the Faculty of Information Technology category, click on the link for your unit.

Unit assessment policy

The unit is assessed with a class test, two assignments and a three hour closed book examination. To pass the unit you must:

• achieve no less that 50% of the possible marks in the exam; and 
• achieve no less than 50% of possible marks

Assignment tasks

• Assignment Task

  Title : Scripting

  Description :

  Scripting involving selection and repetition structures.

  Weighting : 5%

  Criteria for assessment :

  Ability to construct logically sound algorithm that produces correct output

  Ability to write scripts with correct syntax

  Due date : Week 4

• Assignment Task

  Title : DHTML & JavaScript Programming

  Description :

  Scripting using Javascript, including programming DHTML.

  Weighting : 10%

  Criteria for assessment :

  Program should be constructed by modelling DHTML elements correctly

  Program should produce correct output

  Due date : Week 6

• Assignment Task

  Title : E-Business Application

  Description :

  Developing small scale online application that demonstrates the use of component based system.

  Weighting : 25%

  Criteria for assessment :

  Demonstrate OOP principles

  Software application is able to read message format

  Software application is able to convert message format into processable input

  Software application produces correct output

  The assessment of this assignment includes a Question-Answer session. Student will be penalised heavily for failing to attend the Q-A session.  

  Due date : Week 12

Examinations

• Examination

  Weighting : 60%

  Length : 2 hours

  Type ( open/closed book ) : Closed book

Assignment submission

Assignments will be submitted by electronic submission to MUSO/Blackboard, with the appropriate cover sheet correctly filled out. The due date is the date by which the submission must be received.

Assignment coversheets

All assignment submissions must be accompanied by cover sheet, which should be signed by student(s). The cover sheet may be passed to tutors during the lab session before the deadline, or scanned and attached with the softcopy submission.

The coversheet can be downloaded from:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/assignments/

Due dates and extensions

The due dates for the submission of assignments are given in the previous section. Please make every effort to submit work by the due dates. It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are seldom regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions. Students are advised to NOT assume that granting of an extension is a matter of course.

Generally, no extension will be given for late submission. If for some reason you did not turn up during the hand-in session(s) or the demo, your mark will be zero for that particular assessment(s).  

Under special circumstances, requests for extensions must be made to the unit lecturer at your campus at least two days before the due date. You will be asked to forward original medical certificates in cases of illness, and may be asked to provide other forms of documentation where necessary. A copy of the email or other written communication of an extension must be attached to the assignment submission.

Late assignment

Assignments received after the due date will be subject to a penalty of 20% per day, including weekends. Assignments received later than one week after the due date will not be accepted.

This policy is strict because comments or guidance will be given on assignments as they are returned, and sample solutions may also be published and distributed, after assignment marking or with the returned assignment.

Return dates

Students can expect assignments to be returned within two weeks of the submission date or after receipt, whichever is later.

Assessment for the unit as a whole is in accordance with the provisions of the Monash University Education Policy at http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/assessment/

Plagiarism, cheating and collusion

Plagiarism and cheating are regarded as very serious offences. In cases where cheating  has been confirmed, students have been severely penalised, from losing all marks for an assignment, to facing disciplinary action at the Faculty level. While we would wish that all our students adhere to sound ethical conduct and honesty, I will ask you to acquaint yourself with Student Rights and Responsibilities (http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/committees-groups/facboard/policies/studrights.html) and the Faculty regulations that apply to students detected cheating as these will be applied in all detected cases.

In this University, cheating means seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in any examination or any other written or practical work to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. It includes the use, or attempted use, of any means to gain an unfair advantage for any assessable work in the unit, where the means is contrary to the instructions for such work. 

When you submit an individual assessment item, such as a program, a report, an essay, assignment or other piece of work, under your name you are understood to be stating that this is your own work. If a submission is identical with, or similar to, someone else's work, an assumption of cheating may arise. If you are planning on working with another student, it is acceptable to undertake research together, and discuss problems, but it is not acceptable to jointly develop or share solutions unless this is specified by your lecturer. 

Intentionally providing students with your solutions to assignments is classified as "assisting to cheat" and students who do this may be subject to disciplinary action. You should take reasonable care that your solution is not accidentally or deliberately obtained by other students. For example, do not leave copies of your work in progress on the hard drives of shared computers, and do not show your work to other students. If you believe this may have happened, please be sure to contact your lecturer as soon as possible.

Cheating also includes taking into an examination any material contrary to the regulations, including any bilingual dictionary, whether or not with the intention of using it to obtain an advantage.

Plagiarism involves the false representation of another person's ideas, or findings, as your own by either copying material or paraphrasing without citing sources. It is both professional and ethical to reference clearly the ideas and information that you have used from another writer. If the source is not identified, then you have plagiarised work of the other author. Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty that is insulting to the reader and grossly unfair to your student colleagues.

Register of counselling about plagiarism

The university requires faculties to keep a simple and confidential register to record counselling to students about plagiarism (e.g. warnings). The register is accessible to Associate Deans Teaching (or nominees) and, where requested, students concerned have access to their own details in the register. The register is to serve as a record of counselling about the nature of plagiarism, not as a record of allegations; and no provision of appeals in relation to the register is necessary or applicable.

Non-discriminatory language

The Faculty of Information Technology is committed to the use of non-discriminatory language in all forms of communication. Discriminatory language is that which refers in abusive terms to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or nationality, ethnic or language background, physical or mental ability, or political or religious views, or which stereotypes groups in an adverse manner. This is not meant to preclude or inhibit legitimate academic debate on any issue; however, the language used in such debate should be non-discriminatory and sensitive to these matters. It is important to avoid the use of discriminatory language in your communications and written work. The most common form of discriminatory language in academic work tends to be in the area of gender inclusiveness. You are, therefore, requested to check for this and to ensure your work and communications are non-discriminatory in all respects.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities that may disadvantage them in assessment should seek advice from one of the following before completing assessment tasks and examinations:

• Faculty of Information Technology Student Service staff, and / or
• your Unit Coordinator, or
• Disabilities Liaison Unit

Deferred assessment and special consideration

Deferred assessment (not to be confused with an extension for submission of an assignment) may be granted in cases of extenuating personal circumstances such as serious personal illness or bereavement. Information and forms for Special Consideration and deferred assessment applications are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/exams/special-consideration.html. Contact the Faculty's Student Services staff at your campus for further information and advice.