There are no lectures .

All the learning material is delivered online. You must cover the learning material for every week before you come to the tutorial. You can make arrangements to see your instructor for elaboration on materials that you may have found difficult to grasp and so learners set the agenda. You can make bookings by emailing Mo if you prefer to do so.

The module comprises many practical and analytical activities that will assist your development as a computing professional. It is essential that you carry out the learning activities for the week before you attend your tutorial.

You will need to discuss ideas that require the use of a computer, some specific software, a connection to a central file server, as well as an ability to work productively with your peers and research topics both singularly and as a group. Therefore tutorial sessions will be held weekly in classrooms and computer labs. You should consult your timetable carefully for the venues on weekly basis.

Also note that learning materials are closely associated with the deliverables of the project. It is therefore highly advisable to attend the tutorials and do the project tasks concurrently.

Official line of communication ...

The official line of communicatuion is email. You will recive important notifications with regard to phase tests, exam, learning material, and tutorials by email. We expect you to check your SHU email daily.

We operate an open door policy. This literally means that our door is open to the students. Purpose of this is to encourage communication, discussion and feedback. You can talk to us any time you have an issue to raise. We are encouraged by positive feedback so if you feel you can praise, do not hold back. Nevertheless, if you feel there are issues, we would like to hear from you straight away. We appreciate and value feedback and constructive criticism.

Personal Blog : 20%

A Blog has been set up for you on module's Blackboard site.  You are to contribute to this blog on weekly basis. Each of your contributions will amount to one post which would be a short reflection on your personal development inline with the module's learning material and aims and objective of the work in one or a number of weeks.

Group project : 50 %

You will be working in groups of four. Note that those that have been absent from more than two tutorials in any one Semester will automatically undergo an individual walkthrough for assessment of this project.

Deliverables for the project are an outline of an e_Business strategy. For the project implementation you are likely to use an open source system of your choice and you will run your system from your homespace (public_html). This should take no more than 20 MB of memory. For detailed instructions on how to download a typical system look up the tutorial activities in Semester 2.

Critical Reflection : 30%

The aim of this assignment is for each student to assess what they have learned about their own abilities, strengths and weaknesses as a team member (reflection on your group project), etc. Your Personal Blog will play an important role in this assignment as it will provide the basis upon which you will reflect on your development through the module.

Student study week - Work on project

How can I use sequence diagrams to analyse user interactions? What is a component? How can I model my Web application as a number of components?