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1008ICT - Business Informatics


Labs

10 weekly labs were conducted. The labs were assessed for 2% each and were submitted on each student's learning journal. The lab materials were synonymous to that of the assignment materials.

Assignment

The assignment was to design components relevant to a scenario client (Uber). This was separated into 6 sections:

  • The ERD that illustrates the entities, attributes and relationships of the proposed system.
  • A highly modified excel sheet that completed required functions and equations.
  • A Data Flow Diagram that shows the data flow of the system.
  • An MS access file containing relevant tablels and queries.
  • Two sections that rotated around certain topics such as e-commerce types and business models.
  • Reflection:

    Although most materials were covered in prior studies in the BIT program, highly interesting information revolving around e-commerce and the models and types, as well their benefits and disadvantages were covered. Additionally, the experience of using Access as well as gaining a basic certificate that demonstates my ability to use access was obtained. Overall, the course was very enjoyable and informative.

    1801ICT - Programming Languages


    Labs

    There have been weekly labs that are worth separate marks depending on the difficulty of the content. The most challenging and stimulating in terms of learning materials are the following:

    Week 9 - DNS System
    Week 12 - Network Status

    Final Exam

    The final exam has not been conducted, however the contents of the whole semester will be assessed.

    Reflection

    This course has been the most enjoyable in terms of content. As one wishing to become a Software Engineer, this course was highly enjoyable, as various programming languages were covered. Of which, the application of the SWING GUI, the use of interfaces, classes such as hashmaps, linkedlists and sets were very useful, as prior to undertaking the course these concepts were not well understood. After this course however, a better understanding of these concepts and materials were gained.

    1802ICT - Software Development


    Quizzes

    Three quizzes have been conducted in this course. Each quiz 15%,15% and 20% respectively. The quiz contents covered materials covered during the course.

    Assignment

    The assignment was to utilize the materials learned from the course and apply it towards creating a sample information system for a sample business. Various diagrams that illustrate the structure of the information system were created such as use case diagrams, domain model diagrams etc.

    Reflection

    This course has been very challenging as a large number of concepts and materials were covered that emcompass the outline of software development and project management concepts. The interaction of a system with the users and the developers were emphasized on determine the planning and analysis of a project.