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Course Introduction. MIS 3501, 2014 Fall Jeremy Shafer Department of MIS Fox School of Business Temple University August 26, 2014. Agenda for today. Introductions The class server LAMP and XAMPP Homework #0 assigned. Introductions. About your instructor The class site The syllabus
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Course Introduction MIS 3501, 2014 Fall Jeremy Shafer Department of MIS Fox School of Business Temple University August 26, 2014
Agenda for today • Introductions • The class server • LAMP and XAMPP • Homework #0 assigned
Introductions • About your instructor • The class site • The syllabus • The gradebook • Straw polls • How we learn
The class server • You can access mis3501.temple.edu and create web pages there. • You need to connect using the Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol • Both Fugu (for Mac) and the SSH Client software (for PC) can be downloaded from http://download.temple.edu • This server is not accessible from off campus • At the end of most homework assignments, you will be required to upload your work to mis3501.temple.edu • As part of most quizzes, I will ask you to provide the URL to your work on the MIS3501 server.
LAMP and XAMPP • LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP • XAMPP is short for X (multiple operating systems), Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl. • Installation instructions for XAMPP can be found on the class website.
Next steps Homework #0 • Subscribe to the class blog using your Temple email address. • Install XAMPP on your personal computer