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2. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • BIS 320 Week 1 DQ 1 • BIS 320 Week 1 DQ 2 • BIS 320 Week 2 DQ 1 • BIS 320 Week 2 DQ 2 • BIS 320 Week 2 LT Assignment-Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications (2 Papers) • BIS 320 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection • BIS 320 Week 3 DQ 1 • BIS 320 Week 3 DQ 2 • Week One Discussion 1: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • Think about functional areas within an organization, such as payroll, human resources, and sales. How are software and hardware used in these departments to meet their informational objectives? BIS 320 Entire Course (2 Sets) BIS 320 Week 1 DQ 1

3. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week One Discussion 2: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • Is open-source software a viable solution? Why or why not? Use the terminology of closed source, source code, and machine code. Explain why open source could be a legitimate alternative but may not be appropriate for a specific application, such as a payroll application • Week Two Discussion 1: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • What is the value of information? Is it an asset? Why or why not? Can you use information for decision making? How could databases or a Microsoft® Excel®spread sheet help with this? Explain. Consider how information gives you knowledge and power. How can a business use this knowledge and power? Explain. BIS 320 Week 1 DQ 2 BIS 320 Week 2 DQ 1

4. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week Two Discussion 2: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • When preparing end of the year information for stockholders, how can charts help illustrate the information that stockholders are interested in? Provide specific examples. Is it possible to skew the charts to make the data appear better than it really is? If so, what are some examples of how this might happen?  • Begin the bookstore project research. • Discuss how the bookstore project research relates to the Week One and Week Two objectives with your team. • Prepare an outline to detail your research for the bookstore project. Discuss how the booksellers use their databases. What information is stored? What are possible issues? Include the following: • Hardware and software • Databases and data communications BIS 320 Week 2 DQ 2 BIS 320 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

5. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week 2 LT Assignment-Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications • Resource: Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications Table Example • Write a paper of no more than 1,200 words explaining the operating system and software applications from this specific organization. Include the following: • Describe how the operating system and applications help the company reach their objectives. • Week Three Discussion 1: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • What are the pros and cons of social networks in business? How can companies use social networks to improve business?  BIS 320 Week 2 LT Assignment-Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications (2 Papers) BIS 320 Week 3 DQ 1

6. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week Three Discussion 2: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • What new Internet technologies and collaboration tools are available today? Which of these resources are essentially free? Describe two opportunities for taking advantage of those free resources.  • Week 3 Individual Assignment-Determining Databases and Data Communications • Resource:Determining Databases and Data Communications • Read Scenario 1 and Scenario 2. • Writea paper of no more than 1,500 words in which you respond to the questions designated for both scenarios. • Cite at least two references in your paper. BIS 320 Week 3 DQ 2 BIS 320 Week 3 Individual Assignment-Determining Databases and Data Communications (2 Papers)

7. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Discuss with your team how the bookstores use the Internet and if they use collaboration technology. If they do not use collaboration technology, in what ways could the bookstores use it? • Discuss with your team how the Week Three objectives relate to the bookstore project. • Week Four Discussion 1: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • Read Case Study 12 in Ch. 12 of MIS Essentials. Considering the viewpoints of customers, law enforcement, personnel, investors, and management, did ChoicePoint make the best decision? Discuss your rationale for each viewpoint. Given ChoicePoint’s experience, what is the likely action of similar companies whose records are compromised in this way?  BIS 320 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection BIS 320 Week 4 DQ 1

8. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week Four Discussion 2: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • How might you explain to a friend who is not technically savvy what phishing is and how it can be avoided?  What are five tips you would provide to help your friend avoid phishing? • Week 4 Individual Assignment-Using Collaboration Tools to Market Products You are a consultant who has been hired to help a retail jewelry store reach out to new and existing customers. You have chosen to use a collaboration tool to help your client. • Create a 6-10 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes for the management of the jewelry store that reveals your findings. BIS 320 Week 4 DQ 2 BIS 320 Week 4 Individual Assignment-Using Collaboration Tools to Market Products (2 Papers)

9. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Discuss with your team how the bookstores address security concerns including legal and privacy aspects of their websites and business. • Discuss with your team how the Week Four objectives relate to the bookstore project. • Prepare an outline that includes concepts from Weeks One through Four to detail your research for the bookstore project. • Week Five Discussion 1: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • What are some of the problems that you see with SDLC? Why is SDLC considered a waterfall process, and why can this be a problem? BIS 320 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection BIS 320 Week 5 DQ 1

10. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week Five Discussion 2: Post a 200-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. • Can systems development ever be considered risky? Why?  • Discuss with your team how Systems Development Life Cycle applies to the bookstores chosen in your Learning Team. • Discuss with your team how the bookstores can plan methods to manage systems development in their specific businesses. • Prepare a paper of no more than 750 words detailing the findings of your discussion. BIS 320 Week 5 DQ 2 BIS 320 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection

11. BIS 320 UOP Tutorial • Week 5 LT Assignment-Applying Information Security and SDLC to Business • Resource: Applying Information Security and SDLC to Business • Discuss with your team how Systems Development Life Cycle applies to the bookstores chosen in your Learning Team and how the bookstores can plan methods to manage systems development in their specific businesses. BIS 320 Week 5 LT Assignment-Applying Information Security and SDLC to Business (2 Papers)

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