New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Computer and Information Science Department (CIS)

CIS677 Fall 2000
Information Systems Principles
Course Site Home Page

Distance Sections: Professor Rohn
Mt. Laurel Section (Tuesday Evenings): Professor Campbell
Newark Campus: Monday Evenings: Professor Riecken
Newark Campus: Wednesday Evenings: Professor Bieber

Course Coordinator: Professor Bieber

Note for current students:
If you ever have a question regarding CIS677, please check on WebBoard and ask it there in the appropriate conference.

Table of Contents

• Update List
• Class Materials
• Addresses & Office Hours for Professors Bieber, Campbell, Riecken & Rohn
• How to submit assignments {Distance Sections only}
• Useful Information Systems Links

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Update List (sorted by the date last updated)

Note: Only materials that have been significantly updated from the original will be listed here.

• Grades (Wednesday - V5 - 12/22 - 5pm)
• Chunking Quality Forms (V1 - 12/8)
• Midterm Information (V1 - 11/9)
• Individual Article Review (V2 - 9/27)
• Chunking record sheet (on-campus V1.01 - 8/29)
• Homework: Additional Discussion {Distance Sections only} (V1.1 - 8/29)
• Article Review Guidelines (V1.1 - 8/18)

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Class Materials

• Welcome Letter, Schedules, Syllabus & Course Flow (What to Do Each Week)
• Course Video Lectures
• Guidelines & Notes on Class Themes
• Homework Assignments (General)
• Homework Assignment: Mentoring
• Homework Assignment: Semester Project
• WebBoard Conferencing System
• Midterm
• Gradebook & Grading Record Sheets (on-line)

Welcome Letter, Schedules, Syllabus & Course Flow (What to Do Each Week)

• Welcome Letter {Distance Sections only}
• Syllabus
• Schedule (Distance) (Mt. Laurel) (Mondays) (Wednesdays)
• Course Flow - What to Do Each Week
  (Distance) (Mt. Laurel) (Mondays) (Wednesdays)

Course Video Lectures

The course videos are on the class CD-ROM. You can also view them on-line (at lower quality) on-campus from the following link. If you are off campus, then you need to use NJIT's Virtual Private Network.

• Taped Lectures
  (also on the CD-ROM - You need VPN access to view these from this link)
• VPN: NJIT's Virtual Private Network
• Lecture notes and handouts for the video tapes
  (the handouts are also in the course pack; the lecture notes are only available on-line)

Guidelines & Notes on Class Themes

• Article Review Guidelines (V1.1 - 8/18)
• Citation Analysis Guidelines (.doc) and Handout (.pdf)
• Important frameworks, models and theories
• Lecture notes and handouts for the video tapes
• Web sites on every class theme (Spring '00) (Fall '99)
• Library services at NJIT

Homework Assignments

• How to submit assignments {Distance Sections only}
• Get a WebBoard account
• Getting to Know You
• Chunking
• Additional Discussion {Distance Sections only} (V1.1 - 8/29)
• Individual Article Review (V2 - 9/27)
• Individual Article Review Registration System (tba)

Homework Assignment: Mentoring

• Mentoring (on-campus) (distance)
• Mentoring Article Review
• Mentoring Teams
  (Distance tba) (Mt. Laurel 9/27) (Mondays tba) (Wednesdays 9/27)

Homework Assignment: Semester Project

• Semester Project Description (on-campus) (distance)
• Semester Project Report Format
• Semester Project Teams
  (Mt. Laurel tba) (Distance) (Mondays tba) (Wednesdays tba)

WebBoard Conferencing System

• Getting Started with WebBoard
• WebBoard entry point

Midterm

As explained on WebBoard, we are running an experiment, in which there are two versions of the midterm. Each class member is assigned to one of the two versions. The assignments are posted in the WebBoard Administrative conference.

• Version 1: Procedures and Grading Guidelines
• Version 2: Procedures and Grading Guidelines

Gradebook & Grading Record Sheets (on-line)

• Gradebook: (Mondays tba) (Wednesdays V5 - 12/22 - 5pm) (Distance tba)
• Chunking & discussion record sheet (on-campus V1.01 - 8/29) (distance)
• Chunking & discussion evaluation sheets
  (A-B) (C-D) (E-Go) (Gu-I) (J-Ka) (Ke-La) (Le-Ma) (Me-O) (Pa-Pr) (Pu-R) (Sa-Si) (Sj-Ta) (Te-V & Z) (W-Y)

Useful Information Systems Links

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Professor Bieber (Wednesday Sections)

GITC Building 4212
University Heights, Newark Campus

CIS Department, NJIT
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
(973) 596-2681 fax: (973) 596-5777
E-Mail Address: bieber@njit.edu
URL: http://www-ec.njit.edu/~bieber

Office Hours:

• Tuesdays 3-5pm (with some exceptions - please check first)
• after class on Wednesday nights
• and, very willingly, by appointment (please email first)

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Professor Campbell (Mt. Laurel Sections)

311E Technology & Engineering Center
Mt. Laurel Campus
Telephone: (856) 642-0902 extension 4 (fax: 222-1537)
E-Mail Address: campbell@homer.njit.edu
URL: http://www.cis.njit.edu/~campbell

Office Hours:

• Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.
• and, very willingly, by appointment

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Professor Riecken (Monday Sections)

Office Hours:

• after class
• and, very willingly, by appointment

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Professor Rohn (Distance Sections)

• Please contact Professor Rohn at elirohn@njit.edu

Submitting Assignments (Distance Sections)

Please do not email assignments, unless you are outside the United States or Canada. You should "snail mail" assignments to:

Do not express mail anything! Regular mail is fine. If you'll be late by a day or two, just let me know by email.

• You can fax short items (e.g., evaluation forms) to *** fax to be posted ***, but please do not fax anything more than a few pages.

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Useful Information Systems Links

• IS World Net *** Visit IS World at least once a month! ***
• ISWorld Mailing List (archive)
  *** All people interested in IS research should subscribe directly to the ISWorld Mailing List ***
  - To subscribe, email listserv@listserve.hea.ie with the content: SUBSCRIBE ISWORLD your-full-name
• IS Faculty & Ph.D. Student Directory
• Association for Information Systems
• Society for Information Management
• ACM SIG MIS (ACM's special interest group on MIS)
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
• Society for Design and Process Science
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

This page: http://www.cis.njit.edu/~bieber/CIS677F00/