Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 1 Office Automation & Intranets BUSS 909 Tutorial n Links in NetObjects

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Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 3 Agenda Emergency Evacuation Procedures Subject Outline: overview of the subject Subject Administration: student information to be collected in Wk 1 for setting up NetObjects TeamFusion accounts for start of tutorials in Wk2

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 4 Emergency Evacuation

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 5 Emergency Evacuation if you hear a continuous alarm bell or are requested, by a Building Warden, or a member of staff, to evacuate the building you must: leave the building immediately by the nearest exit proceed to the assembly area A shown on the following slide remain in the assembly area until advised the emergency is over do not re-enter the building until advised it is safe to do so by the Building Warden or Security staff

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 6 Emergency Evacuation

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 7 Aims

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 8 Aims an introduction to the importance of supporting work in office environments through the use of office automation systems and intranet technologies an introduction to the major theories and debates concerning office automation systems, computer supported cooperative work, and groupware

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 9 Aims an advanced introduction to office systems analysis, design, implementation and management of office automation systems and intranets the opportunity to analyse, design and implement intranet components

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 10 Objectives

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 11 Objectives an appreciation of the importance of office automation and intranet systems for organisations an understanding of past developments, current state-of-the- art and trends future in the office automation and intranet fields

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 12 Objectives an understanding of the cultural, social, political, economic, and technical characteristics of office automation systems and intranets technologies to organisations an understanding of the components used implement office automation systems and intranets

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 13 Objectives an understanding of the methods and practices required to analyse, design and implement office automation systems and intranets

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 14 Content

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 15 Content Office Automation, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, and Groupware: An overview of economic, historical, social, and cultural conditions which have given rise to various types of office automation and intranets Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Office Automation Systems and Intranet Technologies

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 16 Content Typical Uses and Management Issues associated with Office Automation Systems and Intranet Technologies Implications of Office Automation Systems and Intranet Technologies for Organisational Structure and Function

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 17 Content this subject concerns Office Automation and Intranets because both of these technologies : solve similar problems for organisations create similar problems for organisations can use similar analysis, design and implementation methods

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 18 Method of Presentation

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 19 Method of Presentation Subject presented as a series of lectures and tutorials Lecture: Monday 17:30-19: Lecture Notes: will be placed in Closed Reserve in the Library as soon as possible after each lecture will be available from BUSS909 web site

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 20 Method of Presentation Tutorials: will involve sessions in the Microcomputer Laboratories to develop practical skills in the analysis, design and implementation of intranet web pages and web sites using NetObjects TeamFusion Tutorials: T1 Monday 16:30-17:30 MicroLab2 T2 Monday 19:30-20:30 MicroLab2

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 21 Assessment

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 22 Assessment There is no final examination in this subject. There are three assignments for BUSS909: 1. Office Automation/Intranet Theory and Practice Individual Essay(Weight: 30%; Due: Wk 5, 2/4/01)

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 23 …Assessment 2. Web Page Structure and Site Architecture Individual Report & Web Pages (Weight: 30%; Due: Wk 9, 7/5/01) 3. Intranet Component Development Group Work with Individual Report (Weight: 40%; Due: Wk 12, 28/5/01)

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 24 Textbook/References

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 25 Texts Yeager, N. J. and R. E. McGrath (1996) Web Server Technology: The Advanced Guide for World Wide Web Information Providers Morgan Kaufmann ISBN X copy of BUSS909: Office Automation and Intranets Reader

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 26 References WOODWARD-KRON, R. 1996, Writing in Commerce: A Guide to Assist Commerce Students with Assignment Writing, Centre for Advancement of Learning: University of Newcastle.

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 27 Topics/Course Structure Subject to variation

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 28 Topics there are three groups of topics covered in this subject- Group I: Office Automation Topics including Data Coms, Analysis, Design, and Implementation (Wk 2-5) Group II: Practices and Technologies that are common to OA & Intranets eg. CSCW/Groupware, SGML (Wk 6-7)

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 29 Topics Group III: Intranet Technologies and Use (Wk 8-14) Note that these groups are labelled (I, II, III) in the following Topic Timetable diagrams Articles in the BUSS909 Reader are also arranged into these groups for your convenience (available Wk3).

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 30 Course Structure Lectures and Tutorials 1 Subject Synopsis 2 Data Comms 3-4 OA, CSCW, Groupware 5-6 SGML HTML, WWW 7-11 Intranets Future Developments IIIIII A1A2A3 Lectures

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 31 Course Structure Lectures and Tutorials 1 Subject Synopsis 2 Data Comms 3-4 OA, CSCW, Groupware 5-6 SGML HTML, WWW 7-11 Intranets Future Developments IIIIII A1A2A3 Lectures A3 Tutorials Writing in Commerce Team-based NetObjects Search Engines Client-side NetObjects Client-side NetObjects

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 32 Course Structure Lectures and Tutorials 1 Subject Synopsis 2 Data Comms 3-4 OA, CSCW, Groupware 5-6 SGML HTML, WWW 7-11 Intranets Future Developments IIIIII A1A2A3 Lectures Tutorials Writing in Commerce Team-based NetObjects Search Engines Client-side NetObjects Client-side NetObjects

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 33 Tutorial Administration

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 34 Tutorial Administration Please provide on the list that is being circulated the following information which will be used in creating NetObjects Accounts at the MicroLabs: Student First Name Student Family Name Student Identification Number

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 35 Tutorial Administration Tutorials are to be held in MicroLab 2, Building 40 the timetable for this laboratories is full- so start your assignments immediately you get them

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 36 Tutorial Administration NetObjects TeamFusion is an advanced web site authoring package you do not need to program any code to build a web site using NetObjects Team Fusion or to do assignments in this subject you can however use JavaScript, Java, ActiveX controls, and raw HTML in web sites built with NetObjects TeamFusion

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 37 Tutorial Administration NetObjects Team Fusion accounts will be set up by Week 3, in readiness for your first web development tutorial another wonderful characteristic of this package is that you can work in groups we will use this software in Assignments 2 for web site analysis and Assignment 3 where you will be developing Intranet Components

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 38 Consultations

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 39 Consultations Times & Types of Consultation Student Consultation Times for BUSS909 are as follows: Monday 14: :30 Rm Tuesday 15: :30 Rm Traditionally, students see lecturers for individual consultations, however I am also happy to consult students using group consultations

Clarke, R. J (2001) L909-01: 40 Consultations Group If students want to see me in groups then we will need to relocate to a different room If I am not in my room during consultation times it is because I am consulting with a group I will leave a message on my door telling students where I am!