CIT396B – Advanced Information Technology for Accounting Applications Dr. Catherine Dwyer Fall 2010

Agenda  Class introductions  What is CIT396B?  Overview of Syllabus and Class Schedule  Introduction to ePortfolios  Preview of next week’s classes

3 Catherine Dwyer Associate Professor Seidenberg School, Department of Information Technology  Full time since Fall 2000  Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, IS112, IS223, IS241, IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games Using VB)  Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101  Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum  Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001  I have taught C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and JavaScript  Written a textbook for Visual Basic and for JavaScript

4 My Computing Background  MS in CS (Pace), PhD in IS from NJIT, dissertation on privacy management in social networking site  Two daughters, recent college grad (2008) and college freshman  Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC investment bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics Design Firm  Husband journalist with The New York Times  Research interests: social networking and social media, online privacy management, and sustainability  Links to my research on my web site:  You?

Required Text and Software  Texts:  Hall, James A., Information Technology Auditing and Assurance, South-Western Cengage Learning, 3 rd edition (to be pub. September 2010), ISBN  Gelinas, Ulric, Sutton, Steve, Fedorowicz, Jane, Business Processes and Information Technology, From the Global Text Project ( (download scanned version and open on your machine)  Software:  ACL (Comes with Hall Text)  SAP (available in Accounting Lab)  Microsoft Visio (available through MSDNAA)  ePortfolio ( )

Goals for CIT396B  Thinkfinity project – update business/accounting curriculum to reflect dramatic changes in IT applications since 2000  Students will learn the characteristics of Enterprise IT Architecture, and is use across all functions of the firm  Students will gain experience doing independent research on emerging technologies  Students will develop strategies using online tutorials, videos, etc. to master new IT skills  Students will create online ePortfolio that presents a professional summary of their experience and qualifications

Business Services that Depend on Enterprise IT Architecture From Hall text, p. 3

Two ways to access class materials  Prof. Dwyer’s Web Page Prof. Dwyer’s Web Page  Course syllabus Course syllabus  Class schedule Class schedule  Blackboard site -  Announcements  Faculty contact information  Syllabus and Class Schedule  Assignments  Course Resources  Communication  External Links

Introduction to ePortfolios  Go to

Pace Software Downloads

MSDNAA

Student Membership on ACM

Next Monday  Class reading: ch 1 and 2 of Gelinas text