+ Introduction to Class IST210 Class Lecture

+ Course Objectives Understand the importance of data, databases, and database management Design and implement a database Design SQL queries to access databases Understand web-based databases Understand how different databases exchange data Understand basic user interface design principles to support information processing

+ Why Are You Here? It is a required course. But hopefully there is more!

+ Course Organization 2 “Lectures” a week Tuesdays and Thursdays – 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 205 IST Building Reading To be completed before class on Tuesday Homework Due - Sunday at 11:55 p.m. turned in via the appropriate drop box on Angel. One Amnesty day – Turn in 1 assignment 24 hours late.

+ Course Resources Required Book Database Concepts, Seventh Edition Course Website Syllabus Schedule and Assignments Announcements Angel Site Turn in Homework Grades Announcements go out via Angel

+ Course Grading Project: 25% (announced in a few weeks) Homework: 25% Midterm: 25% Final: 25%

+ Course Software Data base Microsoft SQL Server Data base Management Software Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Website hosting (if used for project) IST UP Webspace - Web Development Languages (if used for project) HTML CSS PHP

+ About Me I graduated from Penn State in 1998 Returned to Penn State a few years back to work at ARL (Applied Research Lab) Completed the IST Masters in 2012 and began work on the IST PhD program in 2013 I work full time at ARL I am a father and live in State College with my 8 year old son and my wife. I love teaching and am here to help you be successful in your academic career with IST

+ About Jake Course TA: Jake Weidman

+ About Jake 3 rd Year Ph.D. student with a focus in wearables technologies and interface design as they relate to health and mobile fitness Fan of all Pittsburgh sports I have far too many phones and gadgets (including an entirely smart home)

+ Office Hours Regularly scheduled hours will be before class on Tuesday & Thursday from 2:00-4:00 I am also very flexible to meet by appointment if those times don’t work You can also reach my via (I try to respond ASAP) or through Google Hangouts If you message me through Hangouts, be sure to state who you are in your initial message, or it will be flagged as If there are other ways I can be available, just let me know.

+ Academic Integrity Do your own work Do NOT download answers Homework assignments are individual Only your project is potentially group work What happens if you cheat or copy or plagiarize?

+ Academic Integrity

+ (Team) Projects – make your work original Check your team members’ work You can use book examples and the web for help, but do not copy or loosely copy Remember that I have been teaching this for years What happens if someone on your team cheats or copies work?

+ Academic Integrity

+ Announcements Read Chapter 1 If you have any concerns about anything, Talk to me sooner rather than later!

+ What is Data? Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis The quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media Things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation ComputerHuman