Course Textbook 

Tilley, S. (2020). Systems analysis and design (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. 

MindTap^®

This course uses MindTap. Learning content, activities and most assignments are completed in MindTap. 

Review the following in MindTap:

• Welcome to Your Course
• Getting Started with MindTap Video.

There is no grade associated with these learning activities and they are not found in Blackboard, only in MindTap. 

Toolkit Resources in MindTap

You may find reviewing The Systems Analyst’s Toolkit resources beneficial for completing the weekly Apply Case Study assignments.

Use the MindTap Access link to review the Systems Analyst’s Toolkit resources, as needed, throughout the course:

• Toolkit Part A: Communication Tools 
• Toolkit Part B: CASE Tools
• Toolkit Part C: Financial Analysis Tools
• Toolkit Part D: Internet Resource Tools

MindTap Assignments 

For assignments completed in MindTap, there is nothing to submit in Blackboard. Your instructor will transfer all scores to the Blackboard gradebook. This might happen after the assignment due date. As long as you complete your homework by the due date, disregard any late notices you receive.

Pre-Course Assessment Quiz

You will receive full points for completing the assessment. Points are awarded based on completion, not accuracy.  

Post-Course Assessment Quiz

Completed in Week 5, worth 70 points.

Practice Assignments

Weekly Practice activities in MindTap include Knowledge Checks.

Apply Assignments in MindTap and Blackboard

Weekly Apply activities include questions in MindTap and a weekly case study assignment, Case Study: Appliance Warehouse, which is viewed in MindTap and submitted/graded in Blackboard. The weekly Case Study assignment is a project which builds upon the previous week’s work and culminates in the Week 5 Signature Assignment: Case Study: Appliance Warehouse Services – Application Maintenance. This assignment has an embedded rubric.

MindTap Mobile App  

You can access the MindTap elements of this course using the MindTap Mobile App. Follow the UOPX MindTap App Student Facing Instructions to access set-up and user instructions. You will receive an End User License Agreement (EULA) when you launch MindTap from your course. If this is your first time launching the tool, you will receive the EULA and be prompted to register.

Completing Signature Assignments

There is a signature assignment in Wk 5 that requires you to use the knowledge and skills you have learned in prior courses in addition to applying the knowledge and skills you are learning in this course. Your faculty member will use the rubric to grade your assignment.

Read the assignment instructions and then review the grading rubric. The assignment instructions describe what you must do to complete the assignment. The rubric describes the performance levels. See Wk 5 - Signature Assignment: Case Study: Appliance Warehouse Services – Application Maintenance.

Ask your faculty member any questions you may have about the assignment instructions or the rubrics.

Check Your Work for Plagiarism - SafeAssign Instructions

Your assignment submissions will automatically be checked for plagiarism by SafeAssign, a feature in Blackboard. SafeAssign compares your submission to a database of student work and the internet and then generates an Originality Report that you and your instructor can review. Review the full SafeAssign instructions to learn more about this feature.

Resources

• College of IS&T Website IT Central
• Center for Writing Excellence