Course Title: Provide technical leadership in the workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2008
Course Code: BUSM6138C
Course Title: Provide technical leadership in the workplace
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6040 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics Engineering
Course Contact: William Lau Program Coordinator
Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 4703
Course Contact Email: william.lau@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Yury Stanislavsky, Course Coordinator
Nominal Hours: 126
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course contains some of the underpinning knowledge of a program, which designed for a person to be able to undertake design, select, install, commission, maintain and carry out repairs on advanced electronic equipment and systems.
The Knowledge and skills addressed in this course include:
• HTML and browser scripting, Web Applications (server scripting), Windows Applications with Internet data link
• Experiencing Engineering Practices in Industry or Completing Engineering Project as specified.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UTENES008A Provide technical leadership in the workplace |
Element: |
Demonstrate standards of performance |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Work demonstrated follows OH&S policies and procedures with the work is appropriately sequenced in accordance with requirements |
Element: |
Maintain personal competence |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Personal competence is assessed against requirements to |
Element: |
Organise personal work priorities |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Work priorities are organised in accordance with established |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Paticipate the individual learning and team leadership skill development including the topics of:
* Course structure and procedures for using resources. Creation and management of a web site.
* Exploring the functionality of a browser.
* Processing user input. Interaction between HTML forms on the client
* Basics of browser scripting
* Frames. Scripting for frames Basics of HTML DOM
* Formatting with Style Sheets. Image maps: creating and applying
* Using cookies. Security considerations and data protection.
* Developing Project 1: browser based quiz ’Troubleshooting electronic devices.
* Introduction to ASP
* Syntax, variables, functions. ASP objects: Request, Response
* Introduction to databases: MS Access in Visual Designer
* Tables, data types, indices
* Queries by Example (QBE) and their underlying SQL
* Accessing server based DB via ASP/ADO
* Building database driven HTML pages
* Client-server interaction with a data driven Web site
* Advanced ASP. Session and user management.
* Project: Server based Quiz. Project architecture and development strategy
* Introduction to VB6 programming
* Creating a VB6 program for data exchange with a Web Server
* Exploring HTTP request and response
* Manipulating data in MS Access from VB program
* Building VB interface to Access database
* Working with graphics in VB6
* Creating dynamic charts
* Concept and examples of Object-oriented programming
* Finalising Quiz project
Participate the MCQ TEST (1 hour)
Teaching Schedule
Available from Student Shared network drive (S:\\ )
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
K Kalata. Internet Programming with VBScript and JavaScript |
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C Bates. Web Programming: Building Internet Applications |
Other Resources
ICT Access:
To successfully participate in the activities of this course students require:
• HTML Editor (HomeSite or similar)
• Web based development environment – provided on www.rmitweb.com
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6 and MS Access in class environment
Web Resources
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
http://www.w3schools.com
www.learnASP.com
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com
Overview of Assessment
This is a progressive assessment, the underpinning knowledge will be assessed on the completion of each course, but the competency itself will not be signed off until further courses related to the competency are completed and the student is deemed competent.
The students are required to undertake summative assessments as follows:
• Work Placement / Work Simulation Project
• A Pass in Schedule Practical Exercises
Assessment Tasks
The total grade for the course is calculated on 100 point scale and derived from :
• up to 70 points for Project Development;
• up to 30 points for the final MCQ test
In addition to the points acquired through tests, the students are granted bonus points for:
• active participation in the class and online discussions,
• proposing and implementing enhancements, which go beyond the project specs and contribute to the quality of the project application
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
To pass this course, student must complete all the scheduled practical exercises, and pass
all the written examinations.
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