Course Title: Integrate database with a website

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2011

Course Code: COSC5355C

Course Title: Integrate database with a website

School: 650T TAFE Business

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5194 - Diploma of Information Technology (General)

Course Contact : Paul Lewis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1615

Course Contact Email:paul.lewis@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Catherine Han Lin
+61 3 9925 1336
catherinehan.lin@rmit.edu.au
 
Chandra Nannegari
+61 3 9925 1657
chandra.nannegari@rmit.edu.au


Nominal Hours: 25

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

This course is co-delivered and co-assessed holistically with COSC 5326C Create dynamic web pages

Course Description

This unit defines the competency required to ensure database connectivity with a website in order to run simple SQL queries.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

ICAB5180A Integrate database with a website

Element:

1. Prepare database
2. Create database logons
3. Create data source names
4. Test database connectivity

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify site data needs from technical requirements
1.2 Review existing database to ensure site data needs can be met
1.3 Make additions/adjustments to database as required

2.1 Identify site operators and site visitors against business needs
2.2 Determine database permission sets, and authentication and authorisation parameters for each class of user
2.3 Create log on names using relevant server application utility
2.4 Add log on names to server application using relevant server utility

3.1 Use server utility to create data source names (DSN) as required by website
3.2 Confirm DSN, database log on name and passwords against business requirements
3.3 Use a server utility to create a database connection using appropriate connectivity tools
3.4 Amend site configuration files as required

4.1 Retrieve required information for website, including site functionality
4.2 Take action to maintain database integrity according to security benchmarks
4.3 Check that access permissions function correctly


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities will include laboratory-based sessions on a variety of topics as shown in the Teaching Schedule below. They will generally consist of practical computer exercises based on teacher handouts. Students should attend all sessions.

Students will also be expected to undertake work on a small database project and other activities for homework.


Teaching Schedule

Please Note: The total number of scheduled hours of teaching, learning and assessment involved in this course will include all planned activities.

This may incorporate face-to-face classes, lectures, workshops and seminars; wherever possible workplace visits, online learning and other forms of structured teaching and learning.

Week Week Beginning

Topics Covered

Assessment Tasks *

* Class Tasks wiil be conducted in weeks 2-11

Competencies
 1 4th Jul 2011 Introduction to jacob, WinSCP &XAMPP. A first PHP script. Review of forms   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 2 11th Jul 2011 Variables & constants. Using functions. Forms with GET & POST Project teams finalised ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 3 18th Jul 2011 PHP operators. Creating simple functions. Selection & loops. Web databases   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 4 25th Jul 2011 More on selection & loops. Simple include files.
Form elements.
Initial Project specs issued ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 5 1st Aug 2011 Intro to arrays. Self-posting forms   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 6 8th Aug 2011 Strings & regular expressions.Simple data validation. work on Project database Project contract & mock-ups due ICAB5165B CAB5180B
 7 15th Aug 2011 Review of functions & include files. More on data validation.  Major Class Task ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 8 22nd Aug 2011 Website templates. Project work Project database design due ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
   Mid Semester Break (Monday 29th August - Friday 2nd September)
 9 5th Sep 2011 Using PHP with MySQL. Searching & inserting into a database   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 10 12th Sep2011 Deleting from a database. Database utilities Web template for Project due ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 11 19th Sep 2011 Session control. Web security issues. Project work   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 12 26th Sep 2011 Project work only Feedback on Project ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 13 3rd Oct 2011 Project work. Revision for Practical Test   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 14 10th Oct 2011 Final revision for Practical Test Practical Test ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 15 17th Oct 2011 Final project work   ICAB5165B ICAB5180B
 16 24th Oct 2011 Final project submissions. Course review Demonstration of Project ICAB5165B ICAB5180B

Students who have been granted special consideration, or are required to complete additional work in order to demonstrate competency, will be able to submit or sit their assessment task by arrangement with the class teacher in weeks 17 or 18.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Luke Welling & Laura Thomson, PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th Edition (2009), Pearson Education

0672329166


References


Other Resources

It is expected that all students will purchase a copy of the prescribed text as soon as possible. Students will be working directly on various tasks from this book in most classes.

Other materials will include worksheets distributed by the teacher in class and various books and Websites which will be indicated.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks will include a portfolio of in-class exercises, a team Web development project with associated documentation, and a combined theory and practical test.

You will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check your progress.

You are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate your assessment work to your teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.


Assessment Tasks

Class Tasks
Students will be expected to complete and demonstrate a variety of tasks which they have performed in the classroom. All files must be created individually, and submitted or demonstrated when requested. In some cases printouts may be required.

Project
Working in teams, students will plan and develop a dynamic Website for a small business selling products online. The Website will be integrated with a MySQL database created by team members.

Practical Test
There will be an in-class practical test in which students will be required to demonstrate how to create dynamic Web pages using PHP. These pages will utilise connections to a MySQL database.


Assessment Matrix

 Integrate database with a website 

Class Tasks
CA/NYC
(30%)

Project
CA/NYC
(40%)
Practical Test
CA/NYC
(30%)
1. Prepare database Y Y Y
2. Create database log-ons Y Y Y
3. Create data source names Y Y Y
4. Test database connectivity Y Y Y

Other Information

Competency and grading requirements:

To be deemed competent students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of this competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
All competency-based assessments for this course must be completed in order to achieve a CA (Competency Achieved) award.

Each assessment task will also carry a numerical weighting to be used for grading purposes. The grade applied will only be awarded if a CA has been achieved in all compulsory assessment tasks.

If a student has been assessed as NYC (Not Yet Competent) in any of the assessment tasks, the weighting will carry no value until the student has obtained a CA.

If a CA is achieved on re-assessment, a maximum mark of 50% of the original weighting will be granted for that assessment.

Re-assessments will only be granted to students who were either unsuccessful in the first attempt, or have an approved application for special consideration.

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