Course Title: Build a database
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: COSC5317C
Course Title: Build a database
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5194 - Diploma of Information Technology (General)
Course Contact : Chandra Nannegari
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99251657
Course Contact Email:Chandra.Nannegari@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 30
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit defines the competency required to build and implement a database using an established design.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICAB4170A Build a database |
Element: |
1. Confirm database design |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Review database design documentation, including data structures, queries, reports and user interface |
Element: |
2. Create prototype |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Develop prototype according to database design |
Element: |
3. Test database |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Develop implementation plan for the database |
Element: |
4. Evaluate database |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Review database with client for final approval |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Theory sessions, practical lab sessions, tutorial sessions, assignments and homework.
Teaching Schedule
Week beginning | Topic/Learning Activities | Assessment Tasks | National Codes |
Week 1 – 7th Feb | Course introduction & overview. Database concepts. Single table databases, Primary keys, Forms, Data Structures | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 2 – 14th Feb | Business requirements. Intro to ERD’s. 1:M relationships & foreign keys. VBA basics. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 3 – 21nd Feb | More on ERD’s. M:N relationships & bridging tables, Binary & Ternary. VBA basics : Loops | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 4 – 28th Feb | ERD’s continued. VBA continued. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Project Posting. | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 5 – 7th March | Referential integrity. Data entry for 1:M and M:N relationships, Business Rules. VBA Continued. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 6 – 14th March | Building up more complex ERD’s. Logical Database design. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 7 – 21st March | ERD’s Continued. GUI components | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 8 – 28th March | Determinant & dependencies . GUI components continued. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 9 – 4th April | Data Redundancy & Anomalies. Form and subform. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 10 – 11th April | Steps in normalisation. Relational Schema. Normal Forms – 1NF, 2NF & 3 NF. Confirm DB Design. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Assessment – 2: Stage 1 Project Submission Due. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 11 – 18th April | Normal Forms Continued. Data dictionaries. Prototype Created and populated. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Project Feedback. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Mid semester Easter break Wed 21st April – Thurs 27th April, 2011 | |||
Week 11 – 25th April (25th Apr, public holiday) | Normal Forms Continued. Data dictionaries. Prototype Created and populated. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Project Feedback. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 12 – 2nd May | Intro to basic SQL including functions, Identification of relevant software. DBMS constraints. Test Data Developed. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Project Feedback. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 13 – 9th May | Two-table queries in SQL. Table aliases. Security. Implementation plan. Post implementation review. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Project Feedback. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 14 – 16th May | Action queries in SQL. DB design documented and confirmed. Evaluate Database. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1. Project Feedback. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 15 – 24th May | Revision for final test. Design reports. Backup and recovery requirements. | Teacher handouts in-class exercises. Assessment -1 Assessment -2: Stage 2 Complete Project Submission. |
ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Week 16 – 30th May | Assessment – 3 : TEST | ICAA5046B ICAA5139A ICAB4170A |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
1. Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Prescott & Topi, Modern Database Management 9/E , Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0-13-600391-5 |
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2. Microsoft Office Access Help (Accompanying MS Access) |
References
1. David M. Kroenke, Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design & Implementation, 9th Edition. Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-120971-X |
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2. Smith & Sussman, Beginning Access 2000 VBA Wrox, ISBN 1-861001-76-2. |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment tasks will consist of a portfolio of in-class exercises, a 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 advised that 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
Assessment 1 (Worksheets): 30%
The purpose of these worksheets is to provide feedback to students from class exercises. Printouts are to be submitted during class. In addition, Elements of the competency will be assessed through the class exercise worksheets.
Assessment 2 (Project ): 40%
The purpose of this project is to ensure that students are able to implement all the skills they have developed to date.
Firstly, students will be required to build a database prototype using client specifications in MS Access / MS SQL Server / MySQL.
Test data will be loaded, and queries will be created in SQL. Forms, reports and VBA modules will also be required. Basic security features will be implemented.
Implementation plan will be developed, post implementation review is conducted, system documentation is written and user training requirements are identified.
Assessment 3 (TEST): 30%
A TEST which includes all the material covered all through the semester.
Assessment Matrix
ICAITB170A - Build a Database |
Assessment – 1 Worksheets CA / NYC & 30% |
Assessment – 2 Project CA / NYC & 40% |
Assessment – 3 TEST 30% |
Confirm database design | Yes | Yes | |
Create prototype | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Test database | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Evaluate database | Yes | Yes |
Other Information
Competency 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.
A final TESTworth 30% will be offered to students who have achieved CA.
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