ASSIGNMENTS

In general, assignments are either to be submitted to the course emailbox as email attachments (using Microsoft Word or Excel, as needed) or to be uploaded to your iSchool computer account. Submission details are included with each assignment. Assignments are due by midnight on the due date. The maximum number of points for each assignment is essentially equal to the percent contribution of the assignment to the final grade. Assignment details are subject to change as the class progresses. Please read the assignment page for the details of each assignment before your submission.

Web-Based Presentation

Due Date	Max Points	Assignment
----	6	Preparation and participation over the course of the semester or summer term
Jan 14	---	Read Blackboard, Webpage, and Digital Résumé and start work on your Webpage and Digital Résumé
Jan 14	---	Organize team for Description of Information Technology Problem Area
Jan 21	1	Establish iSchool Account and Verify UT Email Address
Jan 21	---	Provide team and member names, and choose team topic, for Description of Information Technology Problem Area . (Note: This is Part 1 of the two-part IT problem assignment.)
Jan 28	2	Blackboard, Webpage, and Digital Résumé
Feb 4	5	Using Web Information Sources to Define Three Technical Terms
Feb 4	---	Choose the book that you will review for the Book Review assignment and start reading it. (Note: This is Part 1 of the three-part Book Review assignment.)
Feb 4	5	Information Technology Problem Area Description. (Note: This is Part 2 of the two-part IT Problem assignment.)
Feb 11	1	Exercise in Descriptive Statistics
Feb 25	5	Comparison of Web-based Online Public Access Catalogs
Feb 25	---	Choose topic for group Web-Based Presentation. (Note: This is Part 1 of the three-part WBP assignment.)
Mar 4	5	Science and Technology Studies Article Evaluation
Mar 18	1	Place draft of Web-Based Presentation on the Web. (Note: This is Part 2 of the three-part WBP assignment.)
Mar 25	1	Submit draft of Capstone Essay - Professional Development Plan. (Note: This is Part 1 of the two-part Capstone Essay assignment.)
Apr 15	8	Group presentation of Scholarly Book Review in class. (Note: This is Part 2 of the three-part Book Review assignment.)
Apr 15	19	Submit final version of Web-Based Presentation. (Note: This is Part 3 of the three-part WBP assignment.)
Apr 22	12	Submit final written form of your Scholarly Book Review. (Note: This is Part 3 of the three-part Book Review assignment.)
		A tutorial in how to use Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) to provide encryption, decryption, and digital signatures is available to you; see PGP and Public Key Cryptography. It is recommended that you work through this tutorial; however, the former assignment in sending an email message with a digital signature is no longer required.
Apr 29	10	Critical Peer Evaluation of a Web-Based Presentation
Apr 29	19	Submit final version of Capstone Essay - Professional Development Plan. (Note: This is Part 2 of the two-part Capstone Essay assignment.)
	100	Total maximum points for course

Assignments with viruses or other hygiene problems will have serious impact on your final grade. Please ensure that you have a virus checker on your system—and use it. Please use a spelling checker on your written work. (Note: Macintosh users should be sure to save assignments with filenames ending in the extensions ".doc" for written documents, ".xls" for spreadsheets, and ".html" for Webpages.)

All assignments must be handed in on time, and the instructors reserve the right to issue a course grade of F if ANY assignment is not completed.

LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED unless three criteria are met:

1. At least 24 hours before the date due, the professor gives explicit permission to the student to hand the assignment in late.

2. At the same time, a specific date and time are agreed upon for the late submission.

3. The assignment is then submitted on or before the agreed-upon date and time.

The first criterion can be met only in the most serious of health, family, or personal situations.