Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management,, you'll discover how information technology makes it possible to organize, store, and utilize vast amounts of unstructured data. Among many things, you'll learn to:

• Explain the concepts of data mining and online analytical processing.
• Explain the notion of business intelligence and its benefits to organizations.
• Identify possible ethical and societal issues arising from globalization of IT.
• Describe the systems development life cycle and challenges involved.
• List the advantages and disadvantages of different system conversion strategies.

Asynchronous discussion enhances learning as students share ideas, perspectives, and experiences with the class. This develop and refine thoughts through the writing process, plus broaden students' understanding of the course content. The following feedback are necessary to improve the quality of discussion contributions.

Forum post will be evaluated according to the following scale:

Each week, forums are scored on a 2-5 scale.

2 = no, late or inadequate posting

3 = accurate posting

4 = accurate posting AND meaningful return comments to your classmates

5 = accurate posting with meaningful comments AND exceptional insight into the issue

Weekly Online Discussions Rubric Criteria

Excellent

5 Points

Good

4 Points

Average

3 Points

Poor

2 or less Points

Timely discussion

contributions

5-6 postings well

Distributed throughout the week/month

4-6 postings

distributed

throughout the week/month

3-6 posting

somewhat

distributed

2-6 postings not distributed throughout

the week/month

Responsiveness to

discussion and demonstration of

knowledge gained

from assigned reading

Very clear that readings were understood and

incorporated well

into responses

Readings were understood and

Incorporated into responses

Postings have

questionable

relationship to reading material

Not evident that

readings were

understood and/or not incorporated into

discussion

Adherence to online protocols

All on-line protocols followed

1 online protocol not

adhered to

2-3 online protocols not adhered to

4 or more online

protocols not

adhered to