Hello guys,
Hope everything is fine. I received an A- in MIS105, instructed by Mr. Adeyl Khan,
which is actually introduction to Information system (although it is written in the advising slip that it’s introduction to computer). This course gives an intro about the information systems, software, hardware, network, application in business of IS (Information System) etc.
I’ll be very honest with you- at first, I thought that I was going nowhere with this course but as time went by, I started to figure out the methods of doing well in this course. The first thing that you need to do is be professional at all cost. The faculty admires and follows professionalism in every step. This includes being punctual in various activities throughout the course. I’m going to give a detailed description about what you guys need to do for doing well.
- Try to attend all the classes. It’s not for the lecture-slides, as you can get them in the course website but for understanding the slides. You’re doing this course to learn something new. Be professional- punctual, attentive and patient.
- On the very first day, open an account in the course website. If you face any sort of problem go to his office during an office hour. It’s going to be helpful for forming the group for the group assignments and the presentations. Also check out the website and get a feel for how it is organized.
- From the second day, the lectures would start. It’s going to be very helpful, if you print outs the lecture slides.
- The lectures are the basis for the midterm exams. There are 3 parts for the Mid exams. MCQs and true/false is the first part. Short questions is the second part and
lastly broad question is the third part. The marks distribution may change but these are the three parts that are going to be there. Now here’re the tricks for the mids: Go the the website, go to MIS105, then on the right side of the page you’re going to find the sample questions of the previous semesters. Study them carefully and that
should do 80% of the preparation. For the MCQs, just follow the IOA quizzes. The MCQs that are given in the Mid exams are the same as given in the IOAs- they are important. Broad questions are based on the labs and/or group assignments (sometimes optional). If you do the assignments you should be able to answer the
question. - After one or one and a half weeks, the announcement for the first IOA should come
from Mr. Adeyl Khan. It’s just online quiz guys. It’s nothing to be worried about. It’s
only MCQs, TF and some matching questions. Without the account you won’t be able to give the IOA quizzes. Here’s the trick for doing great in the IOAs: In your textbook (introduction to information system) at the end of every chapter, there are fill in the gaps type objectives. Solve them. Most of the questions in the IOAs come from these objectives. - Now let’s talk about group work and presentation. You should have three group assignments (including optional ones). There’s going to be an opportunity for you to choose your partners for the group. This opportunity will only be there for a couple of days in the beginning of the course. If you don’t have an account in the course website, you won’t be able to apply for you and your team mate. So again, open an account on the first day at any cost. It’s a mistake which I made. I was then assigned in groups randomly chosen by the instructor and had to do almost all the group work, as there was lack of expertise in my team mates. So please don’t repeat my mistake and do the right thing for yourself.
- Now let’s talk about the bonus points. In the labs, if you bring your laptop and are able to do the tasks within the lab time, using you device, you’re going to get 1% bonus. There’s going to be 3 labs. So you can ensure 3% bonus by doing these. In the IOAs, if there’re any questions that are incorrect and if you are the first one to inform that to the instructor then you’re going to get bonus points for that as well. If there’re any extra classes, attend them and you will get bonus points for that too. I just got 1% bonus in the whole course, as I was very ignorant about these things. You can achieve 7-8 additional marks, if you get pretty much all the bonuses. These 7-8 marks can be very crucial when it’s time for you to get the grades.
That’s it dear friends- just follow these steps and you should achieve an A. Now that I think of it, I should’ve given the last presentation for this course. I also should have been keener for getting the bonus points. I could’ve really gotten an A. I should’ve gotten an A. The thing is that there’s nothing I can do now but you can do it. So don’t be ignorant, don’t repeat my mistakes. Go for glory, go for the A. All the very best of luck to you all.
If there’re any questions, then you can email me on (naveedsultan14@gmail.com)
