Information Systems

This activity builds upon the Proficiency Level Analysis assignment from Topic 3. You will use the groups that you created in that topic for this assignment.Select a passage appropriate for seventh grade students to utilize within this assignment. Create a 5-8 slide PowerPoint that could be used to demonstrate vocabulary strategies to your colleagues. Your PowerPoint should include the following:Key vocabulary that you would pre-teach the students in Ms. Jensen’s class;One strategy you would use to pre-teach this vocabulary to this group of students; andOne strategy to practice this vocabulary later in the lesson.In addition, include a reference slide with 3-5 references from the required readings or other sources to support the reasons for choosing these strategies.

The two owners of Spinner Media Services Inc. wanted to cut travel costs and productivity losses (wasted time) and maintain the benefits of person-to-person collaboration. They decided to use Web conferencing internally for collaboration and externally for sales demonstrations to customers. Their two options were (1) a pay-per-use basis or (2) a per user licensing plan based on the number of seats or participants. The decision would depend on cost comparisons based on these data estimates:Approximately 400 meetings per yearAn average of 12 participants per meetingEach meeting lasting about one hour, which takes into consideration the need to get the meeting set up at least 15 minutes in advance and meeting for 45 minutes250 unique participants, consisting of 50 employees and 200 customersResearch the costs of a pay-per-use plan vs. a per user licensing plan based on the number of seats or participants for Microsoft’s Zoom and Cisco’s WebEx. Or evaluate two other pieces of web-based meeting software. Precise cost comparisons are difficult because there are so many variables, but a general cost analysis between Zoom and WebEx or other software is feasible.Design a spreadsheet that shows cost comparisons of the vendors’ licensing options and the pay-per-use option using the data estimates.Identify other criteria that should be taken into account when making such a decision (for example, vendor support or the ability to integrate with Outlook).Based on your analysis, make a fully documented recommendation to the ownersSLP Assignment ExpectationsPrepare an Excel spreadsheet that fulfills the criteria for this SLP assignment. Be sure to use formulas and graphs within Excel so they can be reviewed. In a Word document, interpret the meaning of your analytical findings from the spreadsheet. The Word document should present the results to the owners of Spinner Media Services. Use analytics and graphs in your report and then describe the results. Remember you can copy spreadsheets and graphs into Word but you need to upload both the Word document and the Excel document to the SLP drop box.

In Chapters 26 and 27, we are discussing the case studies of Bim Consultants and Nerds Galore companies. One of the risks that an enterprise  needs to address is employee satisfaction. High turnover of employees underlines a problem at the workplace, which can affect customer satisfaction and pose a threat to the business. The new HR VP at Nerds Galore has decided to address the high turnover issue at the company through a series of steps including outsourcing. If you are to address high turnover risk at your organization, what steps would you take? How does this may impact the organizational culture and employee morale? To complete this assignment, you must do the following: A) Create a new thread. As indicated above, assume that you have been asked to address high turnover problem at your company (or at Nerds Galore Inc), what steps would you take? How does this may impact the organizational culture and employee morale? ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ABOVE IN YOUR THREAD B) Select AT LEAST 2 other students’ threads and post substantive comments on those threads, evaluating the pros and cons of that student’s recommendations. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread. ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. (I’m looking for about a paragraph – not just “I agree.”) NOTE: These discussions should be informal discussions, NOT research papers. If you MUST directly quote a resource, then cite it properly. However, I would much rather simply read your words.

This week’s journal articles focus on transformational leadership and knowledge and knowledge sharing within an organization, please review these concepts and answer the following questions: How do trustworthy and ethical leaders enhance knowledge sharing in organizations?  How does this impact the rate of information technology implementations?  How does this impact data management within organizations? How does servant leadership assist with transferring knowledge in an organization? When thinking about data analytics, how does transformational leadership assist with building good data structures? Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years. The paper should meet the following requirements: 3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references), APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion. A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

In your role as a senior level network administrator for the IT Guru corporation, you have been invited to a meeting with the executive management team to discuss the potential for expanding the organization’s service offerings into the IT Governance and Audit domain.  You also have been asked to discuss the concept of cloud governance and the SOC2 audit and provide your opinion on the idea of offering SOC2 audit services to the organization’s clients. In this Discussion Board assignment, answer the following questions: Explain the concept of cloud governance, the SOC2 audit, and the tools used for cloud governance. Provide your opinion as to why or why not you would recommend expanding into offering cloud governance and SOC2 audit services.part 2 The leadership team of the IT Guru corporation would like to see some of their employees get published in trade journals to help promote the credibility and professionalism of the organization.  As the senior network administrator, you have been asked to submit an article to the “Cloud Brokers” trade journal and discuss your thoughts and research on the following 4 questions: What should someone consider when defining their strategies for their specific cloud configuration? What are the components of cloud architecture today and how might this change in the future? Are there any specific network configuration management practices you would recommend for a cloud computing environment? What advice would you offer to someone considering offering a database storage solution via a cloud platform?

Assignment 1: Multi-Touch Screens vs. Mouse-Driven Screens Due Week 3 and worth 180 points  The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment.  Dearden, A. (2008). User-Centred Design Considered Harmful Norman, D. (2007–2010). Activity-Centred Design: Why I like my Harmony Remote Control Computer applications that run on desktop and laptop computers have, for a long time, been designed to be driven by dragging and clicking a mouse. With the introduction of tablet personal computers, the trend has shifted toward using touch-based screens. We now have access to touch-based TVs, touch-based monitors, touch-based laptops and touch-based tablets. Touch and multi-touch devices provide end-users with the ability to interact physically with an application much more naturally.  Imagine that you are the Information Technology Director of a major chain restaurant, and you have been assigned to design a menu ordering application that can run on all devices. Examine whether using a touch-screen monitor, a tablet or using a mouse to select menu items to place an order would be most efficient. Speculate how employees would interact with these devices and the type of emotional reaction that customers and employees will experience while placing a beverage, appetizer or entrée order.  Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:  Differentiate between the interaction types and styles that apply to multi-touch screens and applications running on them. Determine the conceptual model that you would use when designing a product for your restaurant. Describe the key analogies and concepts these monitors expose to users, including the task-domain objects users manipulate on the screen. Determine one (1) utility/tool in an application for touch-based and mouse-driven screens that should be designed with memory retention/recall. Provide a rationale for your response. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. You may use the resources above or others of your choosing. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements: This course requires the use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow the SWS format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.  The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:  Describe the relationship between the cognitive principles and their application to interfaces and products. Explain the conceptual terms for analyzing human interaction with affordance, conceptual models, and feedback. Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction. Write clearly and concisely about human-computer interaction topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using this rubric

Background: According to Turban (2015), The major objective of IoT systems is to improve productivity, quality, speed, and quality of life. There are potentially several major benefits from IoT, especially when combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Reference: Sharda, R., Delen, Dursun, and Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, Data Science, & Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support. 11th Edition. By PEARSON Education. Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-519201-6. Assignment/Research: Go ahead and make a list of the major benefits and drivers of IoT, thereafter pick two from each list and discuss them briefly.  Your research paper should be at least three pages (800 words), double-spaced, have at least 4 APA references, and typed in an easy-to-read font in MS Word (other word processors are fine to use but save it in MS Word format). Your cover page should contain the following: Title, Student’s name, University’s name, Course name, Course number, Professor’s name, and Date.