Lab 1: Creating a Database
Design in Visio
Due Week 3
and worth 75 points
This
assignment contains two (2) Sections: Visio Diagram and Design Summary. You
must submit both sections as separate files in order to complete this
assignment.
Use “Appendix A: Designing Databases with Visio Professional: A
Tutorial,” to help you complete Section 1: Visio Database Design. (Note: This
tutorial focuses on the use of Microsoft Visio. Open source applications are
not covered in Appendix A; however, the use of open source applications within
labs is permitted.) Clickhere to download Appendix A.
Use the
scenario from Assignment 1: Business Rules and Data Models to complete the lab:
Suppose a local college has
tasked you to develop a database that will keep track of students and the
courses that they have taken. In addition to tracking the students and courses,
the client wants the database to keep track of the instructors teaching each of
the courses.
Section
1: Visio Diagram
(Microsoft
Visio or equivalent)
1.
Use Microsoft Visio (or open source equivalent) in which you:
a.
Create a database diagram with the entities and attributes that the
scenario identified (i.e., a college tracking students, courses, and
instructors).
Section 1 of
your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Submit the Visio diagram as a Visio
file.
Section
2: Design Summary
(Microsoft
Word or equivalent)
2.
Write a one (1) page paper in which you:
a.
Discuss the degree to which you believe the Visio diagram reflects the
database design.
Section 2 of
your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Submit the design summary as a
Microsoft Word file.
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times
New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
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.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Describe the role of databases and
database management systems in managing organizational data and
information.
·
Compose conceptual data modeling
techniques to capture the information requirements.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in database systems.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
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Lab 2: Modifying a Database
Design in Visio
Due Week 4
and worth 75 points
This
assignment contains two (2) Sections: Visio Diagram and Design Summary. You
must submit both sections as separate files in order to complete this
assignment.
Use “Appendix A: Designing Databases with Visio Professional: A
Tutorial,” to help you complete Section 1: Visio Database Design. (Note: This
tutorial focuses on the use of Microsoft Visio. Open source applications are
not covered in Appendix A; however, the use of open source applications within
labs is permitted.) Clickhere to download Appendix A.
After
reviewing your database design from Lab 1: Creating a Database Design in Visio,
the college has provided more information for the database that they want
developed:
·
For each student, the college needs
to track the student ID, student names, addresses, start date, phone
numbers and types (such as mobile, home, work), email addresses and types (such
as personal, school, work), gender, and birth date.
·
For each course, the college needs to
track the course ID, course name, department, quarters offered, sections, and
instructor teaching each course.
·
For each instructor, the college
needs to track the instructor ID, name, address, phone numbers and types (such
as mobile, home, work), email addresses and types (such as personal, school,
work), gender, birth date, and the courses that each instructor is qualified to
teach.
·
Additionally, the college needs to
track the final grades for each student after each course has completed.
Section
1: Modified Visio Diagram
(Microsoft
Visio or equivalent)
1.
Use Microsoft Visio (or open source equivalent) in which you:
a.
Modify the database diagram from Lab 1 with the entities and attributes
that the scenario identified (i.e., a college tracking students, courses, and
instructors).
b.
Create the appropriate relationships between each entity within the
diagram.
Section 1 of
your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Submit the Visio diagram as a Visio
file.
Section
2: Design Summary
(Microsoft
Word or equivalent)
1.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
a.
Discuss the degree to which you believe the Visio diagram reflects the
database design.
b.
Describe any assumptions that you had to make about the business rules to
in order to create the Visio diagram and the associated relationships.
Section 2 of
your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Submit the design summary as a
Microsoft Word file.
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times
New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
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.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Describe the role of databases and
database management systems in managing organizational data and
information.
·
Recognize the historical development
of database management systems and logical data models.
·
Compose conceptual data modeling
techniques to capture the information requirements.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in database systems.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
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Lab 3: EasyPHP and MySQL Setup
Due Week 5
and worth 75 points
·
Install EasyPHP and MySQL and take a
screen shot that shows the MySQL prompt on your screen. (Note: You must include
the screen shot which shows that MySQL is installed on your computer as part of
your assignment. An installation guide to aid the installation of EasyPHP and
MySQL is locatedhere.
·
Research the capabilities of MySQL.
Write a one
to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
1.
Describe your experiences related to
your setup of MySQL. Include any difficulties or issues that you had
encountered during the installation.
2.
Based on your post-installation
research, describe the main capabilities of MySQL.
3.
Describe the approach that you would
take to go from a conceptual or logical model that you created in Visio to the
implementation of that database structure in MySQL. Determine the additional
information that you will need to implement the database design in a database
management system.
4.
Include the screen shot which shows
that MySQL is installed on your computer.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times
New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
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 and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Describe the role of databases and
database management systems in managing organizational data and
information.
·
Recognize the historical development
of database management systems and logical data models.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in database systems.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
