LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Business
Discipline/Program:
Computer Information Systems
Course Number and Name: CIS 014 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
Program Contact Person: _____________________________ Phone: x4443_______________________
Reviewed by: Elena Reigadas, SLO Assessment Coordinator Date: December 2013
Overview: The assessment was conducted in Spring 2013 class. The class started with a maximum enrollment of ten. Two students failed due to
inconsistent attendance and as a result bad grades, ten students remained to the end of session. CIS 14 is an introductory course that mostly covers
theoretical aspects than practical skills. All ten students enrolled in the course successfully completed course requirements with average score of 85%
or better.
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Institutional Mission
Course Intended Outcomes
& Goals
1. Define organization of
3
internet infrastructure. Explore
client-server interaction.
Understand various server
futures and functions. Identify
client and network operating
systems and technologies.
Describe OSI model layers.
Solving client problems.
2. Identify tags and write
3
HTML code. Explain how to
enhance web site. Identify web
programming approach.
Means of Assessment
Summary of Data
and Criteria for Success
Collected
A multiple choice and
Average score of all
true/false tests will be
enrolled students taken
conducted upon
tests is 86%.
completion of each
intended outcome.
Criteria: 70% of students
will score 70% or better.
A multiple choice tests
will be conducted upon
completion of each
intended outcome.
Criteria: 70% of students
will score 70% or better.
Additionally exercises
throughout Ch. 2, 4, 9 to
be completed.
Average score of all
enrolled students taken
tests is 85%.
Use of Results
Results appear to reflect that
the established outcome for
success and being met at the
established success rate.
Midterm and final tests
consists of 80 multiple
choice questions and 20
true/false questions.
Midterm test - average score
is 85% with lowest score
48% and highest score 95%.
One failed student.
Final test – average score is
85% with lowest score of
72% and highest score of
95%. No failed students.
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4
3. Understand segmentation,
routing across networks,
domain names system. Define
client connectivity to the
Internet by using various
media. Define the purpose of
internet security. Describe
how computers and networks
can be attacked. Understand
and define protection
strategies and secure data
transmission.
4. Describe database types
and understand database
management systems.
Understand issues associated
with doing business on the
web, ways to conduct business,
electronic payment methods,
attract and retain customers.
Examination of legal issues of
e-business
A multiple choice tests
will be conducted upon
completion of each
intended outcome.
Criteria: 70% of students
will score 70% or better.
A multiple choice tests
will be conducted upon
completion of each
intended outcome.
Criteria: 70% of students
will score 70% or better.
Average score of all
enrolled students taken
tests is 84%.
Average score of all
enrolled students taken
tests is 86%.
Average score per daily (per
topic) tests including
midterm and final tests
values is 85%.
Small hands-on projects
available throughout chapters
2, 4, 9 were assigned to
students, though not graded
and not accounted. They
reflect outcomes 2. Received
skills are beyond of the
primary purpose of this
course. However, they lay
foundation for future.
Recommended changes:
The book is outdated and
does not reflect latest internet
technologies like Internet
Explorer 8, 9, Windows
Vista, 7, and new
developments in areas of
mobile networking.
To complete outdated
material provide additional
research information to
students on use and
effectiveness of newest
networking, computing
technologies
Date:
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Institutional Mission
Course Intended Outcomes
& Goals
(1) Describe the uses for
Internet communications and
the organization of the
infrastructure
(2) Choose an Internet service
provider given specific criteria
(3) Differentiate between the
protocols and services of web,
email, news and FTP servers
and their client software
configuration.
(4) Compare current client and
network operating system
choices
(5) Illustrate the logical and
physical topology of a local
area network
(6) Describe each layer of the
OSI model and how it applies
to a LAN and to a TCP/IP
network
(7) Explain how network
computers and servers are
addressed and how data is
routed across the Internet.
(8) Illustrate how the
performance and management
of a large network can be
improved by segmenting or
subnetting the network
(9) Describe how domain
names are assigned, managed
and resolved on the Internet.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results
(10) Describe the hardware and
software requirements for
connecting a client computer to
the Internet using different
bandwidth technologies;
telephone line, cable modem,
ISDN, DSL, satellite or LAN.
(11) Solve Internet connection
and performance problems
arising from Windows, the
browser, and the TCP/IP
connection itself.
(12) Compare the alternative
methods for putting a database
on the web and allowing users
to access it.
(13) Analyze the vulnerabilities
of computer networks and the
protection strategies that can be
employed.
(14) Examine the different
online business models and the
legal issues that arise in their
operation.
(15) Create and publish a Web
site using HTML code and
authoring tools
(16) Employ tools such as style
sheets, XML, XHTML and
scripting to develop dynamic
Web pages.
(17) Employ methods for
enhancing a Web site with
different types of graphic files,
sound and streaming media.