CGS 2651 - Social Media and Web Technologies

College of Computer & Information Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2018 (550)

Requisites

Prerequisite CGS 1100 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite COP 1000 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite CGS 1309 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite CGS 1070 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course is designed to teach students how to interact using shared collaboratively communication tools and resources. Students will learn how to identify and apply Web based social collaboration technologies for business and personal use. Major topics covered include; identifying the differences between Web 1.0 2.0, 3.0, reviewing collaboration software (DropBox, Google Docs, Sharepoint), communicating using social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, FourSquare, Tumblr), organizing and applying web syndication to online data.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 technologies by:
    1. defining a “culture of participation”.
    2. exploring the social and technological developments that have led to Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.
    3. explaining the importance of sharing collective information.
  2. The student will demonstrate the ability to use web based collaboration software in business and for personal use by:
    1. explaining Cloud computing.
    2. listing the current major providers of Cloud computing services (i.e. Microsoft, Google, Amazon).
    3. defining wikis, blogs and web-based applications for business and personal use.
    4. using wikis, blogs and web-based applications for business and personal use.
  3. The student will demonstrate the ability to interact using social media sites in business and for personal use by:
    1. defining social media applications.
    2. identifying common features in social media applications.
    3. listing privacy issues related to social media applications.
    4. using social media applications (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter).
    5. explaining how social media has influenced customer relationship management (CRM).
  4. The student will demonstrate the ability to organize information using web based tools.
    1. comparing and contrasting between hierarchical and non-hierarchical organization of digital information.
    2. defining social tagging, bookmarking and collaborative filtering.
    3. explaining how Creative Commons licensing works.
  5. The student will demonstrate the ability to apply web syndication to online material by:
    1. defining syndication.
    2. identifying features of web-based and client feed readers.
    3. incorporating and formatting web feeds.
    4. identifying features of podcast readers.
    5. subscribing to managed podcasts.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Submitted as 2XX1, SCNS approved as 2651. C&I Approval: 05/31/2013, BOT Approval: 06/17/2014, Effective Term: Fall 2014 (490). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2017 (525). C&I Approval: 02/09/2017, BOT Approval: 03/21/2017, Effective Term: Fall 2017 (535).
C&I Approval: 02/09/2018, BOT Approval: 04/17/2018, Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550)

Related Programs

  1. Computer Information Technology (CIT-AS) (640) (Active)
  2. Technology Development & Management (TMGT-TR) (670) (Active)
  3. Web Development (WEBSDM-AS) (670) (Active)
  4. Web Development (WEBSDM-AS) (640) (Draft)
  5. Web Development Specialist (WEBDS-CT) (580) (Active)