CS1231 Computer Science Organization of Data in A Database

CS 1231 BC Computer Science Organization of Data in A Database Paper

ePortfolio Selection and Software Design Document

 Overview: In this assignment, you will begin working toward a successful ePortfolio by providing an initial plan describing how you will meet the ePortfolio requirements detailed in the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document. While the plan you submit in this assignment may not be final, it should be a solid starting point with clear ideas for your instructor to review. This assignment may be seen as a way of beginning a conversation with your instructor that will result in a challenging but practical plan to follow in producing an ePortfolio that will showcase your skills across the key fields of computer science.

As you will recall from the final project guidelines, there is some flexibility in the components you select for the ePortfolio. You will select at least one (with a maximum of three) artifact to represent your growth in the key areas of software design/engineering, algorithms and data structures, and databases. The artifacts you choose may include work from previous courses in the Computer Science program or relevant works that you created outside of your coursework, for instance at a job or internship. While in many cases an artifact may demonstrate your skills in only one area (such as software engineering or databases), some artifacts may illustrate skills across two or all three of the key categories.

During this course, you will enhance the artifacts you choose to improve their quality, address their limitations or inconsistencies, and/or mitigate vulnerabilities. Your instructor will help you identify enhancements that can be completed during the course and will showcase your skills. This assignment asks you to provide your initial plans for these enhancements and your ePortfolio skills as a whole.

Prompt: In a Microsoft Word document of four paragraphs, explain how you plan to fulfill the requirements for the ePortfolio for CS 499. Specifically, identify the artifacts you will use to demonstrate your skills in these key areas:

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Software design/engineering

 Databases

Algorithms and data structures

Be sure to include the source of each artifact you describe; for instance, does it come from a course in the Computer Science program or from work you have done outside your coursework? In addition to identifying the artifacts and explaining how they align with the three categories, discuss your plans for enhancing or refining your work to improve its quality while further demonstrating your skills. For each category, include pseudocode or a flowchart to help illustrate the planned enhancement.

Organize your work as follows:

? In the first three paragraphs, take each category in turn and first explain how you will illustrate your work in it with an artifact. Then, describe your plans for enhancing or refining your work in the category during CS 499. Finally, explain how this planned enhancement will illustrate specific skills and course outcomes. At the end of each paragraph, include pseudocode or a flowchart that illustrates the planned enhancement, and refer to this pseudocode or graphic in your written description.

 ? In the fourth paragraph, address the ePortfolio as a whole. If you fulfill your enhancement plans, what specific skills or knowledge will your work demonstrate? Are there any gaps relative to the course outcomes? Are there remaining limitations or weaknesses you may need to address? Finally, are there particular questions or concerns that you would like your instructor to address in responding to this plan?

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Category One: Software Engineering/Design

A. Artifact name, origin, and category (software engineering/design)

B. Enhancement plan, including pseudocode or flowchart of the design

C. Skills illustrated and course outcome(s) these skills align to (refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document for outcomes)

II. Category Two: Algorithms and Data Structures

A. Artifact name, origin, and category (algorithms/data structures)

B. Enhancement plan, including pseudocode or flowchart of the design

C. Skills illustrated and course outcome(s) these skills align to

 III. Category Three: Databases

 A. Artifact name, origin, and category (databases)

B. Enhancement plan, including pseudocode or flowchart of the design

C. Skills illustrated and course outcome(s) these skills align to

 IV. ePortfolio Overall

A. Skills/outcomes planned to be illustrated in the code review

B. Skills/outcomes planned to be illustrated in the narratives

C. Skills/outcomes planned to be illustrated in the professional self-assessment

Optionally, you may include at the end of your document any questions or concerns you would like your instructor to address in responding to your plan.