Network Administration Diploma

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Professional Practice
Course Outline

Delivery Method: Online using Blackboard.

This will be a combination of real-time scheduled classes online with your instructor as
well as independent learning time.
Course Hours: 60 HOURS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Demonstrate awareness of appropriate professional, legal and ethical practice as an emerging IT professional

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Discuss legislation that relates to Information Technology industry
• Explain ethical behaviour and evaluate main ethical considerations for Information Technology
professionals
• Discuss organizational context and impact of IT on business
• Apply information presentation skills
• Demonstrate personal and interpersonal skills including leadership, teamwork and relationship
management
• Develop and propose solutions to meet business needs
• Describe role of information systems in an organization and explain how they support organizational
goals

REQUIRED ONLINE TEXTBOOK:

Principles of Information Systems, 13th Edition

BLACKBOARD

• Supplementary materials are available on the Blackboard site for this course. It is
important to check this site frequently for updates.
• Your unofficial grades will be available on the Blackboard site for this course.

If the Loop is not accessible, students can still access Blackboard and
email as follows: Blackboard: https://rdc-bb.blackboard.com

METHODS OF EVALUATION:

Assessment %
Review Quizzes (5) 20
Principle into Practice (12) 30
Case Studies (2) 10
Final Exam 40
Total 100
GRADING SYSTEM:

Percentage Grade
65+ Successful (S)
0-64 Unsuccessful (U)

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

Academic misconduct in all its forms is a serious offence. Academic misconduct is the giving,
taking, or presenting of information or material that unethically or dishonestly aids oneself or
another on any work which, under normal circumstances, is to be considered in the
determination of a grade or the compilation of academic requirements or the enhancement of
that student’s record or academic career. The two key areas of academic misconduct are
plagiarism and cheating. Please read the definitions that follow.

Plagiarism: The use or close imitation of language, paintings, films, prototypes and ideas of
another author and representation of them as one's own original work. The most common forms
of plagiarism are copying or paraphrasing another author’s work without proper
acknowledgement, using the ideas or lines of reasoning of another author’s work without proper
acknowledgement, submitting work to which someone else has made substantial improvements
to the content, and submitting the same work for multiple courses without approval.
Plagiarism can be judged to have occurred if the instructor has both the submitted material and
original source that was copied, or if the student is unable to explain the terminology or ideas of
a submission.

Cheating: Any attempt to give or obtain unsanctioned assistance in a formal academic

exercise (e.g., examination). Some examples of cheating are unauthorized cheat sheets in a
test or exams, the unauthorized use of electronic devices during an exam, and copying from
an adjacent student.

APPEAL POLICY

Student Appeal Policy.

CHANGES TO THE COURSE OUTLINE

Changes to the course outline will not generally be made after the start of the course.
Should changes to the course outline be necessary after the start of classes, those
changes must be made only by the Program Coordinator and only after consultation
initiated by the Program Coordinator with the instructor and the students.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Professionalism
Students are expected to demonstrate business professional behaviours. Assessment
of student performance includes an individual grade for in-class activities that consists
of a combination of attendance, preparedness, in-class assessments, and appropriate
participation in class discussions and activities.

2. Attendance
 For Online courses: “Attendance” implies regular attendance online through
Blackboard and online discussion sessions. There will be scheduled times for these
activities. Lack of attendance may impact the students’ ability to successfully complete
the course.

3. Class Participation
Part of the students’ evaluation is based upon the demonstrated understanding of
course concepts through thoughtful contributions, ideas and examples shared in the
online classroom (Blackboard). Thus, you as students will be required to be active
participants, for learning occurs best when you are personally involved in the learning
experiences.

4. General
Students who are encountering difficulty with the course are urged to contact the
instructor at once. Students should ensure that they are familiar with Red Deer
College’s Student and Academic Standard Practices and Policies as well as the key
dates in the Academic Schedule.

ACADEMIC POLICY

A complete list of RDC academic policies is available

at http://rdc.ab.ca/about/policies-publications/policies