CIT-647 E-Commerce Applications Development

Welcome to
E-Commerce Applications Development
Lecture # 01: Introduction

Rana Ahmad Ali Tabassam

Department of Information Technology
University College of Management & Sciences
Khanewal, Pakistan

a.tabassam@gmail.com

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 Course Outline

E-Commerce Applications Development

Credit Hours: 3(3+0) Prerequisites Web Engineering

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

At the end of the course the students will be able to: Domain BT Level*

1. Understand the concepts and standards related to the discipline of E-

Commerce.
2. Analyze complex real world problems found in ECommerce
*BT=Bloom's Taxonomy, C=Cognitive domain, P=Psychomotor domain, A=Affective domain

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 Course Outline

Course Content:
An overview of E-Commerce & its business models and concepts, Planning an Ecommerce Framework, Managing
Products and Categories, Product Variations and User Uploads, Enhancing the User Experience, The Shopping Basket,
The Checkout and Order Process, Shipping and Tax, Discounts, Vouchers, and Referrals, Checkout, Taking Payment
for Orders, User Account Management, Administration: Dashboard, Managing Products and Categories, Managing
Orders, Customers, Refunds, Voucher Codes, Shipping, Deploying, Security, and Maintenance, Web Payment
Systems, Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues of E-Commerce, Auctions, Portals, and Communities, SEO.
Teaching Methodology:
Lectures, Written Assignments, Project, Report Writing
Course Assessment:
Sessional Exam, Home Assignments, Quizzes, Project, Presentations, Final Exam
Reference Materials:
1. E-Commerce, Kenneth Laudon and Carol Guercio Traver, 13th Edition, Pearson, 2017.
2. PHP 5 E-commerce Development, Michael Peacock, Packt Publishing, 2010.
3. Introduction to E-Commerce, Jeffrey F. Rayport, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, 2007.
4. Electronic Commerce, Gary Schneider, Course Technology; 12th Edition 2016

• Electronic Commerce 2018, Managerial and Social Networks Perspective , Efraim Turban, 9th Ed 2018.

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 Reference Material

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 What will the course cover?

Outline:
– An overview of E-commerce and Planning an E-commerce framework
– Products and categories, Product variations and user uploads
– Enhancing the user experience
– Creating the shopping basket and managing its content
– The checkout and order processing
– Shipping methods, shipping costs, shipping rules, tracking, and tax calculation
– Discounts, vouchers, and referrals: discount codes, purchasable voucher codes,
referrals
– Checkout process consideration, order process review, authentication and
confirmation
– Taking payment for orders: payment system and gateway, online and offline
payments
– User account features: user account area, changing details, viewing & managing
orders
– Administration: managing products, categories, orders, customers, refunds,
shipping, etc.
– Deploying, security, and maintenance and SEO
– More – see the course outline

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 What will the course NOT cover?

Out-of-Scope/Outline:
– Web Engineering / Technologies : Prerequisites
– It mean some of them are prerequisites or out-of-scope of this course

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