COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Title E-commerce

Course Code IT 34
Course Credit Three (3)
Prerequisite IT 28
Instructor Jayson R. Sarabia
E-mail Address
Consultation Day Time Room
Schedule

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course aims to give students an in-depth understanding of ecommerce as well as developing an e-commerce web site. It is hoped that the knowledge would
enhance the expertise of students in e-commerce.

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Manifest academic excellence through their globally-competitive skills and desirable work ethics.
2. Demonstrate excellence as active partners in nation-building through research and innovation.
3. Exhibit leadership by developing socially-oriented programs for disadvantaged communities to promote social justice, equity and transformation leading to self-
reliance.
4. Apply their acquired technology-based skills to their chosen field of practice.
5. Exemplify the qualities of a graduate who achieves optimum integral human development.
6. Advocate nationalism through athletics, culture and the arts.

CURRICULAR PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

By the end of their four-year stay at DMC, students should be able to:

1. To produce globally competitive Information Technology professionals equipped with advance knowledge and theories in personal skills, interpersonal skills geared
towards being an active partner in nation-building.
2. To train students to be flexible who can easily adapt to the current trends in technology while exemplifying social-responsiveness.
3. To demonstrate excellence through research and innovation by utilizing the advancement of information technology.

PROGRAM-LEVEL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Students can work harmoniously with other students and share their skills and abilities to attain a common goal.
2. Students can identify problems and formulate solutions through the use of the advancement in information technology.

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 3. Students can produce research and innovations that is beneficial to nation building.
4. Students can utilize and evaluate the different resources available in information technology

COURSE-LEVEL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of the semester, students should be able to :

1. Learn the various definitions, common terminologies, types & technologies of e-commerce
2. Assess the benefits and limitations of e-commerce
3. Distinguish the features of a successful e-commerce
4. Define and explain the concepts of e-business and e-commerce
5. Distinguish between e-business and e-commerce
6. Describe the methodologies for developing e-commerce web sites.
7. Discuss the security issues in web design
8. Develop an E-Commerce Web Site

DESIRED LEARNING RESULTS

Expected DMCian Graduate Attribute Desired Learning Results: By the end of the course, the students are enabled to:
God Fearing Inculcate within themselves the virtue of honesty by doing their work with integrity
Knowledgeable Be proficient in implementing e-commerce web sites
Have a solid understanding of e-commerce
Talented/Versatile Develop their own e-commerce web site
Reinforce the theoretical aspects covered in lectures by demonstrating skills in the implementation process
Demonstrate skills that are common to software development practices such as modular coding, appropriate commenting of
code debugging with Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and incremental development.
Committed to Serve Work harmoniously with others
Share their skills and abilities to attain a common goal

III. FINAL OUTPUT/FINAL PERFORMANCE

Expected DMCian Graduate Attribute Rubrics

A. God Fearing
Characteristics Excellent Very Satisfactory Satisfactory Lacking Score
(4) (3) (2) (1)

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Honesty The submitted project is The submitted project is originally The submitted project is originally The concepts of the project as
genuinely made. made however the concept is made however some of the codes well as the codes are taken
taken from somebody else or are taken from the internet. from somewhere else like the
somewhere else. internet.

B. Knowledgeable
Characteristics Excellent
(4)
Goals and Objectives The overall objectives of the
student projects have been
clearly stated and the
students include quantifiable
targets and anticipated
outcomes.
Justification/Technical The students have justified
Merit and convinced the panel why
their project is needed and
the potential impact of the
project is large enough to
account for the time and
effort of the student and from
the panels.
Impact or Benefits The students have explained
that their project has the
potential to make a
significant impact and
indicated target group which
will benefit from the project.
Presentation The students have presented
their project in a clear way
and the presentation is
understandable to a non-
expert audience.
Proficiency The students were able to
answer all the questions from
the panels with strong
justification.
Very Satisfactory
(3)
The overall objectives of the
student projects have been
clearly stated however the
students did not include
quantifiable targets and
anticipated outcomes.
The students have justified and
convinced the panel why their
project is needed however the
potential impact of the project is
not enough to account for the
time and effort of the student
and from the panels.
The students have explained
that their project has the
potential to make a significant
impact however they were not
able to indicate a target group
which will benefit from the
project.
The students have presented
their project in a clear way
however the presentation is very
technical and requires expertise
or knowledge of the presented
topic.
The students were able to
answer most of the questions
with clear justifications.
Satisfactory
(2)
An objective about the project
has been presented but is not
clearly coherent to the desired
output.
The students have presented
some reasons why their project
is needed yet they were not able
to convince the panels of its
potential impact.
The students have presented
that their project has the
potential impact but were not
able to convince the panels of its
justification.
The students have presented
their project with minor help form
the instructor on clarifying some
terms that are used in the
presentation.
The students were able to
answer some of the questions
with ambiguous justifications.
Lacking Score
(1)
The objective of the project is
only for the sake of
submission.
There is no justification of the
impact of the submitted
project.
There is no impact or benefit
that can be gain from the
submitted project.
The students have presented
their project by merely reading
the material that they have
prepared.
The students contributed
minimal answers without any
justifications.

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 C. Talented/Versatile
Characteristics Excellent
(4)
Output No errors in expected output
Correctness
Output Quality Correct output format; very
visually compelling
Coding Style All identifiers are descriptive
and follow naming
conventions.
Style and punctuation
guidelines are observed.
Simple and elegant program
constructs.
Neatness / Clarity Program layout, indentation,
and separation are
consistent and attractive.
Source code is highly
readable
Documentation Documentation is exemplary
and provides accurate
information at an
appropriate level of details.
All required elements are
present and follow the
prescribed format.
D. Committed to Serve
Characteristics Excellent
(4)
Collaboration of The student conceptualize the
Idea entire idea of the application
Very Satisfactory Satisfactory Lacking Score
(3) (2) (1)
Minor errors in expected output Many errors in expected output Output is only correct in special
or single case
Correct output format; somewhat Some errors in output format Significant errors in output
visually compelling format; items are hard to
identify
Naming, style, and Naming, style and punctuation Naming is inconsistent and
punctuation are mostly correct guidelines are generally misleading.
and consistent, but occasional ignored. No punctuation guidelines are
errors are found. Program constructs are observed.
Program constructs are unnecessarily complex. Program constructs are
appropriate. excessively complex,
requiring significant effort to
comprehend.
Program layout, indentation, Minimal attention is given to No considerations are given to
and separation are generally layout, indentation, and layout, indentation, and
consistent. separation. separation.
Exceptions do not affect Horizontal and vertical spacing Horizontal and vertical spacing
readability. are mostly inexistent. are inexistent.
Selections of code are very Program is unreadable.
difficult to read.
Documentation follows the Documentation is acceptable but The source code contains no
prescribed format but includes ignores the prescribed format documentation.
needed elements at a level and may lack one or more
that is too general. required items.
Very Satisfactory Satisfactory Lacking Score
(3) (2) (1)
The student contributes to some The student just merely agrees Student did not contribute
of the idea about the application. with the presented idea about the anything to the idea of the
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 application by his/her group mate. presented application.
Cooperation Always present during group Always present on actual Seldom present on actual Always unavailable on group
meetings and actual development task and attends development task and actual meetings and actual
development task. most of the time during group development task. development task.
meetings.
Harmoniously Accomplished the assigned Accomplished assigned task most Seldom accomplished assigned Did no accomplished the
worked with task all the time of the time task assigned task
others
Participation Student completely Student contributed most towards Student shared minimal insight Student did not share any
towards the contributed towards the the accomplishment of the project insight towards the
completeness of accomplishment of the project completeness of the project
the project

IV. ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE/GRADING PROCEDURE

Preliminary Grade (PG) Midterm Grade (MG) Semi-final Grade (SFG) Finals Grade (FG) Semestral Grade (SG)
Main Task 25% Main Task 25% Main Task 25% Final Project 60% PG 20%
Hands-on Activity 20% Practical Skills Exam 20% Hands-on Activity 20% Hands-on Activity 20% MG 20%
Quizzes 20% Quizzes 20% Quizzes 20% Quizzes 20% SFG 20%
Attendance 10% Attendance 10% Attendance 10% 100% FG 40%
Prelim Exam 25% Midterm Exam 25% Semi Final Exam 25% SG 100%
100% 100% 100%

POSSIBILITY: Prelim, Midterm and Semi-Final Periods have Similar Set of Assessments
Preliminary/Midterm Criteria Final Criteria
Main Task (May include minor tasks connected to main task) 40% Final Task (May include minor tasks connected to main task) 60%
Other Tasks (Homework/ Class Activities/ Exercises/ Projects) Other Tasks (Homework/ Class Activities/ Exercises/ Projects)
20% 15%
Written Quizzes 15% Class Participation (Recitation, and other verbal and non-verbal 15%
Class Participation (Recitation, and other verbal and non-verbal evidence evidence of student participation)
of student participation) 15%
Attendance 10% Attendance 10%
Total 100% Total 100%

Topics, Time Allotment Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Strategies Outcomes-Based

(SLO) for Web Development 2 / (AS) Assessment/Results/Evidence
Activities (OBARE)
I. Introduction of basic concepts and Students can understand the Individual participation in class Rubric score card on class
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definitions
1. Basic definitions of e-commerce
2. Types of e-commerce
3. Benefits of e-commerce
4. Key Ideas in E-commerce
(5 hours)
II. Understanding E-business and E-
commerce
1. Concepts of E-business and E-
commerce
2. Facilities that support E-commerce and
E-business systems
3. Issues and problems that affect E-
commerce and E-business development
(5 hours)
III. Web site development for E-
commerce
1. Introduction and techniques for web
design
2. Methodologies for developing E-
commerce websites
3. Managing websites for E-commerce
4. Creating and maintaining a successful
web presence
(30 hours)
IV. Product Catalogue and Processing
Orders
1. E-commerce catalog development
2. Processing orders in E-commerce
properties and nature of E-
commerce
Students can evaluate existing E-
commerce sites
Students can appreciate the
advantages of deploying business
on the Internet
Lecture Discussion
Web Site Evaluation
Define and explain the concepts
of e-business and e-commerce
Distinguish between e-business
and e-commerce
Lecture Discussion
Individual research on the existing
E-business and E-commerce
Group presentation on the
problems encountered by a
specific E-commerce site
Students can produce an E-
commerce site
Students can put an E-commerce
live on the web
Lecture Discussion
E-commerce site development
Maintaining a Web presence
Students can process orders in
their developed E-commerce site
Lecture Discussion
discussion using a rubric to participation.
assess the quality of participation. Rubric score card on written
Individual assessment in web site reports.
evaluation using a rubric to
assess the quality of the
submitted report.
Quiz Quiz Score
Group assessment in group Rubric score card on group
presentation using a rubric to collaboration.
assess the quality of presentation. Rubric score card on written
Individual assessment in the reports.
submitted report about the
evaluation of the framework
architecture using a rubric to
assess the quality of the
submitted report.
Individual assessment in project p Rubric score card on Project
development to assess the quality Evaluation
of the output.
Group assessment in group Rubric score card on group
collaboration using a rubric to collaboration.
assess the quality of presentation
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3. Online Shop
(10 hours)
V. Shopping Cart
1. Introduction to Shopping Cart
2. Functions of a Shopping Cart
3. Payment Gateways for Shopping Carts
4. Shopping Cart Problems
(10 hours)
VI. Completing the purchasing process
and tracking shoppers information
1. Security in E-commerce
Testing the Process Ordering
Functionality of their E-commerce sites
Students can implement shopping Group assessment in group Rubric score card on group
carts in their E-commerce sites collaboration using a rubric to collaboration.
assess the quality of presentation
Lecture Discussion
Testing the Efficiency and Effectiveness
of their implemented shopping carts
Students can demonstrate skills in Group assessment in group Rubric score card on group
implementing security measures in collaboration using a rubric to collaboration.
their implemented E-commerce sites assess the quality of presentation

Lecture Discussion
Security Measure Testing
(10 hours)

VI. COURSE POLICIES

A. Each program and homework/assignment must be worked on individually unless directed to work in a team
B. Project presentation and defense will be done on the scheduled dates and time only. Failure to present on the given schedule will be given automatically a grade of
5 on the given project unless a valid reason will be presented. Statement of excuses should be presented in a written form signed by your parents or guardians,
otherwise it will not be honored.
C. All programs must be compiled or interpreted; otherwise no credit will be given to programs that are not compiled or interpreted.
D. Assignments must be submitted before the class begins; unless otherwise directed.
E. Assignments may be submitted up to 3 days late, with a penalty of 10% of the actual score of the assignment or activity for each day late. No credit will be given
after 3 days.
F. Special and make-up written outputs (long quizzes, assignments, seatwork) will be given only if you have justifiable reason/s for falling to submit them.
G. The use of cellular phones is prohibited during class hours, unless a special permission to use it is granted. In addition, the use of any electronic gadget is
prohibited unless otherwise relevant to the class lesson/discussion.
H. You are encouraged to discuss your class-related concerns with your subject-teacher

REFERENCES
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Prepared:
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Jayson R. Sarabia
College of Computer Studies
Second Semester, SY 2014 - 2015

Endorsed: Approved:

Ma. Dara Saquin Dr. Gerald T. Concha

Vice Dean, College of Computer Studies Dean, College of Computer Studies

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