Southern Polytechnic State University
Information Technology Department

IT 4673 – Virtual IT Systems

Instructor: | Susan VandeVen | (678) 915-3708 | svandeve@spsu.edu |  |

Office hours: (J-392)

Tues: 12:30 pm – 3pm;

and by appointment

Required textbooks: Virtualization Essentials, Matthew Portnoy, Wiley ISBN:978 1 118 17671 9

Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 by Scott Lowe, Nick Marshall 978-1-118-66114-7

Last Date to Withdraw: Feb 25

Prerequisites:: IT 3423, IT 4323, CS 3153

Catalog description:

This course explores the design, implementation and use of virtualization, including desktop and server aspects such as deployment, clustering, storage and security. A high level overview of the various certifications available will be discussed. A project will be completed as part of the course.

Course Outcomes:

<Id Identify important aspects of virtual systems, their architecture and discuss how they are used within larger, networked computing systems

<![ Distinguish the unique characteristics, constraints, and opportunities of implementing virtual platforms into information technology systems.

<![ Apply knowledge and skills for virtualization design and implementation in IT

Academic conduct:

Collaboration with your classmates in studying and understanding the material is part of the collegiate experience, and is strongly encouraged. Collaboration on written assignments is permitted and encouraged, BUT each student must turn in their own original work written in his or her own words. Copying and submitting another's work will be considered cheating; all students involved will receive a grade of zero for the first offense. For a second offense, you will be given a grade of ‘F’ for the course. NOT KIDDING!! If you submit work obtained from a subscription service, you will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment and be docked a letter grade on your final grade for the first offense; a second offense will result in a grade of ‘F’ for the course. Unless you are specifically advised otherwise by the instructor, any work submitted for credit, including homework and lab assignments, must be completely the work of the individual student.

Collaboration or cheating on examinations will result in a grade of zero for the exam and a reduction in the course grade. If this is not the first misconduct offense, you will be given a grade of ‘F’ for of the course and may be dismissed from the University.

Plagiarism, fabrication, or other academic misconduct will result in a grade of zero, a reduction in the course grade, and possibly other penalties, including failure of the course and dismissal from the University.

Students working in assigned groups on lab assignments will turn in one assignment that is the collaborative effort of the group. This must be the original work of the team members. If a group assignment is submitted with work that is not original work of team members, the grade for the team will be a ZERO. Make sure that the work submitted is created by team members.

SPSU has an Honor Code and a procedure for handling cases when academic misconduct is alleged. All students should be aware of them. Information about the Honor Code and the misconduct procedure may be found at /honorcode/.
Unsatisfactory grades earned because of academic misconduct cannot be removed from your grade point average by repeating the course and will prevent you from earning Latin honors on your diploma. However, you may be required to repeat the course in order to graduate.
It is very important that you understand the concepts of academic integrity. If any of the above is not clear, or if you are not certain what some of the terms mean, please ask me. A misunderstanding in this area could end your academic career.

The lecture slides, notes, or exercises used in this course are the property of the textbook publisher, other 3rd parties or the professor. All other course material, including but not limited to slides developed by the instructor(s), the syllabus, assignments, course notes, course recordings (whether audio or video) and examinations or quizzes are the property of the University or of the individual instructor who developed them. Students are free to use this material for study and learning, and for discussion with other students or tutors. Republishing or redistributing this material, including uploading it to web sites or linking to it through services like iTunes, violates the rights of the copyright holder and is prohibited. There are civil and criminal penalties for copyright violation. Publishing or redistributing this material in a way that might give others an unfair advantage in this or future courses will subject you to penalties for academic misconduct.

If you post or distribute any of my materials online, through a social group or network or any other medium, you will be given a grade of F for the course!

Assignments:

The textbook, notes, class discussion and assignments will be the basis for the assignments and tests. You will be required to complete 7 lab assignments, 7 discussions, a midterm exam, a final exam and a final project.

Labs must be posted and submitted in D2L in the appropriate dropbox link. Labs are due as noted on the dropbox link. Late labs cannot be accepted. DO NOT EMAIL YOUR LABS!

Discussions must be posted and submitted in D2L in the appropriate discussion link. Discussions are due as noted on the Discussions link. Late Discussions cannot be accepted.

Quizzes must be submitted in D2L in the appropriate quiz link. Quizzes are due as noted on the quiz link. Late quizzes cannot be accepted.

Grading plan:

Scale: 90+: A. 80+: B. 70+: C. 60+: D. Below 60: F.

7 labs @ 6% 42% of grade

7 discussions @ 3% 21% of grade

Midterm Exam 14% of grade

Final Exam 14% of grade

Final project 9% of grade

Participation policy:

Participation in class is expected. This is not a self paced class. You must complete the assignments, quizzes and discussions within the timeframes as noted on the D2L calendar and tools.

If you miss an assignment, quiz or discussion, or the final project, you will receive a grade of ZERO for that grade component.

You are responsible for all announcements, assignments, and syllabus revisions made in D2L for this class. Please check the email in D2L for this course regularly. In case of issue with D2L email, I will send email in SPSU email, so please check it also.

Assignment policy:

DO NOT EMAIL ASSIGNMENTS. Labs must be turned in using D2l at the designated time. Lab assignments have specific requirements to be completed. Be sure to submit all required files.

NOTE: if after you upload and attach files within the Dropbox Link, you don’t see the file listed, then it will not be submitted. VERIFY THAT YOUR FILES ARE ATTACHED!

How to succeed in this class:

* *Read the syllabus:* I will not be sympathetic to complaints that you didn't understand something about the course if it's written down in the syllabus and you didn't ask about it.

* *Read the textbook:* You will get a lot more out of this class, and be able to better perform on the assignments and exams, if you read the assigned parts of the textbook before class.

* *Do the assignments and keep up* If you get behind, you will find it very difficult to catch up. There are substantial penalties for late or incomplete work.

* *Allow enough time:* Most unsatisfactory grades are due to procrastination. Do not assume that you can complete the homework and reading assignments in the thirty minutes before class.

* * Check your D2L email!* When I need to communicate with you by email during the term, that will be the preferred tool.

Students with disabilities:

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the SPSU counselor working with disabilities at (678) 915-7244 as soon as possible the better to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.