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ISQA 8310 – IT INFRASTRUCTURE & CLOUD

Class Meets: Peter Kiewit Institute 252
Instructor: Dr. Chun-Hua Tsai (Dr. Tsai, he | him | his)
Office: 285A Peter Kiewit Institute
Office Phone: (402) 554-6034
Email: [email protected]
Teaching Assistant: Md Ashaduzzaman ([email protected])
NOTE: I prefer students contact me via email as I am not always near my office phone. I will respond
to messages within 24 hours, excluding weekends, holidays, and breaks.
Office Hours: By appointment.

Goals
This course introduces IT infrastructure and cloud computing concepts. It covers topics related to
both computer and systems architecture and communication networks, with an overall focus on the
services and capabilities that IT infrastructure solutions enable in an organizational context. With
respect to the university learning goals:
Creative and Critical Thinking: Students will develop and use critical thinking skills in academic
and social contexts.
Effective Communication: Students will effectively write, read, and speak in academic and social
contexts.
Hands-on Experience: Students will learn how to set up cloud services using on-demand cloud
computing platforms and APIs.
Best Practice: Students will learn the best practices of IT infrastructure and cloud computing and
critique the architecture based on different business scenarios.

Course Policies
Students are required to check their University email account on a daily basis.
Students are required to attend class or have a consistent online presence and are responsible for
obtaining adequate notes and any missed exercises or handouts.
Students are required to make a backup copy of every assignment or project.
It is the students' responsibility to ensure that all necessary files are submitted for each program
or assignment.

Plagiarism: Copying someone’s assignment, in whole or in part, and passing it off as your own In
addition to the University Code of Conduct the following policies apply to plagiarism:
The work will be given a score of 0. Furthermore, a formal report will be made to the University
which may result in:
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1. A note of the offense is being added to your student record.

2. Further penalties are being imposed by the University, up to and including expulsion from the
University.
ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) AI tools policy: Students
are encouraged to use these tools to assist in their learning, rather than replacing their own work.
Here are the guidelines for using these tools in your assignments or project submissions.
(https://2023.aclweb.org/blog/ACL-2023-policy/)

Late Work: Work delivered to me after the due time and date
If I have been informed in advance and have approved the request, the late work will be graded
with no penalty. Approval is often given for serious illness or accident and events such as serious
illness in the immediate family. If in doubt - talk to me.
If I have not been informed in advance and you have a good reason for the late work, i.e., illness
or accident of a serious nature, and can provide documentation (e.g., medical doctor's note) the
work will be graded with no penalty. Approval is often given for serious illness and events such as
serious illness or worse in the immediate family. If in doubt - talk to me.
If I have not been informed in advance and you have no good reason:
Assignments that are 1 second - 24 hours late: The work will be graded and the final score
halved. The maximum score will be 50% of the credit available
Assignments that are 24 hours and 1 second - 48 hours late: The work will be graded and the
final score quartered. The maximum score will be 25% of the credit available.
Assignments that are more than 48 hours late: The work will not be graded and a score of 0
will be recorded for the work.

Course Materials
No Required Textbook

Participation
Class attendance is required to succeed in this course. Each class covers the topics discussed in
the reading materials and will complement those topics with additional content.
You are expected to log in to Canvas at least twice per week. We will generally be introducing the
weekly topic and We will be walking through the labs.
Before the end of Sunday midnight (usually is the weekly assignment deadline), you will be
expected to work with your fellow classmates to help each other finish the labs.
Failure to not attend class or log in Canvas more than two weeks over the semester will result in
me reaching out to you. If things don’t improve, you will receive a 10% reduction in your overall
course grade. This is my discretion.

Individual Labs
There will be 12 labs + 2 assignments + 4 Project Deliveries. The labs are hands-on assignments
meant to get you up close to issues of IT Infrastructure. Labs will be made available five days prior to
their due date. In each lab, you are expected to submit a demonstration, tutorial, and instructions on
how to complete the lab. We will explain the expectations in our class meeting time.

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Grading Policy
Percentages for an overall percentage from all required labs
The following are minimum cutoffs for each grade:
96.00% = A+
93.00% = A
90.00% = A-
87.00% = B+
83.00% = B
80.00% = B-
77.00% = C+
70.00% = C
60.00% = D
less than 60.00% = F

Course Grading Breakdown

Your final grading will be primarily determined by your weekly labs and assignments. This is a course
that encourages you to make attempts and make mistakes. You will have a chance to earn extra 10
points to boost your final grading. I will announce the extra points opportunity during the semester. In
most cases, I will not accept late / re-submission, but I encourage all students to self-propose extra
projects or works to boost their course grading; all extra projects and works must be approved by me
in advance.

Item Points Total

(2) Assignment 2 points each 4 points
(12) Labs 5 points each 60 points
(3) Project Deliverables 12 points each 36 points

Schedule
The following schedule outlines the topics covered in this course, along with the associated time
frames, readings, activities, and assignments. All due dates reflect Central Time (CT). Specifying the
time zone ensures that all students have the same deadlines, regardless of where they live. All
assignments and labs will be due on Sunday at 11:59 pm.
Week 1 (Jan 21):
Module 01: Course Introduction
Assignment#1: Pre-course Survey
Week 2 (Jan 28):
Module 02: Amazon AWS Academy
Assignment#2: Set up AWS Academy account
Week 3 (Feb 4):
Module 03: Cloud Platforms and Connections
Lab #1: SSH Access to EC2 Instances
Week 4 (Feb 11):
Module 04: Cloud Computing / Security 101
Lab #2: Network Basic & Virtual Private Cloud
Week 5 (Feb 18):
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Module 05: Networking and Content Delivery

Lab #3: Launch a Web Server in your VPC
Week 6 (Feb 25):
Module 06: Cloud Architecture
Lab #4: Create a VPC with both Public and Private Subnets
Week 7 (Mar 4):
Module 07: Cloud Computing / Server Deployment
Lab #5: Introduction to Amazon EC2
Week 8 (Mar 11):
Module 08: Cloud Computing / Serverless
Lab #6: Introduction to Web Services
Project #1
Week 9 (Mar 18):
Semester Break (Student Holiday); No Classes
Week 10 (Mar 25):
Module 09: Cloud Computing / Storage
Lab #7: Working with Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Week 11 (Apr 1):
Module 10: Cloud Computing / Database
Lab #8: Build a Database Server
Week 12 (Apr 8):
Module 11: Cloud Computing / Web Application
Lab #9: Install an Apache Web Server with PHP & MySQL
Project #2
Week 13 (Apr 15):
Module 12: Full Stack Web Application and Cloud
Lab #10: Launch a Full Stack Web Application with Django
Week 14 (Apr 22):
Module 13: Auto Scaling and Monitoring
Lab #11: Scale & Load Balance your Architecture
Week 15 (Apr 29):
Module 14: Cloud Computing / Real-World Applications
Lab #12: Launch a Real-World Cloud Service
Week 16 (May 6):
Module 15: Final Project and Recap.
Week 17 (May 13): Final Exams Week
No Exams; No Classes
Project #3

Course Philosophy
Learning is an interactive endeavor. Concepts are frequently illustrated through the practical
application of the concept. Students are expected to practice and review concepts outside of class
meetings. Class activities and deliverables are designed to reinforce and extend the concepts
presented in the classroom.

Global Diversity Student Learning Outcomes

Successful students shall be able to do the following:
recognize the cultural, historical, social, economic, and/or political circumstances that produce
different social and cultural systems;
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demonstrate specific knowledge of the cultural, historical, social, economic, and/or political
aspects of one or more countries or nations other than the United States;
explain the interrelations among global economic, political, environmental, and/or social systems;
explain ways in which identity is developed and how it is transmitted within and by members of
the group or groups.

Accommodation of Disabilities
Students with disabilities are encouraged to discuss their needs with me, preferably during the first
week of class. All reasonable accommodations will be made to see that disability does not restrict a
student's opportunity to learn. Help is also available from the Office for Services to Students with
Disabilities.

Accommodation of Religion
Students with religious obligations are encouraged to discuss their needs with me, preferably during
the first week of class. All reasonable accommodations will be made to see that religious obligation
do not restrict a student's opportunity to learn.

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