BIS 221T WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT – Week 2 Participation

This is the Discussion Question thread where you will earn your participation for the week. As noted in the Instructor Policies, you must post 3 substantive comments over 2 or more days to earn the full allotment of participation points. The words in your signature do not count toward the word count in your comment. If you repeat the question, those words do not count toward the word count. Your comment must be at least 100 words (not 95, 98, or 99 words) to be considered as substantive.

Provide comments to the following topics of your choice as replies to the threads that I created. Do not post a new response.

Topic 1: Chapter 5 – Fundamental Features of Microsoft Word

Read “Ch. 5 – Fundamental Features of Microsoft Word”

* What new things have you learned?

Topic 2: Chapter 6 – Editing a Document

Read “Ch. 6 – Editing a Document”

* What new things have you learned?

Topic 3: Chapter 7 – Building a Professional Letter

Read “Ch. 7 – Building a Professional Letter”

* What new things have you learned?

Topic 4: Chapter 8 – Creating Reports and Articles

Read “Ch. 8 – Creating Reports and Articles”

* What new things have you learned?

Topic 5: Standards Style for Written Reports

Most schools and businesses require some standard style of documentation for written reports.

* Why might that be?

* What disadvantages, if any, might there be to insist that all reports conform to a certain style?

Topic 6: Computer Security

As most of you already know – threats to Information Systems include viruses, phishing e-mails, cyberattacks and exploitation of social media sites.

* Have you (or someone you know) been exposed to one of these threats – or another threat?

Topic 7: E-Commerce

Information Security is very important in the area of E-Commerce.

* What types of e-commerce (Business-to-consumer (B2C), Business-to-business (B2B), Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)) have you experienced in your personal or professional life?

Topic 8: Technology and Parenting

The Technology revolution that has occurred since the 90’s has exposed children and teenagers to many more temptations and dangers.

*  Has technology made an impact on your parenting style – as opposed to the style your parents had – being that you have to worry about a lot of things that your parents didn’t have to (i.e. internet, social media, cell phone texting, etc)?

Topic 9: User Authentication

Reflect upon the various user authentication methods that you have been exposed to in your personal or professional life.

* What user authentication methods did you think were effective? Not effective? Too excessive?