• DocumentCode
    2565090
  • Title

    Improved laboratory manual designs: In accordance with system development life cycle for logic building and algorithm designs

  • Author

    Khan, Zahid Mahmood ; Alghazzawi, Daniyal

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7-8 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    76
  • Lastpage
    79
  • Abstract
    A laboratory manual design for information system department has a high importance and is an essential part of teaching subjects that require hands on practices i.e. knowing how to use designing tools and translation of designs into codes, the same goes for observations and logic implementation. Practical exposure to explain the steps that are involved in software and algorithm designing are made clear via well illustrated and designed laboratory manuals. The paper is an effort to emphasis the need of working out well structured, formatted and designed laboratory manuals for undergraduate courses that are offered in universities. The focal point is to synchronize theoretical topics with textbooks, computer laboratories tools i.e. selecting appropriate software and platform to work out practical activities, and evenly distribution of time both for theory, and laboratory activities. It is acknowledged that the study would provide immense help in designing appropriately formatted, well structured manuals for SDLC or Object Oriented Analysis and Design. The contribution of this paper will add to addressing problems, analysis, design, implementation, code readability, testing, documentation and group dynamics in relation with theoretical definition of available tools in system designing and their translation into codes. This will support students in implementation and compilation of software projects.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational courses; information systems; laboratories; object-oriented programming; SDLC; algorithm designs; code readability; design translation; designing tools; group dynamics; information system department; laboratory manual design; logic building; logic implementation; object oriented analysis and design; software projects; system development life cycle; teaching subjects; undergraduate courses; Abstracts; Algorithm design and analysis; Laboratories; Software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Education (ICEED), 2011 3rd International Congress on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1258-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEED.2011.6235364
  • Filename
    6235364