Ashford Week 1 Assignment

Skydive Chicago

Skydive Chicago is one of the United States’ premier skydiving resorts, serving skydivers ranging in skills from first time jumpers to internationally competitive freefly teams. Each student in Skydive Chicago’s training program makes a series of progressive training jumps under the direct supervision of a United State Parachute Association Jumper. The training program gears each jump toward teaching one or two new skills. Jumpmasters video their student’s jumps. Students use the feedback these videos provide to identify mistakes. They often copy their videos onto a personal tape for future reference. Jumpmasters may also copy well-executed student skydives to the facility’s tape library. All students are given access to the drop zone’s training room and are encouraged to watch video clips in preparation for their next training jump. This step saves jumpmasters, who are paid per jump, considerable time. Jumpmasters also use these videos to evaluate their training method’s effectiveness (O’Brien & Marakas, 2011, pp. 39-40).

 In a three- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages) that is formatted according to APA style, respond to parts a, b, and c, integrating concepts and vocabulary from the readings.

a.Describe how this information system benefits the skydiving student.

b.Describe how this information system benefits Skydive Chicago.

c.Create an Information Systems Model similar to Figure 1.19. Be sure to include information about the people, hardware, software, and other resources specific to this exercise.

Be sure that you prepare your Information Systems Model in a software application or tool that can be integrated fully into your MS Word document and submitted to the instructor. Clearly drawn illustrations that are scanned and submitted in PDF format are acceptable with an MS Word document that explains and supports parts a and b. Be sure to label your files clearly. Your paper must include citations and references for the text and at least two scholarly sources.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Total Possible Score: 7.00

Describes How This Information System Benefits the Skydiving Student

Reference:

O’Brien, J.A. & Marakas, G.M. (2011). Management Information Systems (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Grading Rubric

Total: 2.00

Distinguished - Thoroughly and accurately describes how this information system benefits the skydiving student.

Proficient - Describes how this information system benefits the skydiving student. Minor details are missing or inaccurate.

Basic - Somewhat describes how this information system benefits the skydiving student. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe how this information system benefits the skydiving student; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The description of how this information system benefits the skydiving student is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Describes How This Information System Benefits Skydive Chicago

Total: 2.00

Distinguished - Accurately describes how the information system benefits SkyDive Chicago.

Proficient - Describes how the information system benefits SkyDive Chicago, but minor details are missing or inaccurate.

Basic - Briefly describes how the information system benefits SkyDive Chicago. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Minimally describes how the information system benefits SkyDive Chicago. Significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The description of how this information system benefits Skydive Chicago is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Creates an Information Systems Model

Total: 1.50

Distinguished - Creates a clear and comprehensive information systems model that includes information about the people, hardware, software, and other resources specific to this exercise.

Proficient - Creates an information systems model that includes information about the people, hardware, software, and other resources specific to this exercise. Minor details are missing or unclear.

Basic - Creates a partial information systems model that includes some information about the people, hardware, software, and other resources specific to this exercise. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to create an information systems model; however, does not include information about the people, hardware, software, or other resources specific to this exercise, and significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The information systems model is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Reading: Comprehension

Total: 0.30

Distinguished - Distinguishes probable implications of the text for contexts, perspectives, or issues outside the assigned task or beyond the author’s explicit message.

Proficient - Uses the text, general background understanding, and/or specific knowledge of the author’s context to draw more intricate inferences about the author’s message and approach.

Basic - Considers how textual features (e.g., sentence and paragraph structure or tone) contribute to the author’s message; draws fundamental inferences about context and rationale of text.

Below Expectations - Inadequately captures vocabulary and makes an effort to paraphrase or summarize the information the text communicates.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Integrative Learning: Integrated Communication

Total: 0.50

Distinguished - Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) in ways that enhance comprehension, while making clear the interdependence of language and meaning, thought, and expression.

Proficient - Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) to correlate content and form, demonstrating awareness of purpose and audience.

Basic - Utilizing a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) that correlates in a basic way what is being communicated.

Below Expectations - Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) in appropriate forms, although attempts may be incomplete.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics

Total: 0.18

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors, which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors, which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

APA Formatting

Total: 0.18

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors.

Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Page Requirement

Total: 0.17

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Resource Requirement

Total: 0.17

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.