CIS111 Lab 1: Creating a Database Design

· Lab 1: Creating a Database Design

Due Week 3 and worth 75 points

Lab 1: Creating a Database Design (Wk 3) - OR - Draw with pencil and paper diagram (take photo of it and submit) along with a summary of the diagram you prepared in a Word document.

This assignment contains two (2) Sections: Database Design Diagram and Design Summary. You must submit both sections as a Word Document in order to complete this assignment.

Use the scenario from Assignment 1: Business Rules and Data Models to complete the lab:

Suppose a local college has tasked you to develop a database that will keep track of students and the courses that they have taken. In addition to tracking the students and courses, the client wants the database to keep track of the instructors teaching each of the courses.

Section 1: Database Design Diagram

(Using Microsoft Visio is optional; you may also use any other application you know or even draw the diagram with pen and paper and take a picture of it for submission.

1. Create a database diagram with the entities and attributes that the scenario identified (i.e., a college tracking students, courses, and instructors).

2. Submit your diagram as a Microsoft Word file.

Section 2: Design Summary

(Microsoft Word or equivalent)

3. Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

1. Discuss the degree to which you believe your diagram reflects the database design.

Section 2 of your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· Submit the design summary as a Microsoft Word file.

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.