CSC 581
Computer Support for Knowledge Management
Spring 2003
Points
25
Deadline
April 17
CSC 581 Computer Support for Knowledge Management
Assignment 1: Knowledge Management Tools
In this homework, your task is to investigate and evaluate one or
a family of tools for knowledge management. You can either find
a KM tool on your own, or use one from the
list of knowledge management tools.
For your information, here is a link to the equivalent assignments
from Spring 2001.
Your write-up on the tool will be integrated into an overall Web page,
so please use the template provided.
This paper contributes up to 25 points to the overall assignments score.
The score will be determined by the following criteria:
knowledge of subject matter
(does the author demonstrate a good grasp of the topic)
evidence,
(does the author present facts, examples, or other material
that supports the arguments, and are the sources cited)
complexity of the tool investigated,
(what is the scope of functionality available through the tool)
thoroughness of the evaluation,
(are all relevant features of the tool examined)
accuracy
(is the material presented correct, consistent, and complete)
organization and readability of the write-up,
(is the paper well organized and easy to follow)
presentation
(is the appearence of the paper of professional quality,
e.g. without spelling or grammatical errors)
For a high score, your evaluation should probably be at least three pages long.
Submission
The deadline for this assignment is two weeks after the distribution.
It should be submitted via the Blackboard "Discussion Forum"
feature; I will set up a discussion forum for it. You should format
your document as an HTML file so that it can be viewed easily from
within BlackBoard. If you use MS Word or a similar program, please
convert it to HTML.
Please note that submissions to the discussion forum are accessible
to all participants in the class. I am doing this on purpose
so that students can find out what topics other students find interesting.
This may also present an ethical problem: Some may be tempted
to get inspiration or more from material already submitted.
You can minimize potential problems by submitting your assignment
only a short time before the deadline.
And of course I am assuming that all the participants
in this class behave in an ethical and professional manner.