Course Syllabus

Spring 2024 | CIS-2350-VO99 - Cloud Infrastructure & Services

Independent Study Class

Faculty

Tyler Whitney
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Deb Grant

General Education Requirements

VSCS Digital and Technical Literacy

Note

Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.

Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

In this course students develop the skills and technical expertise required for understanding and operating in a cloud computing environment. Topics include the fundamental concepts of building an IT infrastructure for cloud computing and architecting a cloud server. Students examine and apply key considerations, such as business security and compliance, in moving an organization to a cloud computing environment. Prerequisites: Foundations of Cloud Computing, Concepts of Computer Security, and Introduction to Linux.

Essential Objectives

1. Describe how cloud adoption transforms the way IT systems work and the business impact of infrastructure design decisions.
2. Explain key considerations for a cloud migration or designing new applications.
3. Explain the design patterns and cloud architecture principles applied in different settings.
4. Discuss how to design systems that are secure, scalable, reliable, high-performing, and cost efficient.
5. Identify compute, storage, and networking cloud services that provide a scalable infrastructure to solve a technical business problem and optimize cost.
6. Demonstrate how to maintain high availability and fault tolerance in a virtual environment.
7. Demonstrate how to create, manage, provision, and update related resources using automation.
8. Explain the importance of making systems highly cohesive and loosely coupled.
9. Describe system coupling to support the distributed nature of applications built for the cloud.
10. Contrast cloud architectures that can either scale up on a Virtual Machine (VM) or scale out across multiple VMs.
11. Identify services used to support communications across public/private clouds.
12. Analyze and assess the requirements for achieving scalability and high availability infrastructure.
13. Demonstrate how to document and manage processes and best practices based on customer needs for a given scenario.
14. Assess security and compliance aspects of a cloud platform to protect company and customer data.

Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

This course only uses free Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library materials. For details, see the Canvas Site for this class.

Methods

• online forum discussions
• interactive labs
• multimedia presentations and resources
• readings, writing, and inquiry-based research

Evaluation Criteria

• Discussions: 30% (2% each week)
• Weekly Assignments (knowledge checks): 26% (2% each, 13 total)
• Labs: 30% (3% each, 10 total)
• Practice Exam: 10%
• Certification Exam (completion only): 4%

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

	High	Low
A+	100	98
A	Less than 98	93
A-	Less than 93	90
B+	Less than 90	88
B	Less than 88	83
B-	Less than 83	80
C+	Less than 80	78
C	Less than 78	73
C-	Less than 73	70
D+	Less than 70	68
D	Less than 68	63
D-	Less than 63	60
F	Less than 60
P	100	60
NP	Less than 60	0

Weekly Schedule

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

• In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
• Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
• Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

Students are expected to complete the assignments each week. Posts in the discussion forums should be created mid week to give a chance for fellow students to respond. At least one response to a fellow student is expected for full discussion credit.

Missing & Late Work Policy

The late policy for this course is a 10% penalty on assignments per day late, unless extenuating circumstances or contact ahead of time to negotiate an extension.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

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