CAMPUS CONNECT Foundation Program 4.0
Program Overview
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Overview
Campus Connect aims at evolving a model through which Infosys and engineering institutions can partner for competitiveness, enhance the pool of highly capable talent for growth requirements in Information Technology (IT) space. It is aimed at creating an effective means of backward integration into the supply chain by going into the college campuses from where the IT industry gets the people for its growth. The nation-wide program focuses on preparing “industry-ready IT professionals” by aligning and enhancing the engineering student competencies with the needs of the industry. Infosys, in this Campus Connect program, shares with academia its mature technology training methods, courseware, student project samples and other such learning resources that have been developed, practiced and perfected over the last 15 years. The Campus Connect program has several program components weaved together to create synergy for effective, fast-paced learning. Namely - Conclaves, Road Shows, Faculty Enablement Programs (FEP), Sabbaticals, Foundation Programs, Industry Electives, Soft Skills Capsule Roll-out, Sponsored Events and Seminars.
At a Glance 1. Foundation Program (FP) Rollout is a core offering under Campus Connect. 2. Campus Connect shares the FP courseware with colleges to enable them make students Industry-Ready. 3. The current version of FP is FP4.0 released to Partnered colleges with effect from Oct 2014. 4. The duration of FP 4.0 Rollout is 65 contact (typically classroom) hours with 55 lab hours for Hands-on.
What’s new in FP4.0? 1. Three Focus Areas – Object Oriented Programming using Java, Relational Database Management Systems, Software Engineering and Introduction to UI and Web Technologies. 2. More Practical aspect in the above 3 Focus areas
Key Features of FP 4.0 • • • •
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Maximum alignment with current FP at Mysore training so that all concepts are covered with more of Hands-on FP 4.0 has 65 hours of theory and 55 hours of Hands on, which emphasizes the focus on hands-on exposure to students Provision of Conceptual and Practicebased Assignments with respective Session plan for each of the Focus Areas. Besides the Hands-on focus, new topics such as Software Engineering and Introduction to Web Technology in addition to OOP using Java and RDBMS are introduced Assessment is aligned to new model with a combination of Objective and Hands-on exam at the end of respective focus areas. This will enhance the practical knowledge of students to make them industry-ready
Rationale for the Program The core of the Campus Connect program is the Foundation Program Roll-out at the college premises. Foundation Program Courseware represents the Intellectual Property and experience of Infosys in training thousands of entry level engineers from heterogeneous backgrounds and disciplines to deliver worldclass projects to global customers. The purpose of the FP Courseware is to provide a
unique set of teaching aids, consolidated training material to the college faculty to help them make students Industry-Ready. This courseware has been used by Infosys to train entry level engineers. This is typically delivered as classroom sessions coupled with extensive hands-on exercises and assignments. The Program announcement is launched to communicate the latest version of Foundation Program Rollout and to provide quick understanding on new courseware, rollout process and assessment methodologies.
Program Description The enhancements on the Foundation Program offerings and processes are based on the changes in the Foundation Program at Infosys Global Education Center and the feedback and inputs received from the Campus Connect Partner Colleges. The new Foundation program is comprised of three focus areas namely,
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1. Focus area 1: Object Oriented Programming (OOP) using Java: This course includes problem solving through Object Oriented approach and Implementation using Data Structures. It also gives OOP paradigm using basic Java as programming language 2. Focus area 2: Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS): This course introduces the basic concepts and terminology of RDBMS, explains database design using Entity Relationship (ER) modelling and Normalization, SQL commands. 3. Focus area 3: Software Engineering and Introduction to UI and Web Technologies (SE & IUWT): This course introduces basic Software Engineering life cycle models such as Waterfall, Spiral, Prototype and Agile methodology and basic web technologies
using Html, CSS and Java scripting technologies. Hands-on Component Hands-on is the key component of Foundation Program 4.0. The objective is to expose students to practical development and best practices to be followed in coding, query tuning and software engineering process. Students will have to work for 55 hours in all the three focus areas. Students will develop the enterprise application using Object oriented approach in focus area-1, develop optimized queries in focus area-2 and create simple UI using html/JavaScript in focus area-3. This will enhance their practical knowledge using open source IDEs such as Eclipse/ Net beans.
Program Deliverables and Batch Planning Information Plan a Batch With the release of Foundation Program 4.0, the FP batch data is fully managed using Campus Connect Portal (http://campusconnect.infosys.com). Log on to the Campus Connect Portal with College SPoC credentials and select option Foundation Program FP Inbox. Upload the batch details using the „Plan a batch‟ screen. College SPoC provides Batch Overview, Course Details, Important Course Dates, and Student Details to complete the batch planning data. Every new batch submitted on the Campus Connect portal goes through an approval process. Infosys DC SPoC approves / resends the batch by carefully evaluating the batch plan. A unique batch identifier gets generated for every approved batch. This batch identifier is used for the purpose of tracking and closure of FP batches. Hence it is required that College SPoC uploads the FP batch details on Campus Connect Portal.
FP 4.0 Processes A typical process of executing the Foundation Program 4.0 is depicted in the below diagram:
Duration of FP4.0 S.No 1
FP Focus Area Focus area-1: Object oriented
Theory Hours
Hands-on Hours
28
27
20
20
17 (7 + 10)
8
65
55
Programming using Java 2
Focus area-2: Relational Database Management Systems
3
Software Engineering and Introduction to UI and Web Technolgies Total
Batch Commencement The Campus Connect SPoC at Partner College submits the Foundation Program plan on portal for approval. After the Foundation program batch plan is created and approved for execution and the student selection is completed, the college is all set to start the first component of the Foundation Program i.e. PreTest. Pre-Test This activity is to be conducted before the first course of FP rollout. Campus Connect partner college is to arrange this pre-test for the FP batch students. The expected mode of deploying pre-test is ONLINE. The objective of this Pre-Test is to
By taking this pre-test, the students will be able to understand the importance of the Foundation Program. a. Improve preparatory reading just prior to the Foundation Program classes. b. Exercise learning experiences. c. Gauge what they do not know By arranging this pre-test, the colleges will be able to a. Enhanced student‟s interest for Campus Connect program and hence helps in getting desired level of enrollment for Foundation Program.
a. To gain insight into the practicality of the FP.
b. Provide Comprehensive feedback to students. This will help students and faculty members in identifying gaps in learning and competencies.
b. To provide understandings of relevance importance of the each module in FP
c. Get a baseline of their students competencies
c. To provide a feedback to students The Pre-test should be based on the Foundation Program 4.0 course coverage. The Pre-Test should be made up of objective type, multiple choice questions (MCQs). The breakup of the questions for PreTest should be as follows. #
FP Course Name
Number of MCQs per Total Marks per FP Course
FP Course
1
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) using Java
10
10
2
Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
10
10
3
Software Engineering and Introduction to UI & Web
5+5
10
Technologies Total
The multiple choice questions (MCQs) in the Pre-test should be based on the CAMP methodology. For details please refer to CAMP Methodology section in this document.
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Campus Connect team recommends sharing of individual‟s Pre-Test results along with course-wise analysis. Sharing the question paper along with correct answers helps students in reinforcing the objectives
of Pre-Test. By doing this, students will be able to co-relate the pre-test question, its appropriateness during the linked FP course delivery. Note: Pre-test should not be used as a means for student selection. The performance in the pre-test should not be used for student discontinuation in FP batch. There is no weight-age for pre-test in the final score. FP Course Delivery
Technologies. The CAMP based question papers should be sent to respective Infosys DC SPoC for review before conducting the assessments. Like Focus area-1 and 2 Retest, a Focus area-3 Retest and a doubt clearing session are to be completed. The Re-test option is available for every Focus area. FP Re-test Criteria FP Re-Test can be offered to the students in following scenarios
After the pre-test is conducted, the actual course deliveries can start as per the same sequence listed in FP4.0 processes.
Students who have scored less than 65% in the respective Focus area Test can opt for Focus area Retests.
Students who have missed the test due to genuine reasons. The faculty members are to take the responsibility of evaluating the genuineness in such cases.
Hands-on Assignments Along with ONLINE assessments during the Foundation Program, students are expected to complete the assignments for these courses. The FP faculties are to share these assignments with students which can be downloaded from CC portal. Focus area-1 Test The FIRST ONLINE assessment is to be conducted for the batch after completing the courses – OOP using Java. The CAMP based question papers should be sent to respective Infosys DC SPoC for review before conducting the assessments. The Re-test option is available for each FP Test. See the FP Re-test criteria. A doubt clearing session is to be arranged before the Focus area-2 Course Delivery. Focus area-2 Test This test is based on the course Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). The CAMP based question papers should be sent to respective Infosys DC SPoC for review before conducting the assessments. Like Focus area-1 Re-test, a Focus area-2 Retest and a doubt clearing session are to be completed. The Re-test option is available for every Focus area. Focus area-3 Test This test is based on the course Software Engineering and Introduction to UI & Web
Hands-on Exam Question Paper Generation Guidelines Focus Area-1: OOP using Java
Problem statement should be given in terms of class diagrams along with functionality implementation details
There should be minimum of three classes using any of the Relationships handled in that subject
Focus Area-2: RDBMS
Problem statement should be given which contains Table structure with sample Data to be inserted in Oracle
There should be 10 queries with varying complexity ranging from 1 to 3 marks questions
Focus Area-3: IUWT
Problem statement should be given which contains UI design template along with screenshots
The problem statement can represent any domain such as banking, education system,
and library or retail application. The same domain can be used for all the three Hands-on exams.
CAMP Methodology The FP Test question papers are set based on the CAMP model of assessment. CAMP stands for Conceptual, Analytical, Memory Based and Practice Based questions. The recommended distribution of questions over the different aspects of CAMP model should typically be: C+M = 20-30% and A+P = 70-80%.
Doubt Clearing Sessions Campus Connect team strongly recommends conducting a Doubt Clearing session for students after every Test. The objective of conducting the Doubt Clearing Session is to provide a forum to students to clarify doubts about the course focus areas if any.
FP Certification With Foundation Program 4.0 Campus Connect has introduced certification criteria for successful completion of the program. Every student fulfilling ALL parameters mentioned below is eligible to get FP Certificate.
Foundation Program attendance with minimum attendance required for classroom sessions is 75%
ALL the tests, and assignments are completed
Students should score 65 and above for total of 100 marks either in Test or Re-test in all the Three focus areas
Partner Colleges are to issue and keep track of the issued certificates for the future reference. FP Closure This is the end of FP batch execution and should be immediately followed by FP closure reports. The FP closure is to be done on Campus Connect Portal.
FP Assessment The table below gives overview of FP Assessment framework, assessment units, course coverage and scope of the same. Assessment Units
Course Coverage
Distribution of Marks for Assessment Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Hands-on Question
Marks of MCQ per Course
Max Handson
Max Marks per Assessment Unit
Focus Area-1 (Online Assessment)
OOP using Java
30
1 set
60
40
100
Focus Area-2 (Online Assessment)
RDBMS
30
1 set
60
40
100
Focus Area-3 (Online Assessment)
SE & IUWT
10+ 20
1 set (IUWT)
60
40
100
Total
300
Suggested Activities Partner College
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3. Program Announcement for a. Campus Connect Program b. Faculty Development Program
1. Batch Plan submission on Campus Connect Portal 2. Provision for Online Assessment Platform for conducting the FP Assessments 3. Conducting Pre-Test in ONLINE mode
c. Campus Connect Portal
FAQ
4. Planning for FP Tests by creating sets of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) based on CAMP methodology.
1. What is covered in the Infosys Foundation Program?
5. Completing FP Hands-on Tests Question Set Review with Infosys Development Center prior to conducting these assessments.
Answer: The courses of the Infosys Foundation Program cover the following 3 Focus areas, which is the basis for software development:
6. Doubt clearing sessions along with FP Re-tests
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) using Java
7. Lab hours allocations for executing the Hands-on assignments
Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
8. Generating the student score records and completing the closure report
Software Engineering and Introduction to UI and Web Technologies
9. Issuing the FP completion certificates to students
Program Governance Infosys SPoC – Infosys will need to coordinate with associated regional colleges for rolling-out this program. Infosys SPoC will be designated person for the colleges. College SPoC – College Single Point of Contact will be one of the core team members of the respective colleges.
Reference Information 1. Campus Connect Portal http://campusconnect.infosys.com 2. Campus Connect MoU document at Partner college
2. Does attending this program entitle the student for placement in Infosys? Answer: No. Infosys placements are decided through the regular recruitment process. Those students who are already selected by Infosys will gather more knowledge by attending this program. 3. What are the eligibility criteria to attend this program? Answer: The program is aimed at the final and pre-final year engineering students. The exact eligibility criteria to select students for the program are decided by the partner college. However Students recruited by Infosys should complete this program when offered by college.
4. Is the program open for students of non-IT engineering branches? Answer: Yes. Students from IT-related as well as non-IT-related branches can attend this program. 5. Is it compulsory for all the Infosys selected students to attend this program? Answer: Yes. All the students who were offered an employment with Infosys should attend the program. 6. If a student who is yet to be placed attends this program, is it compulsory for the student to join Infosys? Answer: No. There is no such restriction. 7. Can students who are not selected by Infosys attend the program? Answer: Yes. They can attend the program. 8. What are the benefits of attending the program for students? Answer: Students, who complete the qualifying criteria, receive an FP certificate
References: Useful Websites http://scratch.mit.edu http://learn.code.org/hoc/1 http://learn.code.org/hoc/20 https://campusconnect.infosys.com www.eclipse.org
9. What if an Infosys selected student does not complete the Foundation Program in college? Answer: All the students who were offered an employment with Infosys should complete the program. 10. What are the benefits for students to attend the program? Answer: Student experiences industryoriented subjects which are essential to be eligible for IT industry, and also receive a certificate on completing the qualifying criteria. 11. Is the ONLINE assessment a mandatory requirement for FP completion? Answer: Yes. College should conduct the ONLINE assessment to complete the FP Rollout. .
Program Contact
Infosys Development Center
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