Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code BN208
Unit Title Networked Applications
Assessment Type
Individual Assignment #01 (T3_2017)
Assessment Title
Network Management and Services
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
This assignment assesses the following Unit Learning Outcomes; students should
be able to demonstrate their achievements in them.
b. Apply socio-technical contexts in modern network applications and
management;
c. Utilise common and emerging types of middleware to design and
manage networked applications;
Weight 15%
Total Marks 50
Word limit 1000 – 1200
Due Date 5 January, 2018 (23:55)
PowerPoint demonstration during the lab time.
Submission Guidelines
All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title
Page.
The assessment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body)
font and 2.54 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate
section headings.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted directly to the School’s Administration Officer,
in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this
application three working days prior to the due date of the assessment.
Further information is available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-
procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Academic Misconduct
Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of
the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion
from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves
familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-
procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-
Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity
Section in your Unit Description.
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Assignment #01 Description
Instructions:
Students have to select ONE topic each from (Table-1 and Table-2). Read four or more articles about
each topic. These articles can be from the web, books or journals. There are numerous web sites
available that discuss Network Management and Services. You are expected to list your sources of
information at the end of your report.
– Task 1
From Table -1, select ONE topic and write a report covering and detailing the areas to be explored
including deployment and performance issues of an application, configuration issues, network
growth, centralized management etc.
– Task 2
From Table -2, select ONE topic and prepare a Power Point presentation. The presentation should
have at least 10 slides and students should present for 8 -10 minutes.
Further instructions:
– Do not copy and paste, all slides and the report materials have to be written in your own words.
– Do not use Wikipedia as neither source nor reference.
– Read 2 or 3 articles from the web, books, journals, etc for each topic then rewrite it using
your own words.
– Use IEEE style referencing, and be sure and properly reference any diagrams/ graphics.
– Build on the topics that we discuss in lecture and labs in BN208.
Submissions:
Students has to submit only one word document on Moodle which includes task 1 and task 2.
At the end of task 1, copy the slides from task 2 and paste it into the same document then upload it
on Moodle.
Table -1 Choose any ONE Topic.
S.no Topic Areas to be explored for a topic
1 IP Phone for IT
Organisations
A technical overview of the topic.
Background and related areas.
Deployment and performance issues, Configuration issues
Reliability and Availability of an application, Security issues
The significance of the topic to present and future networked
applications.
Benefits, drawbacks, advantages, disadvantages, remaining problems
and limitations
Socio-technical aspects of such applications
2 IP Surveillance
Cameras
3 H.323 Signalling
Protocol
4 Cisco Discovery
Protocol (CDP)
BN208 Networked Applications Page 3 of 4 Table -2 Choose any ONE Topic.
S.no Topic Areas to be explored for a topic
1 Platform as a Service
(PaaS)
Explore Cloud Computing resources, Application Development, Cloud
Architecture for PaaS, Service availability, Scalability, Deployment and
performance issues, Centralized Management, Provide examples related
to Networked Application Management (NAM).
2 Software as a Service
(SaaS)
Explore Cloud Computing resources, Application Development, Cloud
Architecture for SaaS, Service availability, Scalability, Deployment and
performance issues, Centralized Management, Provide examples related
to Networked Application Management (NAM).
2 Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS)
Explore Cloud Computing resources, Application Development, Cloud
Architecture for IaaS, Service availability, Scalability, Deployment and
performance issues, Centralized Management, Provide examples related
to Networked Application Management (NAM).
Marking criteria:
Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows:
Note: The marking criteria varies for each Assessment
Sections to be included in
the report
Description of the section Marks
Introduction Outline of the report (in 3-4 sentences) 5
Identification Areas to be explored for the topic 10
Reporting The quality of the report (style), images and diagrams
Grammar and Syntax check
5
Conclusion Write summary of the report 5
Reference style Follow IEEE reference style for both report and presentation 5
PowerPoint presentation The presentation evaluation will be based on:
– Quality of materials
– Presenters knowledge of the topic
– Time management
– Level of clarity
– Level of organization
4
4
4
4
4
Total 50
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Marking Rubric for Assignment #01: Total Marks 50
Grade Mark
HD 40-50
DI 35-44
CR 30-34
P 25-29
Fail <25
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Introduction
/5
All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated
Topics are relevant and soundly analysed.
Generally relevant and analysed.
Some relevance and briefly presented.
This is not relevant to the assessment topic.
Identification
/10
Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately. Clarity and supported materials for the technical content
Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately
Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately
Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately
Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately
Reporting
/5
Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments
Consistency logical and convincing
Mostly consistent logical and convincing
Adequate cohesion and conviction
Argument is confused and disjointed
Conclusion
/5
An opinion which can stand for scientific strong arguments
Consistency logical and convincing
Mostly consistent logical and convincing
Adequate cohesion and conviction
Argument is confused and disjointed
Reference style
/5
Clear styles with excellent source of references.
Clear referencing style
Generally good referencing style
Sometimes clear referencing style
Lacks consistency with many errors
PowerPoint presentation /20
All evaluation points have been covered deeply
one point was missing or has not covered
Overall knowledge and presentation was above average
Basic knowledge has been presented
Poor demo. Shallow materials and knowledge.
