KINGSFORD

INTERNATIONAL
KII5053 INSTITUTE

DIGITAL
APPLICATIONS ASSESSMENT 1
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Before you commence your Assessment, ensure that you have sufficient knowledge of
the subject, have thoroughly read your Learner workbook, and clearly understand the
Assessment requirements and the expectations of the Assessor.

You may be required to demonstrate knowledge and skills which may be difficult for the
Assessor to witness. If so, an Evidence Record is supplied which will allow the
knowledge or skill to be verified by at least one third party, and preferably two or more.
These witnesses would usually be current or recent supervisors or your Assessor.

Explanations are given for each Task. If you have any questions, consult with your
Assessor.

The assessment tasks may be answered using your workplace, the simulated business
or a mixture of both as instructed by your Assessor.

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All assessments in this subject/unit must be completed in the class under the
supervision of your facilitator. Once completed the assessments are to be uploaded on
LMS (www.kiionline.edu.au) in individual student profile for marking.

o All assessments must be attempted

o All questions must be answered in an appropriate manner as per the
requirements.
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Individual assessments are to be marked as “Satisfactory” or “Not Yet satisfactory”. The

final outcome of this subject/unit is to be recorded in “Unit outcome Record” as
“competent” (C) or “Not Yet Competent” (NYC) and/or in LMS. In order to be competent
in a given unit of competency the student must satisfactorily complete all assessment
tasks and. If more than one unit of competency are clustered to form a subject, the
students are still required to attempt all assessments.
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NSW 2010, Email: admin@kii.edu.au
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Assessment 1

Assessment 1
This assessment consists of ten (10) part all of which must be answered.

The instructions to complete this assessment are included on the following page.
Follow the instructions with each question.

When you are confident that you have met all requirements for this
assessment task, upload your file using your file using Learning Management
System (LMS) for marking.

For the due date of the assessments follow the instructions of your facilitator.

This KII unit covers the following unit/s of competency.

CUADIG502 Design digital applications

ICTICT433 Build graphical user interfaces

ICTWEB523 Manage transactions using site server

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Instructions
This Assessment is designed for you to demonstrate that you can research and
document how you would plan the development of an e-commerce website based on a
client’s business requirements.

This Assessment has ten (10) parts which cover the abilities required to research, identify
and document requirements and timelines for developing a website.

Task 1A: Competitor research

In Part A, you need to undertake competitor research of similar websites to determine

how they have designed and developed a website to meet their target audience.

Task 1B: Purpose and Target audience

In Part B, you need to identify the website’s purpose and 2 target audience markets for
the client. You also need to specify how these target markets will affect the design of
the website..

Task 1C: Required technologies

In Part C, you need to identify which technologies you will use to develop the website.

Task 1D: Website industry standards

In Part D, you need to identify which website development industry standards might be
applicable for the website and how you are going to incorporate these standards in the
website project.

Task 1E: Privacy and copyright concerns

In Part E, you need to identify which legislation is relevant for privacy and copyright in a
website and also identify what issues may occur if copyright is not effectively managed.

Task 1F: Document and sign-off requirements

In Part F you need to document the website requirements and have these confirmed
and signed off by the project sponsor.

Task 1G: Development schedule

In Part G, you need to develop a work breakdown schedule (WBS) for the project
development.

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Task 1H: Development methodology

In Part H, you need to select a development methodology that you wish to implement
for the website development with an explanation of how this methodology works and
why you believe it is best suited for this project.

Task 1I: Documentation requirements

In Part I, you need to determine what documentation will be required for all stages of the
development based on the scenario and methodology.

Task 1J: Web-hosting requirements

In Part J, you need to determine what sort of web hosting server will be required,
including hardware, protocols and security configurations.

Required resources

• This Assessment Task specification

• Case study for the Assessment Task scenario

• Website Requirements template

• Subject content supplied via LMS

• Personal computer with internet access

• Word processor, such as Microsoft Word

• Tool for developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Assessment 1

This is an individual Assessment in which you will be assessed on your own contribution.

There are 9 parts to this Assessment– you must complete all 9 parts. Make sure you
read each part to clearly understand what is required. Refer to the provided Case Study
for the Assessment Task scenario.

Your assessor will play the role of any of the stakeholders if you require clarification
about any of the activities or the design brief, and for signing off purposes – you should
contact your assessor directly if you are unsure of anything.

TASK 1A – UNDERTAKE COMPETITOR RESEARCH

Based on the provided scenario, you need to identify two real-world competitors who
are RTO’s that provide nationally recognised qualifications.

For each of these competitors, you need to identify:

1. The URL for each website

2. The target audience for each website, and any design decisions that have been
implemented based on the target audience

3. What functionality each website offers to its users

4. How each website’s content is structured to provide information to the users

TASK 1B – IDENTIFY WEBSITE PURPOSE AND TARGET AUDIENCE

Based on the provided scenario, you need to identify the purpose of the website and
two possible target audience groups for the website. You must document:

1. What you believe the purpose of the website is designed to achieve

Then for each of the two identified target audience groups, you need to:

2. Specify details about their demographics (age group, gender, income level, etc.),
geography and psychographics

3. Explain one design influence/decision you will make based on that audience group

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TASK 1C – IDENTIFY REQUIRED TECHNOLOGIES

Based on the provided scenario, you need to identify the system components and
configuration, and development tools you will be using to construct the website by
providing written answers for each of the following.

1. The development tool and platform (if any) that will be used to construct the website

2. The languages that the website will be used for constructing the website, including
both client-side and server-side

3. The back-end tool used to manage the back-end of the website

4. The back-end database that will be used by the website

5. Any plug-ins or tools that will be used to develop or deploy the website

6. Any features of Application Programming Interface (API) that will be used for
integration to 3rd party web services

7. Any website reporting requirements or report generation tools (if any)

8. A brief description of what classes and objects will be used in the object-oriented
programming elements

Note that the assessor will play the role of a senior SME for this task, so you must
discuss your selections with them prior to submission to ensure that you have made the
best selections that are applicable to the client’s requirements.

TASK 1D – IDENTIFY WEBSITE INDUSTRY STANDARDS

Based on the provided scenario, you need to identify two web industry standards (or
code of practice) that are currently used by web designers.

For each of these standards, you need to:

1. Provide an overview of the standard (or code of practice)

2. Explain why the standard may affect the technologies, delivery platforms or plug-ins
that you plan to use during development

3. Explain how you will meet the standard in the developed website and include
potential issues or challenges that you may have to overcome in the development
process

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TASK 1E – IDENTIFY PRIVACY AND COPYRIGHT REQUIREMENTS

Based on the provided scenario, you need to:

1. Provide a brief overview of Commonwealth and State privacy and information access
legislation in Australia that web developers must follow

2. Provide a brief overview of copyright protection requirements for intellectual property

in Australia and what issues can occur if copyright is not managed effectively

3. Explain how web development companies manage media files used in websites to
ensure copyright issues are minimised or mitigated entirely

TASK 1F– DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS AND SIGN-OFF

Based on the provided scenario, complete the Requirements Document template, listing
at least 10 functional requirements of the website.

You should consult with the client (assessor) for any further clarification on the design
brief if you require help in developing the functional requirements.

Once you have completed the Website Requirements Document, this must be signed
off by the client. If the client is unhappy about any of the requirements you will be asked
to undertake re-design until the client is happy to sign-off on these requirements.

TASK 1G – DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE

Based on the provided scenario, you need to develop a WBS using a tool of your choice
that specifies:

1. A list of activities built around milestones

2. An estimate of the timeline needed to complete the project

3. At least one development resource assigned to each activity

4. A completion timeline that fits within the project development timeline constraint

5. An estimated overall budget for this project to be successfully completed

Once you have completed the WBS, the client needs to review this to determine
whether the scheduled timeframe fits in with their delivery plans. If the client is unhappy
any of the scheduling, you need to find out what the client is unhappy about and
undertake re-design until the client is happy to sign-off on these development schedule.

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TASK 1H – SELECT A DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

Based on the provided scenario, you need to select a development methodology that
you believe is best suited for this project.

Write a brief report of 100-200 words explaining the following:

1. What your chosen development methodology is

2. An overview of the methodology stages and how they inter-relate

3. Why you believe it is best suited for this project

TASK 1I – DETERMINE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Based on the provided scenario, write a brief report of around 200 words describing
what sort of documentation requirements are necessary for this project. You need to
include the requirements, design, development and testing stages.

TASK 1J – DETERMINE HOSTING REQUIREMENTS

Based on the provided scenario, write a brief report of around 200 words describing
what sort of web hosting server will be required. You must address the following
elements:

1. Web-hosting requirements or server configuration (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc) that will be
required to host this website

2. Web protocols (HTTP, HTTPS) and encryption techniques to be supported by the

server and their relation to the features of the website

3. Firewall and proxy server requirements to enhance security for the web application
and enforce data safety and privacy.

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