Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 course
Greenwich Coordinator: Mrs Keeran Jamil Due: 12th November 2008
This coursework should take an average student who is uptodate with tutorial work
approximately 30 hours
Learning Outcomes: B,C,D,E,F
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material;
submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s
coursework; stealing or buying coursework from someone else and submitting it as
your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have
occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the University.
All material copied or amended from any source (e.g. internet, books) must be
placed in quotation marks and in italics, with a full reference to the source
directly underneath the material.
Your work will be submitted for electronic plagiarism checking. Any attempt to
bypass our plagiarism detection systems will be treated as a severe Assessment
Offence.
Coursework Submission Requirements
• An electronic copy of your work for this coursework should be fully uploaded by
midnight (local time) on the Deadline Date.
• The last version you upload will be the one that is marked.
• For this coursework you must submit a single Acrobat PDF document. In general,
any text in the document must not be an image (ie must not scanned) and would
normally be generated from other documents (eg MS Office 2007 using "Save As
.. PDF").
• For this coursework you must also upload a single ZIP file containing supporting
evidence.
• There are limits on the file size.
• Make sure that any files you upload are virus‐free and not protected by a
password otherwise they will be treated as null submissions.
• Comments on your work will be available from the Coursework page on the
Intranet. The grade will be made available in BannerWeb.
• You must NOT submit a paper copy of this coursework.
Coursework Regulations
1. If no submissions were made before the deadline, coursework submitted up to two
weeks late that meets the criteria for a pass will be treated as a referral. It will be
subject to university regulations for referral work.
2. Coursework submitted late without an Extenuating Circumstances claim will receive
a ZERO grade. If you have extenuating circumstances you may submit your
coursework up to two weeks after the published deadline without penalty but this is
subject to acceptance of your claim by the School Extenuating Circumstances Panel.
If your claim is rejected then you will receive a zero grade for your work.
3. Coursework submitted more than two weeks late will be given feedback but a grade
of non‐submission will be awarded regardless of any extenuating circumstances.
However, if your Extenuating Circumstances claim is accepted then the Extenuating
Circumstances Panel will recommend to the Progression and Award Board that you
be permitted to retake a different item of assessment at a future assessment point.
4. All courseworks must be submitted as above.
THE PROBLEM SCENARIO
UKTechni University is a private university that teaches only computing, IT and related
subjects. It is owned by a telecommunications company and was formerly a technical
college mainly used for training company employees.
The university has aspirations to becoming a prestigious seat of learning. The parent
company is wealthy and so it can afford to invest in state‐of‐the art ebusiness
computing, telecommunications, teaching facilities and ecommerce website. The fees
the university charges are higher than other universities. Its entrance requirements are
also higher. Nevertheless, it is oversubscribed.
Currently the network manager is studying for a PhD but the research topic is in an area
of computing unrelated to networking. The computing and networking staff tend to
purchase off‐the‐shelf products. This means that the relevant university staff members
have limited in‐depth knowledge and often resort to contacting their suppliers when a
problem arises.
Geography
UKTechni University is an educational establishment housed on a single campus in the
UK. The university wishes to open a second campus situated 80km away on the site of a
large new complex housing several office blocks. These will house many leading
computer and IT companies. The site and the proposed new campus have the support
of high‐level politicians. In no small part is this due to the university’s chancellor being
the wife of a cabinet minister.
Some issues
Some of the proposals being considered are as follows:
• Offering on‐line course enrolment, paying fees online and an online bookshop for
the university’s students (Special discounted books are offered when purchased
online).
• Lecturing staff putting all their lecture notes, assignments etc. on the university
website. A decision on whether to use a groupware product or university web sites,
or both, has not been made.
• One well‐known groupware manufacturer is offering its products free to the
university.
• The university provost is particularly keen for students to have on‐line access to
all lecture notes.
• He has informed lecturers that they will be sent a written warning if they do not
comply.
• Giving students access to computers both in the university computer rooms and in
their halls of residence. There are concerns, however, that students will download
MP3 files excessively thus degrading the internet response time for users engaged in
academic activities.
• ‘Paperless’ meetings.
• Regularly informing lecturers of articles outlining recent advances in educational
technology.
Concern has been expressed at the risk of theft of IT equipment. Furthermore, lecturers
are concerned at the growing numbers of e‐mails they receive.
Future Issues
At some point in the future it is envisaged that a student positioned anywhere on
campus, even outdoors, will be able to receive a live lecture over his/her portable PC.
Your task
You are invited, as an experienced consultant, to put together a strategic plan and a
technical report (the final report), on the basis of the evidence supplied in this brief.
The plan should include the following deliverables (These should conform to sections of
your report):
1. An identification and prioritisation of the problems facing the organisation. A
rationale needs to accompany your identification of problems.
2. Recommended solutions to identified problems in terms of:
a. Possible design approaches to developing an e‐commerce website for the
book shop.
b. Highly secure staff and students interface which allows them to login to the
Intranet to do the following:
i. Check/Carryout Online Student Registrations
ii. Pay Fees Online
iii. Access Course Information
iv. Access Timetable Information
v. Results
vi. Resits.
c. An Enquiries System that deals with student queries and problems.
d. Your report should also contain a realistic budget proposal which covers the
following areas:
a) Set up and Development costs
b) Maintenance costs
The design (including legal and accessibility issues) and development approach:
o This should include some sample pages to demonstrate the design approach
used and a sample database ‐ YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A
FULLY FUNCTIONAL ECOMMERCE SITE.
o The sample pages can be in HTML. There is no need to include any connectivity to
the database.
o All images and sample downloads must be free of copyright.
Note if Wizards or other Program Generators are used then they need to be
clearly acknowledged.
Assessment Criteria
An introductory chapter covering background material Introduction 5%
Evidence of Research (identification problems with rationale, 15%
outlining the key issues and findings of the report).
An in depth discussion of the technologies & Solutions including: 40%
a. Possible design approaches to developing an e‐commerce website
for the book shop.
b. Highly secure staff and students interface which allows them to
login to the Intranet. (The back‐end infrastructure).
c. An eEnquiries System that deals with student queries and
problems.
d. The front‐end (developing the user interface and front end
interactivities)
Design and development issues (including usability) 20%
Security issues and solutions 10%
An estimated budget (including hardware and software costs) 10%
Total 100%
Note: Literature used needs to be properly referenced within your report. It is not
acceptable to just submit a bibliography at the end of your report. You will lose
marks.
Upload:
• Your final report
• Copies of all files ZIPPED together
Note that your work will be marked based entirely on your printouts, so make sure
that they are complete. The electronic copies are required in case the examiner
suspects plagiarism has occurred or needs to check whether a particular feature
actually works.
Grading Criteria
>=70%
Appropriate factors and criteria are selected and justified.
Appropriate literature has been critically reviewed.
A high quality of the proposed technologies are presented where other possible options
are also reviewed and rejected
A high quality technical specification has been produced.
A detailed budget for developing the site is presented
Critical evaluation and specific conclusions are presented.
>=60%
Appropriate factors and criteria are selected and discussed.
Appropriate literature has been reviewed.
The proposed technologies are presented and other possible options are also reviewed
and rejected
A sound technical specification has been produced.
A sound budget for developing the site is presented
Some evaluation and conclusions are presented.
>=40%
Factors and criteria are selected and discussed.
Some literature is reported.
There is an attempt to present possible technologies and other possibilities are
mentioned.
There is some technical specification.
Some attempt at presenting a budget is present
Very little if any evaluation or conclusions are presented.
<40%
Factors and criteria are not selected and discussed.
There is no literature review or report.
There are no or very little technology proposals or mention of other options.
Very poor technical specification.
Very poor or no budget
Very poor or no evaluation or conclusions are presented.