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MIS171
Business Analytics Assignment 1
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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure
Assignment 2: Proposal
Propose an IT Infrastructure Design
Solution
for iTech Company
Date due:
Type:
Week 10
Individual assignment
Weighting: 40%
Rationale
Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical learning to practical, real world
situations. This is Individual assignment that each student must design and configure an IT
infrastructure solution for a small organization.
A hard copy report of approximately 2500 must be provided to present your proposed ideas.
The report must satisfy the following specific criteria:
1. Demonstrate ability to plan, locate information using the Internet, organisations and
publications and analyse this information.
2. Demonstrate k ...
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1. Assignment Coversheet
Deakin Business School
Department of Information Systems & Business Analytics
Student ID:
TYPE YOUR Student ID HERE
Campus:
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Last Name:
TYPE YOUR LAST NAME HERE
First Name:
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CLOUDDEAKIN
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considered if you have completed this attachment and included
it with your assignment as instructed.
MIS171
Business Analytics Assignment 1
Lecturer:
TYPE YOUR LECTURERS NAME HERE
Tutor:
TYPE YOUR TUTORS NAME HERE
2. THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETED
INDIVIDUALLY
PLAGIARISM AND COLLUSION
Plagiarism occurs when a student passes off as the student’s
own work, or copies without acknowledgement as to its
authorship, the work of another person. Collusion occurs when a
student obtains the agreement of another person for a fraudulent
purpose with the intent of obtaining an advantage in submitting
an assignment or other work. Work submitted may be
reproduced and/or communicated for the purpose of detecting
plagiarism and collusion.
DECLARATION
I certify that the attached work is entirely my own (or, where
submitted to meet the requirements of an approved group
assignment, is the work of the group), except where material
quoted or paraphrased is acknowledged in the text. I also certify
that it has not been submitted for assessment in any other unit
or course.
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3. been submitted for any other assessment in any other Unit or
Course.
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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure
Assignment 2: Proposal
Propose an IT Infrastructure Design
Solution
for iTech Company
Date due:
Type:
Week 10
4. Individual assignment
Weighting: 40%
Rationale
Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical
learning to practical, real world
situations. This is Individual assignment that each student must
design and configure an IT
infrastructure solution for a small organization.
A hard copy report of approximately 2500 must be provided to
present your proposed ideas.
The report must satisfy the following specific criteria:
1. Demonstrate ability to plan, locate information using the
Internet, organisations and
publications and analyse this information.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of IT Infrastructure and design a
network using building-
5. block approach.
3. Simulate and configure network devices as one step towards
network implementation
and testing.
4. Demonstrate the ability to determine cloud base services that
suit enterprise
requirements.
Case Study
A software development company, iTech has a 900-computer
network. The company is
located in three adjacent five-story buildings in an office park,
with about 300 computers in
each building. The LAN in each building are similar, but one
building- data centre building
(DCB) has data centre on the second floor. The data centre
6. provides web and email services
to the enterprise employee. In addition, it provides dynamic IP
assign, share file and DNS
services. The domain name of the company is: www.
iTech.org.au. The current network is
poorly designed for its current needs and must be completely
replaced.
The head officer of the IT department wants to get two design
proposal of the new network.
The first design considers the dedicated server techniques by
hosting all the iTech servers
within its buildings. While the Cloud hosting to be considered
in the second design.
Develop a logical design for the DCB of this enterprise campus.
Your design must
demonstrate a detail logical design based on three-layers
hierarchal model. The design should
7. include the set of required servers, network devices, and
connection with justification and
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supported diagrams. You have to make some assumptions with
the required justifications for
your design.
Task Specifications
Prepare a report to propose a network design for the iTech
company. Use the building-block
approach to design the network for the company. Your design
proposal should consider the
followings:
8. I. Using dedicated server design
1. Developing logical network design that includes the
geographical scope of the
network and a categorization of current and future network
needs of the various
network segments, users, and applications.
2. Develop a detail logical design based on three-layers
hierarchal model. The design
should include the set of required network devices and servers,
with the justification.
3. Specify the IP addresses, subnet masks to the various
networks and control the
process by which IP addresses are assigned to individual clients
and servers.
4. Use network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer) to simulate part
of the DCB network.
9. The simulation scenario should include the access layer devices,
web server, DHCP,
and DNS. Your scenario should demonstrate how the client
computers dynamically
obtained IP network configuration including IP, DNS, and
default gateway addresses.
In addition, you have to demonstrate how the client accessing
the web server.
II. Using Cloud hosting design:
Propose two organizations that provides Cloud services for
hosting the DCB servers.
Justify your answer by explaining the level of services each
company provides that suit
the iTech requirements.
You have to make some assumptions with the required
justifications for your design.
10. Report Layout
The proposal report should be organised using the following
headings and guidelines:
1. A Cover Title Page
2. Introduction
a. Should clearly define the aims and objectives of the project
in the report
b. Explain what contents will be covered in the report
c. Organization description.
3. Discussion on IT infrastructure components required.
4. The three-layers hierarchal model
a. Introduction
b. Analyse the current and future iTech IT Infrastructure
requirements.
c. Geographical scope of the network.
d. Discussion on the possibility of scaling of the iTech network.
5. Dedicated server design proposal
11. a. Identify all the services and servers required.
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b. Propose logical design supported with diagrams and
justification.
c. List of IP addresses and network mask for all the networks.
6. Cloud based design proposal
a. Identification of two cloud service organization with
justification
b. List of services the organization provides that suit the iTech
network design
requirements.
7. Network simulation.
a. Access layer diagram including web, DHCP, and DNS
servers.
12. b. DHCP configuration.
c. DNS and web servers configurations.
d. Demonstration and explanation how the clients dynamically
obtain network
configuration and accessing web server with the domain: www.
iTech.org.au.
8. Conclusions and Recommendations
9. References
SBM4104 IT Infrastructure
Semester 2, 2017
Worth 40%
Marking Guide
Student Name: ___________________ Student ID:
___________________
14. Obtained
Relevance to the topic (20%)
- Business/ organization
description.
- Identify IT infrastructure
components.
Critical analysis (20%)
- Analyse the current and
future business/ organization
IT Infrastructure
requirements.
- Analyse and plan for
applications scaling.
15. Proposal-design (20%)
- Identify all the services and
servers required.
- Propose logical design
supported with diagrams and
justification.
- Consider Cloud.
Extent of reading and
simulation (10%)
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16. - The proposed solution
supported with a satisfactory
coverage of simulation
relevant to the tasks
requirements.
Logical structure (20%)
- The introduction is
appropriate to the type and
format of response and
clearly outlines the focus.
- The body of the response is
well structured, with
appropriate sections/
paragraphs.
17. - The conclusion is
appropriate and
summarizing the key ideas.
Writing style/grammar and
Referencing (10%)
- There is no spelling or typing
errors.
- Key ideas from the literature are
effectively paraphrased and/or
quoted.
- In-text citations and direct
quotes follow referencing guide
18. rules (correct and complete)
- Reference list appropriately
compiled.
TOTAL MARKS: 100 Total Marks Obtained:
Comments:
Lecturer: Location: Date:
DataDescriptionBLITZ Department StoreRandom Sample of 300
(100 each from 3 different stores) actual BLITZ Customers were
interviewed.Customers were asked a range of questions about
BLITZ Products, average spend, shopping frequency and their
shopping habits in general.Variable Name and
19. Description:Customer:Numbered: 1-100 : Melbourne, 101-200 :
Sydney, 201-300 : PerthCity:1 = Melbourne2 = Sydney3 =
PerthAge:Age of respondent (years). Age Band:Age group of
respondent. (Less than 30 years, 30-40 years ,40-50 years, 50 or
more)Sex:Gender of respondent, Male / FemaleTime Spent Per
Visit:Average time in minutes spent by customer during a
visitVisits Per Month:Average number of days shopping at
BLITZ stores during a monthSpend Per Visit:Average amount
spent during a visit to BLITZ storesBLITZ Online:Whether the
respondent shopping at BLITZ Online store. 1-Shop at BLITZ
online store, 0 - Don't shop at BLITZ online store.Internet @
Home:Whether the respondent has access to internet at home, 0
- Customer does not have access to the internet from home, 1 -
Customer has access to the internet from homeHousehold
size:The number of people in the respondent's
householdHousehold Income:The annual net income from all
sources of the household for the last financial yearLoyalty
Program AwarenessWhether the customer aware of the BLITZ
loyalty program. YES - Customer aware of the loyalty Program
NO - Customer unaware of the loyalty programAlready A
Member?:Whether the customer is a member of BLITZ loyalty
program. YES -Customer is a member, NO - Not a
memberLoyalty Club:Loyalty program tier if a member (BLUE,
SILVER, PLATINUM, NONE - Not a member)Shopping
BehaviourMEN SHOP:1 - Shop in the Men's section 0 - Don't
20. shop in the Men's sectionWOMEN SHOP:1 - Shop in the
Women's section 0 - Don't shop in the Women's
sectionBEAUTY:1 - Shop in the Beauty section 0 - Don't shop
in the Beauty sectionKIDS & TOYS1 - Shop in the Kids & Toys
section 0 - Don't shop in the Kids & Toys sectionHOME1 -
Shop in the Home section 0 - Don't shop in the Home
sectionELECTRICAL1 - Shop in the Electrical section 0 - Don't
shop in the Electrical sectionGIFTS1 - Shop in the Gifts section
0 - Don't shop in the Gifts section
SurveyDataCustomer NoCityAgeGenderTime Spent Per
VisitVisits Per MonthSpend Per VisitBLITZ OnlineInternet @
HomeHousehold sizeHousehold IncomeLoyalty Program
AwarenessAlready A Member?Loyalty ClubMEN
SHOPWOMEN SHOPBEAUTYKIDS &
TOYSHOMEELECTRICALGIFTS1Melbourne24FEMALE52311
5NONO259000NONONONE01000112Melbourne29FEMALE263
113NOYES368000NONONONE01111103Melbourne31FEMALE
444127NONO345000NONONONE01111104Melbourne32FEMA
LE50563NOYES253000NONONONE01110105Melbourne29FE
MALE483130YESYES567000NONONONE01111106Melbourne
28MALE37135NOYES4110000YESYESBLUE00011107Melbou
rne35MALE374107YESYES475000NONONONE00111108Melb
ourne24MALE383119NONO586000NONONONE11010109Melb
ourne27FEMALE404119YESYES453000YESYESSILVER01110
0110Melbourne30FEMALE36590NOYES474000YESNONONE0
39. &WorkArea253021854.540040020050981015222542530
H Tests & C IntervalsHYPOTHESIS TESTSREAD THIS
COMMENTCONFIDENCE INTERVALSHypothesis Test for
µHypothesis Test for πConfidence Interval for the
meanConfidence Interval for the
proportionHypothesesHypothesesDataData>>≤less than or equal
togreater thanNull Hypothesis H0:µ=1000Null Hypothesis
H0:π≥50%Sample Standard Deviation5Sample
Size30<<≥greater than or equal toless thanAlternative
Hypothesis HA:µ<>1000Alternative Hypothesis
HA:π<50%Sample Mean50Count of Successes10<>≠=equal
tonot equal toTest TypeTwoTest TypeLowerSample
Size30Confidence Level95%Level of significanceLevel of
significanceConfidence Level95%alpha α set to:0.05alpha α set
to:0.05Is Pop StDev known? Y/NNCritical RegionCritical
RegionIntermediate CalculationsIntermediate
CalculationsDegrees of Freedom99Critical Value-
1.6449Standard Error of the Mean0.9129Sample
Proportion0.3333333333Lower Critical Value-
1.984200.0000Degrees of Freedom29z Value1.9600Upper
Critical Value1.9842Sample Datat Value2.0452Standard Error
of the Proportion0.0860662966Sample DataSample
Size40Margin of Error1.8670Margin of Error0.1687Sample
Standard Deviation s50Count of 'Successes'20Assumptions:
n.p=10, n.q=20METSample Mean x bar1000Confidence
40. IntervalSample Size n100Sample proportion, p50.00%Interval
Lower Limit48.13Confidence IntervalIs Pop StDev known?
Y/NNStandard Error7.91%Interval Upper Limit51.87Interval
Lower Limit16.46%Standard Error of the Mean5.0000z Sample
Statistic0.0000Interval Upper Limit50.20%t Sample
Statistic0.0000p-value0.5000p-value from the t
distribution1.0000Assumptions: n.π=20, n.π=20METHypothesis
test decision:Hypothesis test decision:Fail to reject the Null
HypothesisFail to reject the Null Hypothesis..
Scott Salzman:
Instructions
1. Cells with bold red text are for entering your data (DO NOT
CHANGE ANY OTHER CELLS)
2. Other cells present summary results.
3. In cells D6 and I6 the ONLY valid text inputs are '<', '>' or
'<>'. Note that '<>' represents not equal.
4. If you do alter something that causes error, close the file and
open up a new version of the spreadsheet.
Standard Normal PDFStandard Normal DistributionMean
(m)0Standard Deviation (s)1Value of Variable (x)2ProbabilityP
( x ≤ 2) =0.9772498681P ( x ≥ 2) =0.0227501319
Conrobar-Data | Multiple Box Plot | Five-Number
9095100105110
Female:Prdtvty%
41. Male:Prdtvty%
Female:Prdtvty%
Conrobar-Data | Multiple Box Plot | Five-Number
9095100105110
Admin:Prdtvty%
Prod'n:Prdtvty%
Dist'n:Prdtvty%
Admin:Prdtvty%
POOR NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ACCEPTABLE
VERY GOOD EXCELLENT
Data Analysis and
Visualisation
(10 Marks)
42. Uses irrelevant or
inappropriate techniques
to analyse the data
and/or there are several
errors in the analysis.
A very poor presentation
of the analysis.
0 – 4.95 Marks
Data analysis and
visualisation tools have
been used to analyse the
data, but
43. in an incomplete or
inaccurate
manner.
The analysis does not
follow principles of good
graphical display.
5 – 5.95 Marks
Uses appropriate data
analysis and visualisation
tools to analyse the data
but there are some
errors in the analysis.
The analysis follows
principles of good
graphical display.
44. 6 – 6.95 Marks
Comprehensive analysis
of the data using
appropriate techniques,
but there are minor
errors in the analysis.
Uses data visualisations
to understand the
patterns in data.
The analysis is well
organised and follows
principles of very good
graphical display.
7 – 7.95 Marks
45. Skilful and
comprehensive analysis
of data using many
different techniques.
Uses data visualisations
to produce novel
insights.
An exemplary
presentation of the
analysis.
8 – 10 Marks
46. Interpreting Results and
Communication
(10 Marks)
Does not communicate
any or most of the main
findings of the analysis in
an accurate and/or
useful way.
The written
communication is un‐
professional, difficult to
follow and/or contains
numerous spelling or
grammatical errors.
0 – 4.95 Marks
The interpretation/
47. communication of
findings is at a basic level
or does not adequately
explain the main findings
of the analysis.
The written
communication is
somewhat easier to
follow and/or contains
some spelling or
grammatical errors.
5 – 5.95 Marks
Explains most of the
main findings of the
analysis accurately and
48. enables the reader to
draw some reasonable
conclusions.
The written
communication is clear
and easy to follow but it
contains minor spelling
or grammatical errors.
6 – 6.95 Marks
Provides detailed and
accurate descriptions of
the most important
features of the analysis
along with appropriately
qualified conclusions.
The written
49. communication is
professional, easy to
follow and has a good
structure.
7 – 7.95 Marks
Provides an outstanding
descriptions and
conclusions that is
carefully considered and
insightful.
The written
communication is truly
professional, logical and
easy to follow.
50. 8 – 10 Marks
Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce and MBA are internation
ally EPAS accredited.
Deakin Business School is accredited by AACSB.
Business Analytics – MIS171
Trimester 2 2017
Assignment 1
51. DUE DATE AND TIME:
Due in Week 7, Thursday the 31st of August 2017 at 11:59PM
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE: 20% of final grade
Learning Outcome Details
Unit Learning Outcome (ULO)
Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO)
ULO 2: Apply quantitative reasoning skills to
analyse business performance.
This assignment assesses the ability to use the
appropriate technique to analyse the data,
correctly interpret the analysis output and
draw appropriate conclusions.
GLO 1: Discipline‐specific knowledge and
capabilities: appropriate to the level of study
related to a discipline or profession.
52. ULO 4: Use contemporary data analysis tools to
analyse business performance.
This assignment assesses proficiency in the use
of data analysis tools within Microsoft Excel
(one of the most widely used data analysis
tools).
GLO 4: Critical thinking: evaluating information
using critical and analytical thinking and
judgement.
Assessment Feedback:
Students who submit their work by the due date will receive thei
r marks and feedback on CloudDeakin
no later than the 21st of September 2017, 11:59PM.
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General Description / Requirements
The assignment requires that you analyse a data set, interpret an
d draw conclusions from your analysis,
and then convey your conclusions in a written email. The assign
ment must be completed individually.
The assignment, together with the appropriate Faculty assignme
nt attachment sheet, must be
submitted by the due date electronically in CloudDeakin. When
submitting electronically, you must
check that you have submitted the work correctly by following t
he instructions provided in
CloudDeakin. Please note that we will NOT accept any hard cop
ies or assignments submitted via email.
The assignment uses the file A1.xlsx which can be downloaded
from CloudDeakin. Analysis of the data
requires the use of techniques studied in Topics 1 to 5.
Scenario
54. You are Alex Cassidy, a business analyst who works for the BLI
TZ department store chain in their
Research and Analysis department. You have been asked by the
General Manager, Ms Jacinta Liu, to
analyse a random sample of data collected from a recent survey
of 300 randomly selected customers
shopping in our stores. Her email making this request of you is r
eproduced below.
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55. Email from the GM
To: Alex Cassidy
From: Jacinta Liu
Subject: Analysis of the BLITZ Department store data
Dear Alex,
Regarding the recent survey of the 300 customers in three major
cities of Australia, the marketing
department requires answers to the following questions. Your re
sponses will be used as part of a report
to senior management comparing customer habits and characteri
stics across the three cities.
1.
Regarding the age of our customers and the amount they spent i
n our stores.
a. Can you provide a profile of our customers’ age please?
56. b.
Is there any evidence to suggest any differences in the average a
ge of customers between
the three cities?
c.
Generally speaking, can we make the claim that the average am
ount spent per visit by all
our customers is less than $105?
d.
Is the amount of money spent per visit influenced by the age of
the customer?
2.
Regarding the shopping habits of our customers and their usage
of the beauty sections within our
department stores.
a.
There have been some excellent instore promotions recently. Ca
n you provide an estimate
of the proportion of customers who shop in the beauty section in
each of the three cities?
57. b.
Do we have enough evidence to claim that the proportion who d
o shop in the beauty
sections of all of our stores, could now be more than 48%?
c.
Given that some of our customers are female, please indicate th
e likelihood that they might
shop in the beauty section of our department store.
d.
Is there any evidence to suggest that a relationship exists betwe
en shopping in the beauty
sections of our department stores and whether or not a person is
male or female?
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Jacinta Liu
General Manager
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Assignment instructions
The assignment consists of two parts:
Part 1: Data Analysis
In order to prepare a reply to the General Manager, you will nee
d to examine and analyse the dataset
thoroughly. The General Manager has asked a number of questio
ns.
For all relevant questions in the email, you can assume that:
59. a 95% confidence level is appropriate for confidence intervals a
nd
a 5% level of significance (that is, alpha (α) = 0.05) is appropri
ate for hypothesis tests.
The following guidelines for each question should be considered
carefully:
Q1. Regarding customers’ age and the amount of money spent o
n a visit.
a.
You will need to produce the relevant summary statistics and su
itable table(s) and graph(s).
b.
Firstly, you will need to produce the relevant summary statistics
. Once done, you should then
use an appropriate inferential technique to determine if there is
any difference in the average
age of customers between the three cities.
60. c.
Here, you will again need to generate the relevant summary stati
stics. Once done, you should
then use an appropriate inferential technique to answer the quest
ion whether or not the
average amount spent by all customers is less than $105.
d.
You will need to use relevant relationship technique(s) to see w
hether the amount of money
spent per visit is influenced by age of the customer.
Q2. Regarding the shopping habits of our customers and their us
age of the beauty sections within our
department stores.
a.
After producing the relevant summary statistics, you will need t
o use an appropriate inferential
technique to estimate the proportion of shoppers who are shoppi
ng in the beauty sections in
each of the three cities.
b.
Produce the relevant summary statistics. You will then need to u
61. se an appropriate inferential
technique to determine if the proportion of all shoppers shoppin
g in the beauty section could
actually be greater than 48%.
c.
This question is conditional upon the customer being a female.
To assist in solving this question
and the question below it (d.), you should create cross tabulatio
ns for the variables Beauty and
the Gender.
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General guidelines:
62. The analysis section you submit should be no more than 8 pages
of computer output (ie. output that
you have copied into your Word document from Microsoft Excel
). When you conduct your analysis,
you will produce much more than this initially, but you should t
rim it down to only show the most
relevant results in your maximum of 8 pages. Where possible, it
is always useful to produce both
numerical and graphical statistical summaries as sometimes, so
mething is revealed in one that is not
obvious in the other. Within the Word document, your analysis
should be presented in the same
sequence (and contain that same numbered sequence) that the qu
estions have been asked by Jacinta
Liu (the General Manager), and be clearly labelled and grouped
around each question. Poorly
presented, unorganised analysis or excessive output (more than
8 pages) will be penalised.
Save your computer analysis frequently.
Part 2: Email
63. You are required to reply by email, detailing essential informati
on and conclusions from your data
analysis. You are allowed no more than 2 pages to convey your
written conclusions.
Keep the English simple and the explanations succinct. Avoid th
e use of technical statistical jargon.
Your reader will not necessarily understand even simple statisti
cal terms, thus your task is to convert
your analysis into plain, simple, easy to understand language.
Further IMPORTANT instructions:
The email is to be written as a stand‐alone document (assume th
at the Jacinta Liu will only read
your email). Thus, you should not have any references in the em
ail to your analysis, nor should you
include any charts and tables within it.
Use an email format for your reply. That means the email headi
64. ng (eg. To:, From:, Subject:) should
be included, the recipient should be addressed at the beginning
and the signature or name of the
sender should be included at the end.
When composing your reply, make sure that you actually answer
the questions asked. Cite (state)
the summary statistics of importance without referring to your a
nalysis section.
Sequentially number your answers in both your email and your a
nalysis (1, 2 … 5) to match the
General Manager’s email.
Include a simple introduction at the start of the email and a sum
mary/conclusion at the end.
Marks will be deducted for the use of technical terms, irrelevant
material, poor
presentation/organisation/formatting and emails that are over tw
o pages long.
65. When you have completed the email, it is a useful exercise to le
ave it for a day, return to it and re‐read
as if you knew nothing about the analysis. Does it flow easily?
Does it make sense? Can someone
without prior knowledge follow your written conclusions? Ofte
n on re‐reading, you become aware that
you have made some points in a clumsy manner, and you find th
at you can re‐phrase them much more
clearly.
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66. Submission Instructions
Your submission will comprise of ONE (1) word or .pdf docume
nt only (a Microsoft WORD file or an
Adobe .pdf file). To get the Microsoft Excel output into Micros
oft Word, you need to copy your relevant
analysis output and paste it with the paste special option (paste
as a picture). You must keep a backup
copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignm
ent has been returned to you. In the
unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you w
ill need to submit your backup copy.
Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other me
ans for the purposes of detecting
collusion and/or plagiarism.
When you are required to submit an assignment through your Cl
oudDeakin unit site, you will receive an
email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been s
ubmitted. You should check that you can
see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment
dropbox folder after upload, and check
for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.
67. for late submission: The following marking
penalties will apply if you submit an
assessment task after the due date without an approved extensio
n: 5% will be deducted from
available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is su
bmitted more than five days after
the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the tas
k. 'Day' means working day for
paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions.
The Unit Chair may refuse to
accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticab
le to assess the task after the
due date.
more information about academic misconduct,
special consideration, extensions, and
assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights a
nd responsibilities as a student
in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Reso
urces area in the CloudDeakin unit
site.
Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (P
68. ortfolio) ‐ Building a portfolio that
evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide y
ou with a valuable tool to help you
prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers.
There are a number of tools that
you can use to build a portfolio. You are provided with cloud s
pace through OneDrive, or through
the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you can use any st
orage repository system that you
like. Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR tool. You should be a
ble to store your assessment work,
reflections, achievements and artefacts in YOUR Portfolio.
Once you have completed this
assessment piece, add it to your personal Portfolio to use and sh
owcase your learning later, when
applying for jobs, or further studies. Curate your work by addin
g meaningful tags to your artefacts
that describe what the artefact represents.
Feedback prior to submission
Students are able to seek assistance from the teaching staff to as
certain whether the assignment
conforms to submission guidelines. That is, editorial and format
ting feedback only will be provided.
69. Feedback after submission
Your assignment feedback will be returned in a rubric via Cloud
Deakin with an overall mark together
with comments. In order to understand the areas where improve
ment is required, students are
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expected to refer, and compare, their answers to the suggested s
olutions (before any requests for
remarking are made).
Your single submission document should be presented in the fol
lowing order:
70. (1) the written email, comprising of no more than 2 pages, then
(2) your analysis, which will be no more than 8 pages of output.
With your submission, please upload the Faculty assignment att
achment sheet as a separate
document.
Good luck everyone.
Please don’t hesitate to ask questions if you have them.
All the best,
Unit Team