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Task Overview
This document provides you with information about the requirements for assessment. Detailed instructions and resources are included to help you to complete and submit the task. The Criterion Reference Assessment (CRA) Rubric that markers use to grade the assessment task is included and should be used as a guide when working on the assessment task.
Assessment name: Task description:
Mini-Project
Mini-projects allow you to undertake a deeper study into some computer systems technologies and to make something. Projects comprises the investigation, design and implementation of a set of different computer technologies configured for a novel purpose.
The objective of the project is to explore a computer technology beyond that covered in the practicals and lecture. It is not expected that you will build and program a new computer system from scratch, rather the goal is to replicate, modify, extend or enhance an existing design and implementation. Typically, you might follow an online tutorial to make something e.g., installing and configuring a simple PHP web server, and to extend it in some way. You should use Raspberry Pi computers in your project. Many projects will be based on existing Raspberry Pi projects or combinations or parts of them.
You may use Harvard or APA referencing styles. You may not reuse other assignments or work of your own (self-plagiarism) or other people to answer these questions. You will be penalised for any work taken from others which is not correctly cited and referenced. Gross incorrect referencing or citing will result in a zero mark for the whole assignment, and potential reporting to QUT.
Projects may not use mains level voltages and they must be safe.
There are supplementary lectures which cover: how to successfully undertake a project; some guidance with basic
Projects should involve some form of
communication such as a web service, web server, TCP/IP
networking etc, for example some kind of smart device.
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Learning outcomes measured:
Estimated time to complete task:
Report length:
Final Video length:
Individual or Group:
Authentic Assessment:
Formative/Summative:
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scripting to automate Raspberry Pi functions and interfacing hardware to the Raspberry Pi. We are happy to provide further ad hoc lectures to support your projects.
Please contact the unit coordinator or your tutor if you have any requests for particular topics for lectures to support your projects.
Projects must be agreed upon with tutors by week 10, otherwise your tutor will allocate you one of the standard projects. To undertake a custom project, you need to achieve at least a passing grade (50%) overall in Assessments 1 and 2.
There are two project checkpoints designed to ensure you progress on your project. The checkpoints are demonstrations (for face-to-face students) or videos for online students in which you will demonstrate progress on your projects. Checkpoints are pass/fail.
Checkpoint 1: do you have the key software or hardware installed and working?
Checkpoint 2: have you undertaken some basic customisation or reconfiguration for your project?
1. Explain different aspects of computer systems (hardware, software and networks), including their structure and operation, and security
2. Use information literacy skills to conduct computer systems research and troubleshoot IT problems.
3. Design and build basic computer systems using a variety of technology tools, techniques and resources
Approximately 12 hours
Maximum of 10 A4 pages (see below)
Maximum of 5 minutes
Individual
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How will I be assessed:
What you need to do:
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7-point grading scale using a rubric
Task details
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ReadtheCriterionReferenceAssessmentRubric.
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Choose a project by week 10 – either a standard project
or a custom one (agreed to with you tutor)
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Undertakeyourproject
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Demonstratecheckpoint1
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Demonstratecheckpoint2
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SubmityourreportviatheTurnitinlinkinBlackboard.
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Emailyourtutoralinktoavideoofyourproject
Your response should include:
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Assessment coversheet
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Report
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Reference list
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Video
The project report must be formatted as follows:
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12 point font
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Single linespacing
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Use APA or Harvard referencing, but be consistent with the style you use.
Your project report should comprise the following sections:
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Front Page (see below)
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Statement of contribution (see below)
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Project Objectives (0.5 page max): What is the goal of the project?
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Review and Discussion of Technologies Used (5 pages max): High level discussion of the technologies used, why were they used, alternatives, how they work (high level) and how they relate to the technologies presented in lectures.
Presentation requirements:
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Resources needed to complete task:
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Design and Implementation (5 pages max): Discuss details of the design and implementation, how it works, challenges you faced, configuration, experimentation, results etc. Include a system diagram (see included example) and discuss future directions / improvements.
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References (1 page max)
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Reports have been kept deliberately short 10 pages or less and excess pages will not be read, so you need to think carefully about what you write.
Your project video should demonstrate your working project. You can make the video using a phone. Please upload a video to YouTube and include a link to this in your report and also email the link to your tutor. You will not be marked on the quality of your video or demonstration, they are purely to show your tutor what you have done.
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Attend all classes and view pre-recorded videos
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IFB102 Blackboard site
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QUT Cite|Write APA guide
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How to study effectively
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Researching and notetaking
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Writing and referencing
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Submitting assignments with Turnitin.
Submission Information
One Adobe PDF document that contains:
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Assessment Cover Sheet with name, student number
and tutor details.
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Project report as outlined earlier
Please ensure you received an acknowledgement that your assignment has been successfully submitted. Given the load on Turnitin and Canvas leading up to the assignment deadline we strongly encourage you to submit a copy of your assignment early, you can submit multiple copies.
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