Assessment Guide

Project

Group

ASSESSMENT ITEMS

1.      ASSESSMENT 1ASSIGNMENT (PROJECT) 1500-2000 WORD

STUDENT WILL BE ASKED(SUBJECT TO LECTURER DISCRETION) TO PREPARE AND PRESENT AN INFORMATION SESSION ON A NOMINATED TOPIC.

The assignment (the project) must be consistent and all parts must be linked together and coherent as the marking is a holistic process and will be given to the whole project.

The assignment length should not exceed 3000 word and should not be under any cases less than 1500 word, excluding references list, figures, tables and appendices.

The recommended structure of the assignment is as follows:

1. Introduction; must include the aims of your project, purposes, scope, industry, and main issues covered in the project, (approximately 150 words)
2. Literature review: Getting some literature support relevant to your topic from journal articles and books and other relevant sources (700 words approximately).
3. Analysis and discussion and the case or the company that is covered in your project (400 words approximately). In addition to your opinion and critical reflections.
4. Conclusions and recommendations

2.      ASSESSMENT 3 - GROUP PRESENTATION 10 MINUTES DUE INAPRIL, 2016

Students will deliver a 15-minute presentation.  This presentation is to be an information session. Each student must contribute to both the preparation and delivery.  While the textbook can form a foundation for this assignment, students should read more broadly and incorporate interesting research that highlights both practical and theoretical issues.

Studentis required to develop the overheads to be used in the presentation. The student should use information from the articles each person reviewed in Assessment Item 1 and at least 2 other refereed journal articles per person to support the information they present.

NOTE: A reference list for the presentation should be provided as the last slide in your presentation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT

1. To be eligible to pass this course, students are required to complete all forms of assessment and must demonstrate competence in the required course objectives as examined in each form of assessment.
2. Students may work together in researching their assignments but final submissions must reflect the work and original contribution of each individual student.
3. Assignments must be submitted with a cover sheet containing the following information:

Student Name

Student Number

Course Code and Course Name

Course lecturer’s Name

4. Assignments received by email will not be accepted.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND EXTENSIONS

Submission deadlines will be strictly enforced.  Assessment items must be submitted to your tutor by the due date and time.  Extensions will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds and will not be granted because of work or other commitments.

Normally a request for extension must be made in writing to the Course Convenor and must be approved by the Course lecturerprior to the submission deadline / due date and time of the assessment item.  If exceptional circumstances prevent this directive from being met, the issue must be discussed as a matter of priority with the Course Convenor.  At this time it will be the student’s responsibility to provide adequate and justifiable reasons for both the late request and extension.   Requests outside the above guidelines will not be granted.  Extensions may only be granted for periods of up to five (5) days at a time.  Any request for additional time will require another written request and approval for an extension.  This policy has been established to ensure fairness to those who complete their work on time, yet accommodate the rare occasion when an extension of time may be appropriate.

An assessment item submitted after the due date, without an approved extension, will be penalised.  The penalty is the reduction of the mark allocated to the assessment item by 10% of the maximum mark applicable for the assessment item, for each day or part day that the item is late.  Weekends count as one day in determining the penalty.

SUGGESTED TOPICS

1. Information systems and decision making
2. Business intelligence and database and information management
3. Information systems and teamwork
4. IT infrastructure and emerging technology
5. Telecommunications and wireless technology
6. Information security and contemporary issues
7. E business and e commerce and information systems

MIS Course: CTI360

Project Marking Criteria