Southampton
Solent University
Coursework Assessment Brief
Assessment
Details
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Unit
Title:
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Networks
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Unit
Code:
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COM712
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Unit
Leader:
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Warren
Earle
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Level:
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7
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Assessment
Title:
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Report
referral
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Assessment
Number:
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AE3
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Assessment
Type:
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Report
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Restrictions
on Time/Word Count:
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3000
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Consequence
of not meeting time/word count limit:
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There
is no penalty for submitting below the word/count limit, but students should
be aware that there is a risk they may not maximise their potential mark.
Assignments
should be presented appropriately in line with the restrictions stated above;
if an assignment exceeds the time/word count this will be taken in account in
the marks given using the assessment criteria shown.
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Individual/Group:
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Individual
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Assessment
Weighting:
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50%
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Issue
Date:
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July
6th 2020
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Hand
In Date:
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4th
September 2020
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Planned
Feedback Date:
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4th
September 2020
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Mode of Submission:
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on-line
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Number of copies to be
submitted:
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Where
on-line submission via ‘Solent Online Learning’ is used, students are not
required to submit a hard copy.
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Anonymous
Marking
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This assessment:
Will
be marked anonymously
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Assessment Task
The assessment task is to rework a report
on a computer network design, implementation and testing.
Please see enclosed details
Networking Report – please read
very carefully
XYZ are a company in the South of England. They have an office in
Southampton with staff in three departments, Sales, Marketing and Admin. A new
network is proposed. Each department will have its own router. The router in
the Admin department will have a connection to an Internet Service Provider
router to provide Internet connectivity for all departments. The business
network must use an interior gateway routing protocol.
The tasks are as follows:
1)
Design an IPv4 and IPv6 addressing scheme for the
network (including the interfaces on the ISP routers connected to the company
office).
Use 192.168.0.0/24 network address subnetted into
three networks for Sales, Marketing and Admin each with 62 possible usable
addresses.
Use 198.51.100.0/30 as the network address for the
ISP
Use the following IPv6 network addresses do not subnet
them.
2001:db8:cafe:1::/64
2001:db8:cafe:2::/64
2001:db8:cafe:3::/64
Design,
implement and test a network with routers and switches and essential additional
services including DHCP, DNS and a webserver to
provide network services and business network applications.
2)
Run tests to demonstrate that you have formulated a
correct solution to the problem and full network connectivity is possible using
ipv4 and ipv6.
3)
Recommend and demonstrate configuration of device security
policies for routers and switches on the
network.
Write up your work in the form of a report that discusses and analyses
the design of the network and the addressing scheme. Also discuss and analyse
the configuration and commands that you used to configure the addresses,
routing protocols and authentication. Discuss and analyse the results of the
tests that you made on the network.
Formulate conclusions and recommendations from your work and the
results. The report should address all points raised in the marking scheme
below.
Assessment criteria
Evidence of knowledge, problem solving,
implementation and professional skills will be required. See enclosed details.
Learning Outcomes
This assessment will enable students to
demonstrate in full or in part the learning outcomes identified in the unit
T1 Present
information and evaluation on an independently researched topic descriptors.
C1 Design an addressing
scheme to fulfil given requirements in IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
P1 Demonstrate a sound
justification for the approach adopted in designing an Ethernet network using
routers and switches.
This
assessment will enable students to demonstrate in full or in part the learning
outcomes identified in the unit descriptors.
Late
Submissions
Students
are reminded that:
i.
If this assessment is submitted late i.e.
within 5 working days of the submission deadline, the mark will be capped at
40% if a pass mark is achieved;
ii.
If this assessment is submitted later
than 5 working days after the submission deadline, the work will be regarded as
a non-submission and will be awarded a zero;
iii.
If this assessment is being submitted as a
referred piece of work (second or third attempt) then it must be
submitted by the deadline date; any Refer assessment submitted late will
be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero.
http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2o-assessment-policy-annex-1-assessment-regulations.pdf?t=1411116004479
Extenuating
Circumstances
The
University’s Extenuating Circumstances procedure is in place if there are
genuine circumstances that may prevent a student submitting an assessment. If
students are not 'fit to study’, they can either request an extension to the
submission deadline of 5 working days or they can request to submit the
assessment at the next opportunity (Defer).
In both instances students must submit an EC application with relevant
evidence. If accepted by the EC Panel
there will be no academic penalty for late submission or non-submission
dependent on what is requested. Students
are reminded that EC covers only short term issues (20 working days) and that
if they experience longer term matters that impact on learning then they must
contact a Student Achievement Officer for advice.
A
summary of guidance notes for students is given below:
http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-4/4p-extenuating-circumstances-procedures-for-students.pdf?t=1472716668952
Academic Misconduct
Any
submission must be students’ own work and, where facts or ideas have been used
from other sources, these sources must be appropriately referenced. The
University’s Academic Handbook includes the definitions of all practices that
will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct. Students should check this link before
submitting their work.
Procedures
relating to student academic misconduct are given below:
http://portal.solent.ac.uk/support/official-documents/information-for-students/complaints-conduct/student-academic-misconduct.aspx
Ethics Policy
The work being carried out by students
must be in compliance with the Ethics Policy. Where there is an ethical issue,
as specified within the Ethics Policy, then students will need an ethics
release or an ethical approval prior to the start of the project.
The Ethics Policy is contained within
Section 2S of the Academic Handbook:
http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2s-university-ethics-policy.pdf
Grade marking
The University uses a letter grade
scale for the marking of assessments. Unless students have been specifically
informed otherwise their marked assignment will be awarded a letter grade. More
detailed information on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on the
portal and in the Student Handbook.
Policy: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2o-assessment-policy.pdf
Guidance for online submission through Solent Online Learning (SOL)
http://learn.solent.ac.uk/onlinesubmission
