Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code

BN103/BN103D

Unit Title

Platform Technologies

Assessment Type

Individual Assessment

Assessment Title

Building Computer using Components

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

Thepurposeof thisassignmentistodiscusson someimportant characteristicsofPlatformTechnologies andtheirfunctioning.

Weight

15%

Total Marks

100

Word limit

1500

Due Date

Friday 5 PM, Week 7 (5 May 2017)

Submission Guidelines

Submissionguidelines:

•      All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Sheet.

•      The report will be automatically checked by Turnitin embedded on moodle. By submitting on MOODLE you agree that the work is yours unless properly cited.

•      The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. 

•      Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.

•      For assignments 1 to 5 days late, a penalty of 10% (of total available marks) per day.

•      For assignments more than 5 days late, a penalty of 100% will apply.

Extension

If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7.  You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:

http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment

Academic Misconduct 

•     Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure.For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

Aspects

Description

Analysis(ifappropriate)

Investigation, comparison, discussion

Explanation/justification

Description/answertothe question

Presentation

Inadequate structure, carelesspresentation,poorwriting

Reference style (IEEE)

Proper referencing ifrequired

 

Plagiarism

Copyfromanotherstudent,copyfrominternetsource/textbook,copy fromothersourceswithoutproper acknowledgement

Grade

Mark

HD

80%+

DI

70%-79%

CR

60%-69%

P

50%-59%

Fail

< 50%

 

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Satisfactory

Unsatisfactory

Analysis

Logicisclearandeasy to follow withstrong arguments

Consistency logical and convincing

Mostly consistent andconvincing

Adequatecohesion andconviction

Argument is confused and disjointed

Explanation/

justification

All elements are

present andwell

 

integrated.

Components

presentwith

goodcohesion

Components

present and

 

mostly well integrated

Mostcomponents

present

Lacks structure.

Reference style

Clear styles with excellentsource of references.

Clear referencing/ style

Generally good referencing/style

Unclear referencing/style

Lacks  consistency with many errors

Presentation

Proper writing. Professionally presented

Properly written,

with   some minor deficiencies

Mostly good, but some structure or presentation problems

Acceptable presentation

Poor structure, careless presentation