July 2024
Referencing guides
You must reference all the sources of information you have used in your assessments. Please use the IEEE referencing style in your assessments in this unit. Refer to the library’s referencing guides for more information.
VIT enforces that the integrity of its students’ academic studies follows an acceptable level of excellence. VIT will adhere to its VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms, which explain the importance of staff and student honesty about academic work. It outlines the behaviours that are "academic misconduct", including plagiarism.
In cases where there are no accepted mitigating circumstances as determined through VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms, late submission of assessments will lead automatically to the imposition of a penalty. Penalties will be applied as soon as the deadline is reached.
Special Consideration is a request for:
Students wishing to request Special Consideration for an assessment the due date of which has not yet passed must engage in written emails to the teaching team to Request Special Consideration as early as possible and before the start time of the assessment due date, along with any accompanying documents, such as medical certificates.
For more information, visit VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms.
Reasonable adjustments in assessment methods will be made to accommodate students with a documented disability or impairment. Contact the unit teaching team for more information.
Contract cheating usually involves the purchase of an assignment or piece of research from another party. This may be facilitated by a fellow student or friend or purchased on a website. Other forms of contract cheating include paying another person to sit an exam in the student's place.
Contract cheating warning:
By paying someone else to complete your academic work, you don’t learn as much as you could have if you did the work yourself.
“original, plagiarism-free work” so similarity is easily detected by TurnitIn.
We determine your grades to the following Grading Scheme:
| Grade | Percentage |
| A | 80% – 100% |
| B | 70% – 79% |
| C | 60% – 69% |
| D | 50% – 59% |
| F | 0% – 49% |
Assessment 2: Research Report
| Weight | Length | Due date | ULO |
| 20% | 1000-1500 | Week 7 | ULO2 |
Introduction
In this assessment students are required to research on an article in IT networking and communication. The research needs to be geared towards the transmission fundamentals with focus on the networking and communication, analysing the performance of networks. The assessment is aimed to improve the student’s investigation and analysis skills.
In this assessment you are required to prepare a 1000-1500 words abstract in IEEE Style. To prepare the abstract you need to select an article published in 2020 and later. The selected article needs to include networking and communication. The article needs to be on one of the areas given below.
The report must follow the marking guide. Please note that citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style.
All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the end of session 6 Sunday 11:59PM.
The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference websites, Journal articles, online resources, and your peer’s submissions for plagiarism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop-box. If your similarity score is of concern, you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit. However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed VIT’s late submission penalty applies.
Please Note: All work is due by the due date and time. Late submissions will be penalized at the rate of 20% of the assessment final grade per day including weekends.
| Task | Description | Marks |
| Report Layout | The report layout, language and structure should be appropriate. The report should include title, table of contents, table of figures, sections and subsections heading and numbering, figures and tables numbers, citing tables, figures and references in the body text. Reference section to add the references in the IEEEformat. | 2 |
| Abstract | Include the step-by-step explanation of configuration and the related protocols and technologies | 2 |
| Introduction | This sectionshould provide a brief summaryof the topic and paper, the outlineof the assessment and the following sections. | 2 |
| Literature Review | You should perform a literature survey on the selected article. The literature survey should include at least 5 researchpapers published by 2020. | 6 |
| Evaluate | Based on the available literature, identify and evaluate the performance of wireless communication networks. | 4 |
| Conclusion | Summary of the report. | 2 |
| References | Follow the IEEEStyle | 2 |
Marking criteria/Rubric
You will be assessed on the following marking criteria/Rubric:
| Assessment criteria | Exceptional >=80% | Admirable 70% – 79% | Creditable 60% - 69% | Acceptable 50% - 59% | Unsatisfactory <=49% |
C1. Report Layout 2 points | Extremely well structured and organized report; useof professional language; report template has been followed | Well-structured and organized report; useof professional language; report template has been followed | Structured and organised report; use of language is appropriate; template hasbeen followed | Structured and organised report;use of language could be improved; template has been followed partially | Choppy and confusing; formatwas difficult to follow; language needsto be proofread plenty of errors;template has not been used |
C2. Abstract 2 points | The abstract provides aninsight of the article; the abstract is crisp; written extremely well | The abstract provides an insight of the article; the abstract is crisp; written very well | The abstract provides an insight of the article; written well | The abstract provides an insightof the article | The abstract is vague and difficult to follow; the abstract is not written wellat all |
C3. Introduction 2 points | The introduction is well rounded and provides a brief description of the assessment; the introduction sets an excellent flow for the report | The introduction provides a brief description of the assessment; the introduction sets a good flowfor the report | The introduction provides a brief description of the assessment; the introduction sets theflow for the report | The introduction could relate more to the assessment | The introduction does not relate to the assessment and does not set the flow forthe assessment |
C4. Literature Review 6 points | The literature review provides an in-depth analysis of 5 published articles/conference papersin the area;the literature reviewis extremely well written | The literature review provides an in-depth analysis of 5 published articles/conference papers in the area; the literature review is well written and | The literature review provides an in-depth analysis of the published literature in the area; the literature provides an insight of the area | The literature review provides an analysis of the published literature | The literature review lacksdepth and detail; the literature review failsto provide a critique |
| and provides a clear insight of the area | provides a clear insightof the area | ||||
C5. Evaluate 4 points | The section provides an excellent evaluation of the performance; a well-rounded evaluation against theexisting techniques | The sectionprovides a good evaluation of the performance; a good evaluation against the existing techniques | The sectionprovides a good evaluation of the performance; an evaluation against the existing techniques | An evaluation of the performance is somewhat provided | The evaluation of the performance has not been carriedout; very little analysis is provided |
C6. Conclusion 2 points | Provided an excellent summary of theassessment, covering all aspects of the assessment | Provided a good summary of the assessment, covering most aspects of the assessment | Provided a summary of the assessment; somewhat covered the aspects of the assessment | Provided a summary ofthe assessment. | The conclusions failed to summarise the assessment |
C7. References 2 points | The references followed IEEE Style; the references were cited and complete | The references followed IEEE Style; most the references werecited and complete | Most references followed IEEE Style; some of the references werecited and complete | Most references followed IEEE Style;the references were not cited | The references did notfollow IEEE Style and were not cited and incomplete |
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