Prepared by: Navneet Kaur Moderated by: Dr. Fariza Sabrina March, 2017 Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Unit Code BN206 Unit Title System Administration Assessment Type Individual Assignment Assessment Title Assignment1 Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) a) Provide examples of the management and evaluation of Operating Systems. b) Compare various Server Management Software. Weight 15% Total Marks 40 Word limit 1200 words Due Date Week7, Wednesday 3rd May 2017, 5:00PM Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.  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. 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/policiesprocedures-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/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-PolicyProcedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.BN206 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Prepared by: Navneet Kaur Moderated by: Dr. Fariza Sabrina March, 2017 Assignment Description: (40 Marks) Purpose of the Assessment: This unit provides students with in depth knowledge and advanced professional skills to manage and maintain network servers. Students will be able to enquire some of the windows and Linux features and present one of the specific topics. In addition to that the overview of the modern day operating systems is also necessary to keep up with the current trend. This assignment is designed to acquire a theoretical view of the existing features of server operating system such as windows and Linux and compare them. Submission Guidelines: Your presentation should include the following:  A title slide, identifying student (name and number), name of the lecturer, tutor and assignment.  The assignment must use 11-pt Calibri font size, 1.5 spacing 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 reference style.  It should follow standard presentation guidelines. The assignment must be submitted to the Moodle before Week 7 lab starts. The assignment submission will not be accepted if you do not upload it to Moodle before your lab class starts and your presentation will be void. The draft assignment hard copy which is due on Week 6, (During lab) must consist of at least 5 slides including Introduction, outline, discussion, and conclusion and reference pages. Failed to submit this draft in due time will result in deduction of 5 marks. Description of the assessment: One from the topics below will be selected randomly for you. Read articles and technical configuration about the topic. These articles can be searched online or from a journal. Provide a Report (1200 word limit) and a PowerPoint presentation about the topic. Your report should include Introduction, explanation, and technical details along with advantages/disadvantages. Your presentation should have at least 5 slides, and you should talk for no more than 4 minutes including answering questions during a one-to-one presentation method. You may suggest a topic that isn’t on the list, but it must be approved. Your presentation should include the following:  A list containing Presentation outline  Background and related areas.  A technical overview of the topic  Improvements about the topic that has been made over years  References Preparation instructions:  Do not use WIKIPEDIA as one of the source articles.  Use IEEE style referencing, and be sure and properly reference any diagrams/ graphics.  In all cases, concentrate on the aspects of the topic that concern server-client approach (either from software and hardware aspect or both) or relation to networking  You may provide cross platform advantage and/or disadvantage of the topic. Topics may include:BN206 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Prepared by: Navneet Kaur Moderated by: Dr. Fariza Sabrina March, 2017 1. Android Operating System 2. Distributed Computing Systems 3. Virtual Computing Systems 4. Solaris Operating System 5. Linux Operating System 6. Mac OS X 7. Symbian Operating System 8. Mobile Windows operating system 9. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64/Intel64 10. Ubuntu ServerBN206 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Prepared by: Navneet Kaur Moderated by: Dr. Fariza Sabrina March, 2017 Marking criteria: Marks are allocated as follows: Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Assignment Draft Introduction, outline, discussion, conclusion and reference pages 5 Structure and introduction to the Topic Introduction to the Topic, History about the topic 5 Explanation of the topic Detail explanation of the topic. 5 Technical details and advantage/disadvantage of the Topic Configure the features of the Topic, advantages and disadvantages of the topic 5 Conclusion and references used in the Report A conclusion and proper references must be provided in the report 5 Slide Presentation - Use light background and dark foreground. The texts should not contain animation. - Provide a short introduction and the structure of the remaining presentation clearly - Every ins and outs mentioned in the slide should be explained clearly. - The reason of uses and the advantage and disadvantage must be discussed. - A conclusion and proper references must be provided along with the slides 10 Reference style Use IEEE referencing style only 5 Total 40 Marking Rubric for Assignment 1: Total Marks 40 Student Name: Student Id: Submission Due: …. /…. /2017 Date Submitted: .…/…/ 2017 Marker’s Name: Mark Achieved in report: /40 Grade Mark HD 40-50 DI 35-44 CR 30-34 P 25-29 Fail <25 Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Assignment Draft /5 All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic.BN206 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Prepared by: Navneet Kaur Moderated by: Dr. Fariza Sabrina March, 2017 source material is demonstrated Structure and Introduction /5 All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Explanation of the Topic /5 Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrat ed excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriatel y Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Technical details and Advantages/ Disadvantages /5 Excellent use of creditable sources. Accurate referencing. Obvious that outstanding effort made Extremely good effort Good effort made but not outstanding Made some effort. For example, Web searches only Very little attempt to reference. Lazy effort with inaccuracies Conclusion /5 Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Presentation /10 Reference style /5 Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors