Assessment Brief: BIS3005 Cloud Computing
Trimester 1, 2022
Assessment Overview
Assessment Task
Type
Weighting
Length
Due
ULOs Assessed
Assessment 1: Quiz
Quiz of key content areas to identify further support needs
Individual
Invigilated
25%
20 mins each
(equiv. 1600 words)
Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5
Assessment 2: Lab Participation and Submission
Weekly lab activities and exercises assess students’ ability to understand theoretical materials.
Individual
Invigilated
15%
(equiv. 1000 words)
Week 3, 5, 7, 9
ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5
Assessment 3: Report
Research, Analyse, Compare and report
Individual
30%
2000 words
Week 7
ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO5
Assessment 4: Cloud design and deployment
Test your ability of launching, resizing, managing, and monitoring an Amazon EC2 instance.
Group
30%
2500 words
Week 12
ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5
Assessment 1: Quiz
Due date:
Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Group/individual:
Individual
Word count/Time provided:
20 mins
Weighting:
25%
Unit Learning Outcomes:
ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5
Assessment 1 Detail
This assessment includes invigilated quiz that will assess your ability to understand theoretical materials and your knowledge of key content areas. The quiz will be either multiple choice questions or short questions which are relevant to the lectures of lecture materials. For successful completion of the quiz, you are required to study the material provided (lecture slides, tutorials, and reading materials) and engage in the unit’s activities. The prescribed textbook is the main reference along with the recommended reading materials.
Assessment 1 Marking Criteria and Ru
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Weekly labs will have questions and activities to be completed for a total of 100 marks then will be scaled to 25%
Assessment 2: Lab Participation and Submission
Due date:
Week 3, 5, 7, 9
Group/individual:
Individual
Word count/Time provided:
equiv. 1000 words
Weighting:
15%
Unit Learning Outcomes:
ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5
Assessment 2 Detail
Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical learning to practical, real world situations on a weekly basis. The practical exercises will improve student’s ability to practice cloud computing using different cloud platforms specified in the weekly workshop activities.
Students will be required to complete the practical exercises during the workshop and therefore, attendance is required as part of this assessment. Students will not be assessed on work that not produced in workshop so that attendance is required as part of this assessment. Students are required to submit the work that they have completed during the workshop session only. The details of the lab work and requirements are provided on the online learning system.
Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Ru
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Weekly labs will have questions and activities to be completed for a total of 100 marks then will be scaled to 15.
Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Ru
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Marking Criteria
Not Satisfactory
(0-49% of the criterion mark)
Satisfactory
(50-64% of the criterion mark)
Good
(65-74% of the criterion mark)
Very Good
(75-84% of the criterion mark)
Excellent
(85-100% of the criterion mark)
Lab Completion (10 Marks)
Activities and questions completed by the due date
Student has been unable to provide at least 50% of the cumulative mark of the chapter labs.
To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 50%-64% of the chapter labs.
To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 65%-74% of the chapter labs.
To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 75%-84% of the chapter labs.
To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 85%-100% of the chapter labs.
Apply Technical Knowledge (45 Marks)
Connect, Setup, configure lab tasks as requested in the lab document
Major e
ors in the submission. Working lab not completely demonstrated.
Demonstrated some analysis with a partially working lab with very limited description.
Demonstrated sound judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with
ief description supported by some diagrams.
Demonstrated good judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with good description supported by good quality diagrams.
Demonstrated exceptional judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with comprehensive description supported by high-quality diagrams.
Apply Theoretical Knowledge (45 Marks)
Answer to most of the questions were inconsistent and did not match with the approach taken to complete the assessment tasks.
Answered most of the questions with some minor e
ors and demonstrated fair understanding of the completed assessment tasks.
Answered most of the questions satisfactorily and demonstrated sound understanding of the completed assessment tasks.
Answered all questions satisfactorily and demonstrated good understanding and analysis of the completed assessment tasks.
Answered all questions satisfactorily and demonstrated exceptional understanding and analysis of the completed assessment tasks.
Assessment 3: Report
Due date:
Week 7
Group/individual:
Individual
Word count/Time provided:
2000
Weighting:
30%
Unit Learning Outcomes:
ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, and ULO5
Assessment 3 Detail
Task
Answer each of the questions below:
· Describe the difference between a locally hosted service (ie. in an enterprise data centre) and a service provided using a SaaS provider. What are the critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise would need to consider in choosing to migrate from a locally hosted service to an SaaS service? Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages.
· Describe the difference between locally hosted infrastructure (ie. in an enterprise data centre) and infrastructure provided using an IaaS provider. What are the critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise would need to consider in choosing to migrate from local hosted infrastructure to an IaaS service provider? Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages.
· APIC, wants to investigate moving to a service-based model where many of its services would be supplied to its clients as a service, in addition to its plans to move to an IaaS model. There are several infrastructure models that could possibly be used to achieve this. Some of these models are:
1. Local hosted infrastructure and applications.
2. Local hosted infrastructure with some SaaS applications.
3. Hy
id infrastructure (some locally hosted infrastructure with some IaaS) and applications.
4. Hy
id infrastructure and applications with some SaaS applications.
5. Full IaaS model with some with SaaS apps.
6. Full SaaS model.
You are required to choose an infrastructure model that you think will achieve the APIC Roadmap;
Describe the benefits and drawbacks, excluding costs, of your chosen infrastructure model. Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages.
Assessments 2 Marking Criteria and Ru
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The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark. The marking criteria and ru
ic are shown on the following page.
Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Ru
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Marking Criteria
Excellent
(85-100% of the criterion mark)
Very Good
(75-84% of the criterion mark)
Good
(65-74% of the criterion mark)
Satisfactory
(50-64% of the criterion mark)
Not Satisfactory
(0-49% of the criterion mark)
Q1 – Services
(30 Marks)
Clear, comprehensive description of service differences, critical points identified & discussed
Detailed description of service differences, critical points identified & discussed,
Good description of service differences, some critical points identified & discussed,
Adequate description of service differences, some critical points identified
Incomplete or inadequate description of service differences, none or few critical points identified
Q2 – Infrastructure
(30 Marks)
Clear, comprehensive description of infrastructure differences, critical points identified & discussed,
Detailed description of infrastructure differences, critical points identified & discussed,
Good description of infrastructure differences, some critical points identified & discussed,
Adequate description of infrastructure differences, some critical points identified
Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure differences, none or few critical points identified
Q3a Infrastructure Model
(20 Marks)
Clear & comprehensive description of infrastructure model choice and reasoning
Detailed description of infrastructure model choice and reasoning
Good description of infrastructure model choice with some reasoning
Adequate description of infrastructure model choice with limited reasoning
Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure model choice with no reasoning
Q3b Benefits & Drawbacks
(20 Marks)
Clear & comprehensive description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with reasoning
Detailed description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with reasoning
Good description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with some reasoning
Adequate description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with limited reasoning
Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with no reasoning
Spelling, Grammar, Presentation
Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and gramma
Assessment 4: Cloud design and deployment
Due date:
Week 12
Group/individual:
Group
Word count/Time provided:
2500 words
Weighting:
30%
Unit Learning Outcomes:
ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5
Assessment 4 Detail
In this task, you must work as a group to test your ability of launching, resizing, managing, and monitoring an Amazon EC2 instance.
Fill the following table with the information related to all member of your group:
Sn. No
APIC Student ID
First Name
Last Name
1
{Student-ID1}
{FirstName-1}
{LastName-1}
2
{Student-ID2}
{FirstName-2}
{LastName-2}
Table 1: Group Information
Required Tasks
1. Launch a web server instance with termination protection enabled (Student-ID1) (35 Marks)
2. Monitor Your EC2 instance (Student-ID2) (15 Marks)
3. Modify the security group that your web server is using to allow HTTP access (Student-ID2) (15 Marks)
4. Resize your Amazon EC2 instance to scale (Student-ID2) (10 Marks)
5. Explore EC2 limits (Student-ID1) (10 Marks)
6. Test termination protection (Student-ID XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
7. Terminate your EC2 instance (Student-ID XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
Duration:
This assessment should be completed in 2 hours
In your report, you must provide screenshots and analysis to demonstrate the steps you followed during the process of conducting the required tasks.
Task 1: Launch Your Amazon EC2 Instance (Student-ID1)
Step 1: Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Step 2: Choose an Instance Type
Step 3: Configure Instance Details
Step 4: Add Storage
Step 5: Add Tags
Step 6: Configure Security Group
Security group name: GroupFirstname1 Firstname1 (example: GroupBobAlice)
Description: Security group for Lastname1Lastname2
Step 7: Review Instance Launch
In this assessment you will not log into your instance, so you do not require a key pair. Choose an existing key pair take a snapshot
Show Instance State: running
Status Checks: 2/2 checks passed (Take a snapshot)
Task 2: Monitor Your Instance (Student-ID2)
Enable detailed (one-minute) monitoring.
Get System Log, wait until it populates then take a snapshot
In this task you will not reach your instance via SSH or RDP, you can capture a screenshot of your instance and view it as an image. This provides visibility as to the status of the instance and allows for quicker troubleshooting.
Task 3: Update Your Security Group and Access the Web Server (Student-ID2)
Take a screenshot of your IPv4 Public IP of your instance to your report.
Question: Check if you can access your webserver; are you able to access your web server? Why not?
Task 4: Resize Your Instance: Instance Type and EBS Volume (Student-ID2)
Stop Your Instance
Change The Instance Type
Resize the EBS Volume
Start the Resized Instance
Task 5: Explore EC2 Limits (Student-ID1)
What are the limits of your default account?
Task 6: Test Termination Protection (Student-ID2)
Task 7: Terminate your EC2 instance (Student-ID2)
Assessments 4 Marking Criteria and Ru
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The assessment will