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Overview

This assignment has three major aims:

- To help students gain a good understanding of all ITECH1102 theoretical and practical material.
- To encourage students to use content analysis summaries to prepare for tests, examinations and to help their understanding of theoretical concepts.
- To encourage students to conduct an independent investigation into networking related topics from books, the Internet and through practical investigation.

MaharaePortfolio

Students are required to create their content analysis and problem sheet documentation as anePortfolio in Mahara.

Each week's topic should be on a separate ePortfoliopage in order to separate the content into logical sections.

For Instance, if your surname starts with B, then your ePortfolio pages will be as follows:

1. ePortfolioproblem sheet page for Topic 3
2. ePortfoliocontent analysis page for Topic 4
3. ePortfolio problem sheet page for Topic 5
4. ePortfoliocontent analysis page for Topic 6
5. ePortfolioproblem sheet page for Topic 7
6. ePortfolio content analysis page for Topic 8

By the end of week 10 (due date) all students should submit their content analysis and problem sheet ePortfolio pages through Moodle for marking.

All the steps required to create and submit the ePortfolio pages can be found at the following link:

Learning Outcomes Assessed
The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment:
- K1. Describe and explain the role and function of network connectivity in current computing.
- K2. Describe and explain the principles of communication in networks.
- K3. Describe the role and functionality of hardware and software entities that contribute to the network
communications.
- K4. Describe and explain the protocols and interactions that implement network communications.
- K6. Describe fundamental aspects of cloud computing.
- A1. Apply networking architecture knowledge to analyze the networking needs of business.

Assessment Details

All work submitted must be authored by the student submitting the work or where material from other sources is included it must be referenced using APA referencing.