Explanation All elements are present and well integrated. Components present with good cohesion Components present and mostly well integrated Most components present Lacks structure. Reference style Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing/ style Generally good referencing/style Unclear referencing/style Lacks consistency with many errors Report structure and report 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

Marking Rubric for Exercise Answers Grade Mark HD 80%+ D 70%-79% CR 60%-69% P 50%-59% Fail < 50% Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Evaluation Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Sophistication and effectivity The presented solution demonstrated an extreme degree of sophistication The presented solution demonstrated a high degree of sophistication The presented solution demonstrated an average degree of sophistication and effectivity to secure The presented solution demonstrated a low degree of sophistication and effectivity to secure The presented solution demonstrated a poor degree of sophistication and effectivity to secure

Critical reflection Does the report demonstrate reflection and understanding of the topic or it was hastily written? 5 Research depth Does the student work demonstrate that the student consulted additional referenced materials on the topic and used the IEEE referencing style well? 5 English grammar and coherence, and professional report writing Does the question posted contain good English, good grammar, admirable writing style, no typos, good format, etc.? Is the report voidof cut-and-paste figures and tables? Are all graphics captioned and referenced appropriately in the report? 5 Plagiarism Did the student do any of these without reference and reflection? -Copy from other student(s) - Copy from Internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -40

Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks MATLAB programming competence Does student demonstrate competence in programming in MATLAB? Does the code run? Does the code solve the intended problem? 15 ADC/DAC competence Does student demonstrate the ability to implement a function in a digital communication system in software? 5 Competence in modern technology Does student demonstrate the understanding of ADC/DAC, and its purpose in the entire transceiver of digital wireless communication systems? 5

Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Requirements Requirement analysis for digital audio transmission and recoding 25 Current practices Literature review of the current waveform coders covering at least PCM and DPCM 20 Reference style IEEE 5 Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word limit by more or less than 10% -10 Plagiarism Type of plagiarism - Copy from other student - Copy from internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -50

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 APA or IEEE referencing style for School of Business and School of Information Technology and Engineering respectively.