APPENDIX GA36b
LEVEL 5 ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION
Programme: BSc Cloud Computing
Module: Network Programmability
Module code: ACCA5029 Contribution to Overall Module
Assessment (%):
50%
Lecturer: Sadeque Shaikh (Term 1 & 2) Internal Verifier: Dr Mike Dacey
Assignment Title: Assessment 1: Report Word count (or
equivalent):
2500 words
Submission
deadline:
To be announced by the
Assessment team Please refer to the assessments schedule published on Students’ Hall in Moodle Return date of provisional marks
& written feedback: 20 working days after submission deadline Submission
method:
All written assessments, where practical and possible, must be submitted via
Turnitin unless otherwise instructed by the Lecturer. (Please DO NOT put this
assessment specification into Turnitin or it will match many similarities with
other students’ submissions.)
Alternative submission method (if applicable):
Late submission of the assessment will result in a late penalty mark.
Penalties for late submission: Up to one week late, maximum mark of 40%.
Over one week late, 0%. Only the Extenuating Circumstances Panel may
approve a change to submission dates.
Academic
honesty /
referencing:
Academic honesty is required. In the main body of your submission you must
give credit to authors on whose research and ideas your work is based. Append
to your submission a reference list that indicates the books, articles, etc. that
you have used, cited or quoted in order to complete this assessment.
Module Learning Outcomes
(from module syllabus)
• Demonstrate a robust understanding of the key principles of network programmability tools
and languages to solve specific problems.
• Apply appropriate analysis, design, implementation and testing techniques to through
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
TASK DESCRIPTION
Write a 2500-word report to explore how the field of computer networks has moved towards
a greater emphasis on software, with a particular focus on cloud computing. You should
mention:
• How the shift towards cloud computing has impacted the industry.
• How the job role of network professionals has evolved to meet the technical
challenges of the cloud.
• How RESTful Web Services have been used to facilitate these changes.
• Why software defined networking has become so heavily adapted by industry,
despite meaning an adaptation to the job role of network engineers.
• Why standards, such as json and REST have been selected and utilised. Specifically
consider interoperability.
GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF
TASKS
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.
1. Engagement with Literature Skills
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s)
set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be
academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks,
current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your
sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful
consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-todate, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be
older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable
referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of
your work.
2. Knowledge and Understanding Skills
At level 5, you should be able to demonstrate: sound knowledge and critical understanding of the wellestablished concepts and principles of the subject area and the way in which those principles have
developed; knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in the discipline. Knowledge relates to the facts,
information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by
interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and
include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You
should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. meaningfully to show your understanding. Your
mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.
3. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills
You should be able to critically analyse information, and propose solutions to problems arising from that
analysis, including the critical evaluation of the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems.
Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking, evaluation and synthesis. For example, to
examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and contrast information.
This means not just describing what! But also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost? At
all times, you must provide justification/evidence for your arguments and judgements. Evidence that you
have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and
informed debate within your work. Furthermore, you should provide evidence that you are able to make
sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts, with an understanding of the limits
of knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations. Sound, valid conclusions are necessary
and must be derived from the content of your work. Where relevant, alternative solutions and
recommendations may be proposed.
4. Practical Skills
At level 5, you should be able to use/deploy a range of established techniques within the discipline, and apply
underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where
appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context. You should be able to demonstrate
how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations and/or a particular context. How
do they work in practice? You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to
assess current situations, perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems, or to create artefacts,
some of which may be creative. This is likely to involve, for instance, the use of real world artefacts, examples
and cases, the application of a model within an organisation and/or benchmarking one theory or organisation
against others based on stated criteria. You should show awareness of the limitations of concepts and
theories when applied in particular contexts.
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Guidance specific to this assessment:
5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice
Your work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring
the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. This includes demonstrating: professional
development to advance existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable you to assume
significant responsibility within organisations; that you can initiate and complete tasks and procedures,
whether individually and/or collaboratively; that you can use appropriate media to effectively communicate
information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences; fluency
of expression; clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation. Work should be coherent and wellstructured in presentation and organisation.
STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM
This section details the extent to which the assessment criteria are demonstrated by you, which in turn determines your
mark. The marks available for each category of skill are shown. Lecturers will use the space provided to comment on
the achievement of the task(s), including those areas in which you have performed well and areas that would benefit
from development/improvement.
Generic Assessment Criteria
Marks
available
Marks
awarded
1. Engagement with Literature Skills
. 40
2. Knowledge and Understanding Skills 30
3. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills 20
4. Practical Application Skills
–
5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice 10
Assessment Mark (Assessment marks are subject to ratification at the
Exam Board. These comments and marks are to give feedback on module work
and are for guidance only until they are confirmed. )
Late Submission Penalties (tick if
appropriate)
Up to 1 week late (40% Max) %
Over 1 week late (0%)
GENERIC ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Level 5
In accordance with the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, at the end of Level 5 students will be expected to have developed sound knowledge
and critical understanding of the well-established concepts and principles in their field of study, and of the way in which those principles have developed.
They will have learned to apply those concepts and principles more widely outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate,
the application of those principles in an employment context. They will have knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in the subject area, and ability to
evaluate critically different approaches to problem solving. They will possess an understanding of the limits of their knowledge, and how this influences their
analyses and interpretations. They will be able to use a range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, and to
propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis. They will be able to effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of
forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences, and deploy key techniques of the discipline effectively. They will be able to undertake further training,
develop existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable them to assume significant responsibility within organisations. They will have the
qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making.
