Course Title: Evaluate vendor products and equipment
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: COSC5318C
Course Title: Evaluate vendor products and equipment
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5194 - Diploma of Information Technology (General)
Course Contact : Radhu Punchanathan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1409
Course Contact Email:radhu@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Joyce Liang
joyce.liang@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
This course is co-delivered & co-assessed with three other courses:
COSC5354C Acquire system components
COSC5325C Determine maintenance strategy
COSC5328C Install and configure single segment LAN switch
Course Description
This unit defines the competency required to evaluate a range of vendor products and equipment against a client’s business requirements.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICAA5150A Evaluate vendor products and equipment |
Element: |
1. Establish business requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify and prioritise business requirements |
Element: |
2. Identify vendor products and equipment |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Investigate a representative range of vendor products and equipment |
Element: |
3. Evaluate vendor products, services and equipment |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Rate vendor products for quality and support |
Element: |
4. Prepare evaluation report |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Document product information in order of preference |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include:
- Teacher directed learning activities
- Online study material
- Hands-on Practicals
- Group Discussions
Teaching Schedule
Week | Week Commencing | Topics | Learning activities/ | Assessments/Elements |
1 | 4th July 2011 | Course Introduction Introduction to Computers & applications |
Orientation to Cisco online resources and registration | ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
2 | 11th July 2011 | Investigate vendors and products Personal Computer Hardware, Operating Systems Identify and prioritise business requirements |
Research various vendors and products using web resources Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks Determine HW specifications, Observing software and applications |
Tasks 1 – 4 Handouts given ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B Chapter 1 Module test |
3 | 18th July 2011 | Compare vendor and products for quality and support Connecting to the Network |
Prepare a report on 3 vendors and their products Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks Building Peer to peer networks |
ICAA5150C |
4 | 25th July 2011 | Document findings and make recommendation Connecting to the Internet through ISP |
Prepare a cost-benefit analysis of products Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks Cables and connectors working with twisted pair cables |
ICAA5150C Chapter 3 Module test |
5 | 1st Aug 2011 | Network addressing | Develop a recommendation report on your recommended products Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks IP address scheme development tasks |
ICAA5150C Chapter 4 Module test |
6 | 8th Aug 2011 | Network addressing continued | IP address scheme development tasks | ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
7 | 15th Aug 2011 | Obtain client’s approval to your recommended products (Part A) Prepare a list of products for acquisition Network Services |
Finalise assignment Task 1 Research on component acquisition methods IP address scheme development tasks |
ICAA5150C |
8 | 22nd Aug 2011 | Develop a list of required components with specifications and suppliers Wireless Technologies |
Research and develop a list of components and specification for assignment Task 1 Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks Working with Network services |
ICAA5150C |
9 | 5th Sept 2011 | Identify client’s preferred acquisition policies Evaluate acquisition methods and alternative for HW and SW Basic Securities |
Research on acquisition methods for Assignment Task 2, Obtain client (teacher’s) agreement for acquisition your method Reading Cisco online contents and perform interactive tasks Working with wireless devices |
ICAA5150C |
10 | 12th Sept 2011 | Identify risks to business continuity Basic security |
Develop Business Continuity plan as assignment Task 3 Employing basic security techniques |
Task 1 & 2 – Part 1 DUE ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
11 | 19th Sept 2011 | Review system topology and configuration Troubleshooting your network |
Discuss and identify various software for documenting configuration Reading Cisco online contents Apply troubleshooting techniques |
ICAA5150C |
Mid-Semester Break - 29th August to 2nd September | ||||
12 | 26th Sept 2011 | Identify critical components using Cisco switches Determine clients maintenance requirements Basic Switching |
Research on switches critical components and maintenance requirements Reading Cisco online contents Set up basic switched network |
ICAA5150C |
13 | 3rd Oct 2011 | Service Level Agreement Switch Configuration Practice practicals |
Develop service level agreement as a part of your assignment Reading Cisco online contents Switch protocol configuration |
Task 3 & 4 – Part 1 - DUE ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
14 | 10th Oct 2011 | Task 4 – Part 4 (Practical Assessment) | ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B Practice Final |
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15 | 17th Oct 2011 | Task 4 – Part 4 (Practical Assessment) | ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
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16 | 24th Oct 2011 | Task 1 to 4 – Part 3 - Final online Exams | ICAA5150C ICAS5104B ICAI5087B ICAI5173B |
Students, who have been granted special consideration or are required to resubmit, will be able to submit/sit their assessment by arrangement with the class teacher in weeks 17 or 18.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Networking for Home and Small Business 1587132095 |
1587132095 |
CCNA Discovery Learning Guide: Ciscopress. |
9781587132094 |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignment, practical demonstrations, online quizzes and a final exam. You will be asked to demonstrate your work to your teacher to ensure relevant competency standards are met. You will be provided feedback throughout the course.
Assessment Tasks
Task submitted - Theory presented as part of the case study given - CA/NYC - 30%
Chapter tests (ten) conducted on line, based on CISCO materials over the semester (refer weeks conducted in weekly break-down) - A supervised theory assessment - CA/NYC - 20%
Practical assessment – Week 14 & 15 - A supervised practical assessment - CA/NYC - 30%
Final online exam – week 16 - Theory exam Online/written - CA/NYC - 20%
Assessment Matrix
COSC5318C Evaluate vendor products and equipment [ICAA5150A] | Task 1 | Task 2 | Task 3 | Task 4 | Chapter Tests | Practical assessment |
Element 1 – Establish business requirements | V | - | - | - | V | - |
Element 2 – Identify vendor products and equipment | - | - | - | - | V | - |
Element 3 - Evaluate vendor products, services and equipment | V | - | - | - | V | - |
Element 4 - Prepare evaluation report | V | - | - | - | V | - |
Other Information
A minimum of one hour of online learning per week is requiredCompetency and grading requirements
Competency and grading requirements:
To be deemed competent students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
All assessments for this course must be completed to achieve CA (Competency Achieved) grade.
Each assessment task will also carry a numerical weighting to be used for grading purposes. The grade applied to this weighting will only be awarded if a CA has been achieved in all compulsory assessment tasks.
If a student has been marked NYC (Not Yet Competent) in any of the assessment tasks, the weighting will carry no value until the student has obtained CA.
If a CA is achieved on re-assessment then a maximum mark of 50% of the original weighting will be granted for that assessment.
Reassessments will only be granted to students who were either unsuccessful in the first attempt or have an approved special consideration application.
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