Course Title: Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an ICT environment
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5386 Diploma of Information Technology Networking
Course Title: Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an ICT environment
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 40
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM7975C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science |
Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term1 2019 |
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: vehs@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit defines the competency required to contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment as prescribed in the ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package (Release 3.0).
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to maintain professional and ethical conduct as well as to ensure that personal information of stakeholders is handled in a confidential and professional manner when dealing with stakeholders in an information technology (IT) environment.
It applies to ICT personnel who are required to gather information to determine the organisation’s code of ethics, and protect and maintain privacy policies and system security.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
ICTICT418 Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an ICT environment |
Elements: |
1. Protect intellectual property 2. Contribute to copyright policy 3. Protect rights of stakeholders 4. Contribute to privacy policy 5. Maintain privacy policy 6. Contribute to creation of ethics code 7. Maintain ethics code |
Learning Outcomes
In this unit you will develop the knowledge and skills required to maintain professional and ethical conduct when dealing with colleagues, clients and employers. You will develop an understanding of the need for IT professionals to have a clear understanding of ethics, and the laws relating to privacy and copyright within the organization and beyond.
You will develop an understanding of the concept of ethics and its relevance to your behaviour and activities in the workplace and the IT industry. In addition, you will become aware of relevant legislation and industry practice in the areas of copyright and privacy, and ascertain how far the organisation’s practices meet the legislative and industry standards.
Specifically you should be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of intellectual property and copyright laws
- An awareness of copyright, privacy and ethics policies and/or codes
- An awareness of stakeholders of an organisation and the need to protect their rights
- An awareness of Privacy laws and the need for a privacy policy
- An understanding of the concept of ethics and its relevance to your behaviour and activities in the workplace and the IT industry
- An understanding how ethics, privacy and copyright impact on the workplace and the role of IT professionals in ensuring appropriate conduct
Overview of Assessment
Students will be required to consider, discuss and apply concepts of ethics, copyright and privacy in the Integrated Assignment: Integrated Assignment – Sporting Complex and the Integrated Project: Integrated Project – Airport during the duration of this course.
Assessment Tasks
Quizzes
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Ethics Quiz
Will over a range of workplace and social contexts and address a range of issues that may arise in the workplace and community. This task relates to Elements 6 and 7. -
Copyright Quiz
You will look at a range of issues related to Copyright in general and look at how it could impact on the business environment generally and more specifically in relation to the IT administration staff. This task relates to Elements 1 and 2.
Assignments
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Copyright Assignment
In this assignment you will look at a range of issues related to Copyright in general and look at how it could impact on the business environment generally and more specifically in relation to the IT administration staff. This task relates to Elements 1 and 2. -
Privacy Assignment
You will be required to look at a range of Privacy Acts in Australia and Victoria and complete and assignment which raises a range of issues related to privacy within the workplace. This task relates to Elements 2, 3 and 4. - Ethics Policy Exercise
Assessment Mapping Matrix
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
| Elements | Ethics quiz | Copyright quiz | Copyright Assignment | Privacy Assignment | Ethics Policy Exercise |
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| 1.2 | X | X | X | ||
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| 3.3 | X | X | X | X | X |
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| 6.1 | X | X | X | X | X |
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| 6.4 | X | X | X | X | |
| 7.1 | X | X | X | X | |
| 7.2 | X | ||||
| 7.3 | X | X | X | X |