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1. Module Overview
This module explores historical, current, and emerging issues, technologies, practices, and infrastructure relating to the creation of large-scale, multi-function websites. Particular emphasis is given to supporting wide-ranging functionality (e.g. a combination of e-Commerce, communication, social networking, content and management).
Particular attention is given to the application of rational methods and critical thinking in the selection of the web technologies which are most suited to a given application scenario.
A research-infused curriculum is adopted in this module and is reinforced by an expectation that you will regularly contribute to the virtual classroom’s discussion forum. This will provide opportunities to consider diverse cutting-edge issues – thereby supporting you in the acquisition of a broad range of highly transferable skills.
As part of the assessment for this module, you will have the opportunity to carry out a research-informed Case Study and develop a working web application for a given application.
2. Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
1. Review and critically evaluate available web-based application implementation options.
2. Interpret web-based application development issues.
3. Identify and justify the design decisions involved in implementing fully featured, multi-function websites.
NOTE: All class announcements and other emails relating to this module will be sent to the University of Derby email address that you have been given. You are expected to regularly check this email account (at least every 3 days). If you fail to do this, you will miss important information. Any emails that you send relating to this module must also be sent from your University of Derby email account. Within the title of any email that you send, you should include your name and the course code of this module
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3. Assessment types used in this module
Formative Assessment
Formative assessments and activities are opportunities for you to apply, practice and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have worked with. These will mainly be located in the End of Unit Activities.
We have written these to help you to (for example) practice some academic or professional skills, such as referencing, literature searching and analysing materials. You can choose how much time and effort you put into these activities.
These may take the form of individual tasks, such as: reading some text, or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it; responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum; considering a case study; or, participating in a live online classroom session.
The main aim of formative activities is for you to receive feedback on your contribution, performance, or progress that will help you prepare for and complete your final summative module assessment.
All modules you take will vary in several ways, and the type of feedback you get for each formative assessment or activities will vary too. If your tutors give you marks as part of the feedback, these will not be counted in your final module grade.
Summative Assessment
Summative assessments are the pieces of coursework that you must complete which contribute towards your final grade in this module. If you have a Support Plan you can discuss with your module tutor what reasonable adjustments you need.
Summative assessment in this particular module is via two pieces of submitted work.
You will be expected to submit your summative assessments via: Turnitin assessment points on the Assessment page in My Learning section of the module.
You should take the feedback that you receive from the completion of summative assessments in this module and use it to help you improve your performance in future assessments.
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4. Specific Assessment Component Guidelines
Case study: Book & Board (B&B)
‘Book & Board (B&B)’ is a high street travel agency doing business since 1975. They have four branches across UK and a headquarter in London. Most of their business processes have been traditional; they advertise offers in papers and their shops, people walk in and explore their options.
‘B&B’ offers three types of services; travel plans, travel and hotel packages and complete holiday packages (hotels, flights, car rentals, insurance etc.). Currently, they seek and negotiate offers with airlines and hotels in specific destinations. Presently, customers are offered discounts using membership cards.
When a customer comes in to book a holiday, the staff member takes all information for new customers and record it in an excel sheet or find the customer details using their contact details. The staff then records customer preferences, when they want to travel, where they want to go, how much they want to spend, do they want flights only or flights and hotel. Staff provides the customer with options on the spot and they can also contact the customers over phone if suitable offers becomes available later.
From the internal business management perspective, at the end of every quarter all the four branches send their sales data (recorded in an excel sheet) to the Accounts Manager (AM), the AM combines individual records and sends a quarterly analysis report to all branches.
They are looking to transition to the digital world and take their business online. Initially, they want to have a website which shows current offers or bestselling offers. The website also shows the branch locations and contacting options to customers. Customers can access the website on phones, tablets and bigger screens. A staff member in London manages the content for the website.
Later on, they want a web application where customers can create accounts. Accounts store the customer contact details and details of any previous packages booked. Customers should also be able to search flights and hotels. Search results can be viewed with a variety of filtering options, for example, price, travel time, flight stops and so on. Available flights and hotels are stored in a database (or a file).
In the next phase they want to be able to sell packages and manage payments through the website. They also want to pull information from comparison sites and directly from airlines and hotels. Customer accounts should be extended with options to subscribe for relevant offers.
Finally, ‘B&B’ also wants to extend their online presence to integrate with social media platforms and run advertisement campaigns on social media platforms like, Facebook and Twitter.
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Coursework 1
Assessment Component(s):
Assessment weighting:
Assessment limits:
Assesses module learning outcome/s:
2
30%
2000 words.
1, 3
Last submission Date/Time:
Provisional feedback released:
Thursday, July 02, 2020 by 2359hrs (UK Time)
July 27, 2020
NOTE: As a student, it is your responsibility to adhere to the assessment limits (word count) as mentioned above. The module tutor will only mark the coursework that lies within the permitted assessment limits.
Coursework-1 comprises of two components which are referred to as component-1 and component-2.
Component-1: 70% of the available marks.
Component 1 for coursework 1 is a written report based on the requirements and domain analysis of the case study listed in the previous section.
Final submission for this component should be in the format of one MS Word document. Your report should be professionally written and presented. There must be at least a title page, a section on references and two sections (market research, requirements specification).
The deliverables and corresponding marks distribution is presented in the following table,
Deliverables
Format
Marks %
1
A market research and domain analysis report of existing apps in similar domain.
Report
(~750 words or equivalent)
50
2
Development of a written report including requirements.
Report
(~750 words or equivalent)
50
Table 1: Deliverables and marking scheme details for component-1 of coursework-2
In addition to general guidelines listed in sections 5 and 6, please consider the following guidelines for this component in coursework-1,
1. The report must show evidence of research and critical analysis. All opinions forms and presented must be backed up with evidence (books, papers, whitepapers etc.).
Assessment description:
Web Application Development
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2. Requirement specification for the application should make use of requirements analysis tools (e.g. MoSCoW, SWOT, Use case diagrams etc.)
Table 2 presents a sample outline for the report. Please note that this template is just a guideline for the minimal requirements. You are encouraged to extend and adapt this and find an outline that conveys all the requirements in a different layout or outline.
Table 2: Sample outline for the report
Marking scheme
50%: Quality of market research.
50%: Completeness of requirements specification.
Component-2: 30% of the available marks.
Component 2 for coursework 1 is a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions.
The question paper will be made available in Week-4.
This component will provide you with an opportunity to revisit the key concepts regarding topics covered in the first four weeks.
Marking scheme
100%: Correctness of the answers.
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Coursework 2
Assessment Component(s):
Assessment weighting:
Assessment limits:
Assesses module learning outcome/s:
2
70%
~2000 words+
Video presentation
(3-4 minute)
1, 2
Last submission Date/Time:
Provisional feedback released:
Thursday, August 06, 2020 by 2359 hrs (UK Time)
August 31, 2020
NOTE: As a student, it is your responsibility to adhere to the assessment limits (word count) as mentioned above. The module tutor will only mark the coursework that lies within the permitted assessment limits.
Coursework-2 comprises of two components referred to as component-1 and component-2.
Component-1: 80% of the available marks.
This component is based on developing a prototype web application based on the requirement analysis conducted in component-1 of coursework-1. You are required to present application design in the form of a report as well. This component will provide you with an opportunity to apply the web development skills acquired during the module and present your work in a formal report.
Final submission for this component should be in the format of one MS Word document and a short 3-4 minute video presentation. Your report should be professionally written and presented. There must be at least a title page, a section on references, two sections (application design, application development) and two appendices for code. Make sure that the video link is provided the report and also upload it to the discussion board.
The deliverables and corresponding marks distribution is presented in the following table,
Deliverables
Format
Marks %
1
Development of a written report for the design of the project.
Report
(~1000 words or equivalent)
20
Assessment description:
Web Application Prototype Development September 01, 2020
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2
Develop the web application, as a basic prototype displaying current offers, accessible on multiple devices.
Code added as an appendix to the report.
30
3
Extended the basic version of the web application with user accounts and search options.
Code added as a separate appendix to the report.
30
4
A demonstration video,
URL to the video
20
Table 3: Deliverables and marking scheme details for component-1, coursework-2
In addition to general guidelines listed in sections 5 and 6, please consider the following guidelines for this component in coursework-2,
1. The section presenting the design of web application must make efficient use of diagrams and illustrations (e.g. UML, Flowcharts).
2. Code written for the application should be thoroughly commented.
3. The report should analyse the developed application in context of the requirements formed during design.
4. Key objectives in developing your video presentation should be to:
4.1. Clearly explain the work undertaken.
4.2. Employ an interesting and lively style of presentation.
4.3. Avoid simply reading from a prepared script.
4.4. Demonstrate working of your web application in context of requirements identified in the report.
Table 2 presents a sample outline for the report. Please note that this template is just a guideline for the minimal requirements. You are encouraged to extend and adapt this and find an outline that conveys all the requirements in a different layout or outline.
Table 4: Sample outline for the report
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Marking scheme
20%: Quality of design and development report for the web application.
30%: Completeness of basic web application.
30%: Completeness of extended web application.
20%: Quality and completeness of the demonstration video.
Component-2: 20% of the available marks.
In this module you are expected to make regular and considered interactive contributions to the Discussion Board in the last 5 weeks of this module. In each unit of the module, you are provided with a number of discussion-based activities.
Your mark for this component will be calculated on the basis of the Discussion Board postings that you make throughout the module. Consequently, during this period, you are required to copy at least 25 discussion board posting into your final coursework 2 submission document. For each of the postings, you should clearly state the date on which it was made.
Guidelines
1. All postings must be written in a professional way.
2. Postings should be written in your own words. Copying and reproducing material from other sources and representing it as your own work constitutes plagiarism and is likely to result in the instigation of a formal Suspected Academic Offence process.
3. Following on from (2), you are encouraged to share with others in the class any relevant information that you locate when carrying out research into specific topics. This information may take the form of articles, website content, videos, etc. However, this content should add to your own discussion (rather than replacing it) and the source(s) of information must be clearly indicated.
4. You should endeavour to enter into interactive discussion and proffer help when questions are asked by others in the class.
5. The Discussion Board is intended to represent a dynamic virtual classroom in which you share your experiences, research, thoughts, etc. It is also an environment in which you are encouraged to ask and respond to questions.
6. Discussion Board postings such as ‘I agree’ (i.e. which do not move discussion forward) will not contribute to your grade for component-2 of coursework-2.
7. You are expected to demonstrate that you have regularly contributed to the Discussion Board and have meaningfully engaged in a number of activities. This means that you should frequently access the Discussion Board.
8. You are expected to demonstrate involvement in interactive discussion with other class members.
9. You are expected to demonstrate that you have undertaken research in developing postings.
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Marking scheme
50%: Quality of postings.
25%: Regularity of postings.
25%: Engagement in interactive discussion
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5. Feedback, marking criteria and grading of your assessment
This section tells you how the marker will assess your work fairly. All markers aim for our feedback to be: timely, individual to you, helpful, empowering and manageable.
They will also offer you opportunities to discuss the marking criteria they intend to use, and the type of feedback they intend to give you. You should create a shared understanding of this with them and your peers during the course of the module. They may also give you opportunities to assess your own work and the work of your peers. Look out for these opportunities.
Assessment markers can give you feedback and allocate marks to you using a range of methods and tools that are appropriate to the specific module and assessment. The marker may make comments within your script (in bubbles) and may also give you written comments in the long box. They may give you a form of audio or video feedback.
When they give you feedback on your assessment, as a minimum, your marker will tell you:
• if and how you have met the relevant learning outcomes
• the areas within which you did well in this assessment (they will commend you)
• the areas you could have improved in this assessment (they will make suggestions)
• what activities you can work on to help you in your next studies (you can take these ideas forward with you, and may discuss them with your Personal Tutor. You can also build them into your Action Planning.
In this module specifically, they will use the following tools. This feedback and marking structure will be specific to each component as relevant.
This module uses a grading scale applicable to Level 6 in the University Credit Framework. The grade descriptors given below are typical characteristics of the standard of work associated with each grade.
%
Mark Descriptors
Class
70-100%
Excellent
Outstanding detail and professionalism in report writing, software development and video demonstration. All requirements completely met. (90-100%) Depth of analysis, application development and video presentation above and beyond the listed requirements.
First
60-69%
Very Good
Most requirements are met, web application seems to be meeting most requirements with minor issues. Video shows evidence of most aspects of the web application completed. Report shows evidence of good application of software design tools and detailed research and analysis relating to market analysis and requirement specification.
Second
Div 1
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50-59%
Good
Core functional requirements are met. First version of the application is mostly complete, version-2 requires significant. Reports presents good detail on design, development and research but discussion is not frequently supported with academic references and/or critical analysis, comparison of alternatives. Video demonstrates most functionalities but quality and presentation could be improved.
Second
Div 2
40-49%
Satisfactory
Core functional requirements met are less than 50%. Both versions of application require considerable improvement. Video demonstration is not clear, doesn’t show all aspects working. Little or no evidence of research and analysis. Little application of software design tools. Market research is incomplete.
Third
35-39%
Unsatisfactory
Very few requirements met. Report is incomplete. Design is non-existent. Market research lacks evidence. Video doesn’t show a working prototype.
Marginal
Fail
21-34%
Poor
Little evidence of any version of web application working. Report lacks both structure and content. Report is mostly incomplete and limited. Video is very poor, shows no working prototype and is poorly recorded or inaccessible. Code written is very limited, not commented or structured.
Fail
1-20%
Very Poor
No requirements are met. Report is poorly written and structured. Lacks critical analysis and use of references. Design is incorrect or non-existent. Video is unacceptable or non-existent. Code is insufficient, poorly structured and doesn’t work.
NS
Non-submission
No work has been submitted.
Z
Academic offence notation
Applies to proven instances academic offence.
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6. Assessment presentation
When marking this assessment, the markers will also be looking for the following.
 Legible presentation.
 Good use of spelling, grammar and language throughout.
 Good use of diagrams, code snippets and other forms of illustrations.
 Appropriate focus, meeting learning outcomes/assessment criteria.
 Logical progression and structure of arguments.
 Evidence of a range of relevant supporting reading.
 Use of accurate, evidence-based information to support the arguments made.
 Follow normal Academic Regulations in terms of Academic Offences, style and language.
 Use of the appropriate system of referencing and may include a bibliography that lists all resources referenced.
 A declaration statement which says you have checked your Turnitin originality report and that you are certain that the work is your own (and has never been submitted for marking before by you, or anyone else).
 A statement that says you have maintained the confidentiality of clients/customers and persons associated with them, including colleagues and organisations.
Key objectives in developing your video presentation should be to:
 Clearly explain the work undertaken.
 Employ an interesting and lively style of presentation.
 Avoid simply reading from a prepared script.
You will note that most of these will have been incorporated within the marking criteria (on the previous page) and marks will have been allocated to them.
Table 3 shows a summary of what type and form of deliverables are required for different parts of the assessment.
Coursework
Component
Deliverable
Details
Coursework-1
Component-1
Word/PDF
document.
Single Microsoft Word or PDF document.
Component-2
Completed Quiz
You will be required to complete a quiz activity on the module page.
Coursework-2
Component-1
Word/PDF document
Single Microsoft Word or PDF document. An outline for the document is shown in Table 2.
Component-2
Word/PDF document
This is based on your contributions to the discussion board.
Table 5: Details of deliverable required to be submitted for assessment.
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7. Assessment regulations
The standard University assessment regulations apply for this assessment. Please note that in line with the University common assessment regulations, failure to submit coursework (i.e. non-submission) could lead to you failing the module.
Details of assessment regulations are available at: https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/organisation/academic-regulations/ (sections F and E).
Work Submitted late, will be marked according to University regulation, please see the University guidance on Late Submissions.
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8. Where to get other help to do your assessment
During the course of the module your tutor will offer you a range of help and support. There are contact details for them within the module.
Other colleagues will offer help and guidance on the Student Portal.
In addition, the Academic Administrators will post helpful notices on your module announcement board.
You could also use the following links if you want extra help with:
Referencing and avoiding making an academic offence
Study Skills