There are 2 areas of assessment in the subject:
- Your contributions to the weekly discussion forums, worth 24% of your total assessment.
- Your 2 assignments, worth 38% and 38% each.
To pass the subject overall, it is necessary that you pass in both areas of assessment.
If you have any queries or concerns about these assessments, contact your tutor.
Forums
The weekly discussion forums are for your discussion of questions posed during a particular week of study. The questions will be provided to you (and are at the end of each week's notes); and you are expected to provide answers by the Wednesday evening of the particular week, and then replies to other people's answers by the Saturday evening.
Each week your contributions will be marked out of 2, where:
- 0 = no contribution
- 1 = standard below expectation, and
- 2 = standard at or greater than expectation.
and the criteria for determining the mark will be:
- the intellectual and academic quality of your answers,
- the intellectual and academic quality of your replies to other people's answers, and, most importantly,
- the degree to which your answers and replies engender and encourage further discussion and debate amongst your classmates.
Note also that you are expected to use the discussion forums ethically at all times. Material posted should be relevant to the purpose of the forum and should not contain material which is:
- Offensive.
- Breaches copyright.
- Confidential to an employer, business or government organisation.
You should also be conscious of unnecessary noise brought about by frivolous discussions.
Assignments
There are 2 assignments in the subject:
- Assignment #1: Write a report on the carbon footprint of the ICT operations of your organisation (or an organisation you are familiar with). The report is for the organisation's Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer in meeting the requirement of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. Write the report in such a way that content can easily be extracted for use in the organisation's annual report to shareholders (or equivalent). Maximum 2,000 words, worth 38% of your assessment. Due week 6.
- Assignment #2: Write a report identify ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your organisation (or an organisation you are familiar with) through ICT. This could be by changes to polices for procurement of ICT, changes to the ICT operations (such as turning up the thermostat in the computer room), or revising business processes. Describe the current way of functioning and the problems associated with it. Propose a "to be" process that is based on established standards, proven practice, or proposed developments. How will you tailor the processes to suit your organisation? What are the challenges the organisation will face? How will you measure the success of the proposals? The target audience of the report the organisation's ICT management committee. Maximum 2,000 words, worth 38% of your assessment. Due week 12.
Your assignments should use the Harvard referencing system.