Overview
Internet applications are interactive services that are used to perform tasks over the Internet. This unit introduces you to emerging Internet technologies and skills. You will learn how to build dynamic mobile-friendly websites using modern frameworks. You will use a commonly used set of open source technologies to develop database-driven Internet applications. You will also learn how to secure your applications using authentication.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite COIT11237, COIT11222 and COIS12036 or Prerequisite COIT12167, COIT11222 and COIS12036 Anti-requisite: COIT13224
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator's reflection
JavaScript is widely used in Internet applications and is not currently covered in the unit
Add JavaScript topics in the content
Feedback from Students' unit evaluation and feedback from colleagues
Assignment 1 should include a range of authentic tasks relevant to internet applications
Maintain authentic tasks for the three assignments. Add JavaScript topic in the current Assignment 1 to make the web application with more dynamic content
- Describe and explore the main features of Internet applications
- Install and use modern development frameworks
- Implement mobile-friendly dynamic websites using modern frameworks
- Utilise enterprise-level database connections via an application server
- Apply authentication techniques to secure Internet applications
- Implement and test Internet applications using a set of open source technologies.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- Programming/Software Development (PROG)
- Database Design (DESN)
- Information Security (SCTY)
- Testing (TEST)
- User Experience Design (HCEV)
- System integration (SINT)
- Application support (ASUP)
- Information Content Publishing (ICPM)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Communication | ||||||
2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
5 - Team Work | ||||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% |
Textbooks
PHP and MySQL Web Development
Edition: 5th edn (2015)
Authors: Welling, L & Thomson, L
Pearson
Upper Saddle River Upper Saddle River , NJ , USA
ISBN: 9780321833891
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
No prescribed textbook required for this unit. Any reference book in PHP and MySQL Web Development should be helpful.
The Welling text is available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Bootstrap
- Java EE and NetBeans IDE
- Notepad++
- Sublime text editor
- XAMPP and PHP
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.li@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Bootstrap
- Bootstrap web project
- Webpage with Bootstrap styles
- Overview Bootstrap styles
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Styling contents
- Create a navigation menu and a footer
- Create responsive tables
- Create a 'Contact Us' form
- Introduction to jQuery
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Grid System
- Cards and the Grid System
- Create a product details page with comment threads
- Embed a video
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
JavaScript Components
- Create a carousel
- Create a modal dialog
- Wrap contents in cards and accordions
- Project wrap up
- Work on your assignment 1
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Web applications with PHP
- Install and configure XAMPP
- Create and run a basic PHP document
- Create a PHP document which utilises functions and implements exception handling
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Complete and submit Assignment 1
Assignment 1 Due: Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Work with MySQL database
- Work with arrays
- Create users and database in MySQL
- Create a PHP project that queries and searches a database
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Work with MySQL database (cont.)
- Dynamically populate a combo box
- Display a list of records in PHP
- Add/Edit/Delete a record in PHP
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Security and authentication
- Given a vulnerable site, identify some vulnerabilities and secure the site against them
- Add authentication to a PHP site
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Advanced topics
- Add session control to your site from last week
- Work on your assignment 2
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Complete and submit Assignment 2
Assignment 2 Due: Week 9 Friday (18 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
JAVA Web applications
- Install and configure NetBeans
- Create a JSF project
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Working with Beans
- Create a Managed Bean for your project
- Link a Managed Bean in your project
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Facelets Templates
- Create a Facelets Template
- Create a Template Client File
- Work on your assignment 3
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Complete and submit Assignment 3
Assignment 3 Due: Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Unit Coordinator: Lily Li
Location: Rockhampton North
Phone: +617 4923 2267
Email: l.li@cqu.edu.au
1 Practical and Written Assessment
In this assignment, you are required to design and build a website for a small business using Bootstrap/jQuery. The online business will display product list and product details for advertisement and for sale. The website will provide a search bar to allow people to search for the items. The website should allow people to register their interests in particular products. Assignment details can be found from the unit website.
Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Submit assignment via Assessment block on Moodle
Week 7 Friday (4 Sept 2020)
Assignment 1 results released
- Page structure (18%)
- Library reference (10%)
- Bootstrap elements (20%)
- jQuery (20%)
- Site Pages (17%)
- Responsiveness (10%)
- CSS style (5%)
This assignment is worth 30% of the overall unit marks. You need to achieve at least 40% of the assignment marks to pass the assignment.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
- Describe and explore the main features of Internet applications
- Implement mobile-friendly dynamic websites using modern frameworks
2 Practical and Written Assessment
This assignment asks you to develop a web application for a local not-for-profit pet rescue organisation. The application should allow the business owner to show a list of pets available for adoption. The application should also allow the owner to add, edit and delete the pets. The application should secure the system information by providing authentication to the authorised user. PHP and MySQL technologies will be used in the development. The detailed specifications are available on the unit website.
Week 9 Friday (18 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Submit assignment via Assessment block on Moodle
Week 11 Friday (2 Oct 2020)
Assignment 2 results released
The assignment criteria:
- Authentication and Session Control 20%
- Query and display data 25%
- Update records in the database 10%
- Delete data from the database 10%
- Add records to the database 10%
- Secure code 10%
- Presentation 15%
More details are available in the assignment specification.
This assignment is worth 40% of the overall unit marks. You need to achieve at least 40% of the assignment marks to pass the assignment.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
- Install and use modern development frameworks
- Utilise enterprise-level database connections via an application server
- Apply authentication techniques to secure Internet applications
- Implement and test Internet applications using a set of open source technologies.
3 Practical and Written Assessment
Firstly, you are asked to create a simple Rock-Paper-Scissors game for the Web. It will be for a single player playing against the computer. Java Web Technologies should be used for this application.
The second task for this assignment is to write a reflection report (1000 - 1200 words) . Base on the technologies learnt from this unit, you are required to produce a summary of the following topics:
- What have you learnt from COIT12207 Internet Applications?
- What difficulties have you experienced in the study? Describe how you dealt with the difficulties.
- What are your thoughts on remote learning of Internet Applications and software development units more generally?
- What are your views of application development and technologies in the next few years? As you need to conduct some research for this task, please list all your references.
The detailed specifications are available on the unit website.
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Submit assignment via Assessment block on Moodle
Certificate day
Assignment will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- Index page 30%
- Response page 30%
- Managed Bean 25%
- Reflection report 15%
This assignment is worth 30% of the overall unit marks. You need to achieve at least 40% of the assignment marks to pass the assignment.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Describe and explore the main features of Internet applications
- Install and use modern development frameworks
- Utilise enterprise-level database connections via an application server
- Implement and test Internet applications using a set of open source technologies.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.