Overview
Emerging technologies, such as cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), enable you to rapidly design, develop and deploy smart applications. In this unit, you are introduced to the software, devices, and techniques supporting these technologies. You will learn the fundamentals of cloud computing as well as various cloud environments and services, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). You will use a Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud environment, gaining practical experience in designing, developing and deploying smarter cloud-based applications.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite units: COIT20245 Introduction to Programming and COIT20246 ICT Services Management
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 1 - 2024
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 Postgraduate 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
There is a heavy focus on IBM Cloud, so students do not get exposure to other widely used cloud computing environments
Investigate a pathway to integrate content related to AWS or Azure
Feedback from Reflection from Co-lecturer and Unit Coordinator
Constant process change in IBM Cloud results in some laboratory instructions being out of date
The laboratory content will be reviewed at the start of every offering to ensure up-to-date instructions are provided
- Evaluate cloud computing concepts and IoT components for smart applications/systems development
- Analyse the application of cloud computing and IoT technologies in different scenarios
- Design and develop cloud based smart applications for business solutions
- Deploy a smart application using cloud computing and IoT technologies.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments and individuals in many 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.
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 7 (the SFIA code is included)
- Systems design (DESN)
- Systems integration and build (SINT)
- Programming/software development (PROG)
- Testing (TEST)
- Release and deployment (RELM)
- Application support (ASUP)
- Solution architecture (ARCH)
- IT infrastructure (ITOP)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 2 - Group Work - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Project (applied) - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Project (applied) - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Node.js and NODE-RED
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.anwaarulhaq@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Fundamentals of Cloud Computing and IoT
Chapter
Chapters 1 and 2 from 'Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE,
IoT and Cloud 1st Edition, by William Stallings.'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Setting up Azure Student Accounts
Module/Topic
Cloud Delivery and Deployment Models
Chapter
Chapters 1 and 2 from 'Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE,
IoT and Cloud 1st Edition, by William Stallings.'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Cloud Computing Lab 1 & Deno
Module/Topic
Data Centers & Managing Data in the Cloud
Chapter
Chapter 5 from 'Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture
by Erl, T., Mahmood, Z., and Puttini R.'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Cloud Computing Lab 2
Module/Topic
Cloud Architecture and Design Patterns
Chapter
Chapters 11 and 12 from 'Cloud
Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture by Erl, T., Mahmood, Z.,
and Puttini R.'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Cloud Computing Lab 3
Module/Topic
Cloud Computing and Virtualization
Chapter
Chapters 7, 8 and 9 from 'Foundations
of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT and Cloud 1st Edition, by William
Stallings'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Cloud Computing Lab 4,
Assignment 1- Due: 05/04/2024 11:45 pm
Written Assessment –Evaluation of Cloud Services Due: Week 5 Friday (5 Apr 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Session Break
Chapter
Session Break
Events and Submissions/Topic
Session Break
Module/Topic
Cloud-based Networking & Security
Chapter
Chapters 6 and 10 from 'Cloud
Computing: Concepts, Technology &
Architecture by Erl, T., Mahmood, Z.,
and Puttini R.'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Cloud Computing Lab 5
Module/Topic
Edge & Fog Computing and IoT
Chapter
Lecture Slides
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial/Lab
Module/Topic
AI on the Cloud
Chapter
Lecture Slides
Events and Submissions/Topic
AI on the Cloud Lab,,
Assignment 2- Due:03/05/2024 11:45 PM
Group Work- Research Report Due: Week 8 Friday (3 May 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
IoT, Cloud and Digital Twins
Chapter
Lecture Slides
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial/Lab
Module/Topic
Management & Governance of Cloud, IoT and Big Data
Chapter
Chapters 1 and 4 from 'The Internet of
Things: How Smart TVs, Smart Cars,
Smart Homes and Smart Cities Are
Changing the World by Miller, Michael'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial/Lab
Module/Topic
Smart Problems and Smart Businesses
Chapter
Chapters 12, 14 and 15 from 'The
Internet of Things: How Smart TVs,
Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart
Cities Are Changing the World by
Miller, Michael
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial/Lab
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Lecture Slides
Events and Submissions/Topic
Revision, Assignment 3- Due:31/05/2024 11:45 pm
- Smart Application Development Due: Week 12 Friday (31 May 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Chapter
Review/Exam Week
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Module/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Chapter
Review/Exam Week
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Online
1 Written Assessment
This individual assignment revolves around the exploration and evaluation of two prominent Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud providers - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The primary objective is to analyze and compare the services offered by each provider, with a specific focus on their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), SaaS and PaaS capabilities. . You are also required to create a simple
application in each of the cloud services as part of your comparative exercise. The assignment requires you to:
1. Explore and document the array of services offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the PaaS and IaaS domains.;
2. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each provider to make informed recommendations based on the business scenario provided.;
3. create a simple application in both of the cloud providers; and
4. prepare a report based on the given criteria in the assessment specification.
Detailed information about this assignment can be accessed from the Moodle unit website.
Week 5 Friday (5 Apr 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Online via Moodle
Week 6 Friday (19 Apr 2024)
Online via Moodle
Exploration of Cloud Services (20 points)
Comparison of Providers (30 points)
Sample Application (20 points)
Report Preparation (30 points)
The detailed marking criteria and rubrics will be provided in the assessment description on Moodle.
- Evaluate cloud computing concepts and IoT components for smart applications/systems development
- Analyse the application of cloud computing and IoT technologies in different scenarios
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
2 Group Work
Task Description
This group assignment must be accomplished in a group of 3 members. The assignment requires you to select
a topic from a given list and research on that topic. You should find scholarly articles (e.g. published journal articles,
books, conference papers) and report current scientific developments relevant to the topic. The investigation should be
done in a team environment that requires you to:
1. choose a topic from the given list based on the given instructions in the assessment specification;
2. research multiple scholarly resources to report the scientific developments relevant to the topic and
3. prepare a report according to the given guidelines in the assessment specification.
Detailed information about this assignment can be accessed from the unit website in Moodle.
The list of topics and rubrics will be provided in a detailed assessment description via Moodle.
Week 8 Friday (3 May 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
online via Moodle
Week 10 Friday (17 May 2024)
online via Moodle
Research (50 points):
Comprehensive identification of scholarly resources.
Critical evaluation of selected resources.
Proper citation and referencing.
Scientific Developments Reporting (50 points):
Thorough reporting of current scientific developments.
Clear articulation of significance and implications.
Integration of findings from multiple sources.
Adherence to given guidelines.
Clear and organized report structure.
Effective communication of collective findings.
The detailed marking criteria and rubrics will be provided in the assessment description on Moodle.
- Evaluate cloud computing concepts and IoT components for smart applications/systems development
- Analyse the application of cloud computing and IoT technologies in different scenarios
- Design and develop cloud based smart applications for business solutions
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Research
- Leadership
3 Project (applied)
In Assignment 3, you will continue working with the same group as your Assignment 2. In this assignment, you are
required to analyse a given implementation scenario and issues within it and come up with an intelligent application that will address the
identified issues. You will write a report and create an online video demo to demonstrate the process you followed to create the smart application. The
the assignment requires you to:
1. analyse the given business case and identify issues associated with the business;
2. design a smart application-based solution to address the identified issues;
3. develop and deploy the application on the Cloud and
4. prepare a report (as per the instructions given in the assignment specification) to illustrate your activities during
the smart application development.
Detailed information about this assignment can be accessed from the Moodle unit website
Week 12 Friday (31 May 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Online via Moodle
Review/Exam Week Monday (3 June 2024)
After certification of grade
Analysis of the Given Business Case & Report Preparation (30 points)
Design of Smart Application-Based Solution (20 points)
Development and Deployment on the Cloud (20 points)
Online Video Demo, Presentation and Professionalism (30 points)
The detailed marking criteria and rubrics will be provided in the assessment description on Moodle.
- Design and develop cloud based smart applications for business solutions
- Deploy a smart application using cloud computing and IoT technologies.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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.
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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.
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