COIT20260 - Cloud Computing for Smart Applications

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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 designing, developing and deploying smart, cloud-based applications.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite units: COIT20245 Introduction to Programming and COIT20246 ICT Services Management

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2019

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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2018 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 29.13% response rate.

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.

Source: Students and co-lecturer's feedback
Feedback
Incorporate a research component relevant to lecture content into at least one assignment.
Recommendation
The assignments involve applying the concepts and knowledge from lectures in a practical setting and therefore are related to lecture content. Further links should be established by incorporating a research component relevant to lecture content into at least one assignment.
Action Taken
We have introduced the research component in our assignment two.
Source: Students feedback
Feedback
Some of the content needs to be updated to include latest technology developments.
Recommendation
As cloudIoT computing technology is rapidly advancing, it is difficult to include the most recent advances, especially as they may change in the near future. Lecture content should be updated to include recent and stable developments (e.g. emerging CloudIoT platforms like Cloud IoT, Fog computing and so on) where appropriate.
Action Taken
We will action this in our next offering.
Source: Students feedback
Feedback
Assignment three can be broken down into smaller components to encourage continuous assessment and reduce the risk of failing based on one assessment.
Recommendation
The assignment three is equivalent of the final examination hence having 50% weighting is justified for this assessment.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Students feedback
Feedback
Some of the content needs to be updated to include the latest technology developments.
Recommendation
The textbooks need to be updated.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes
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