Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor, Lecturer Emma Xue emma.xue@mq.edu.au Contact via Email By appointment Lecturer Steve Cassidy steve.cassidy@mq.edu.au Contact via Email By appointment Tutor Salma Nazeer Khan salma.khan@mq.edu.au TBA Tutor Eric Howard eric.howard@mq.edu.au TBA
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites 130cp at 1000 level or above including COMP2110 or COMP249
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status COMP6120
Unit description	Unit description This unit develops on the student's basic understanding of web technologies to look at the tools and techniques used in modern web development. Topics will include the software development lifecycle in web development, the use of continuous integration, deployment of web applications, the use and provision of API services, security and e-commerce. The unit is practically focused but aims to equip students to be able to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of tools in web development.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Demonstrate an understanding of the architecture of web applications and the technologies used to build them
ULO2: Evaluate alternate implementation technologies for web applications
ULO3: Implement a significant web application that integrates front-end and back-end components
ULO4: Assess the security risks in web applications
ULO5: Communicate clearly and effectively

General Assessment Information

The goal of the assessment in this unit is to have you complete two web application development projects in the semester and to have you reflect what you have learned about the broader web development landscape in two report submissions. You will be working on two assessments for the whole semester (as well as completing weekly tasks). You are encouraged to work on both of these each week rather than leaving either of them to the last minute. Both are important and both are major learning activities as well as assessment tasks.

Workshop Hurdle

The workshop is a hurdle requirement, you must get 8 out of the possible 10 marks to pass the hurdle but you will have a total of 12 weeks where you could meet the requirement - hence you can miss at most four weeks of workshop tasks.

Group Project

Your major assessment is a group project where you will be free to design and develop a web application as a group. You should begin thinking about this early as your proposals are due in week 7. The assessment of this task is split between different activities including a proposal, four weekly 'sprint reports' in the workshops and a final deliverable. Details will be in iLearn.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:

Individual Project – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Technology Report – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Security Report – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Group Project - NO, unless Special Consideration is granted
Workshop Tasks - NO, unless Special Consideration is granted

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must:

Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%, and
Participate in, and undertake all hurdle activities for, a minimum of 8 out of the 12 weekly workshops.

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment.

Weekly Workshop tasks: To pass the unit you need to demonstrate ongoing development of skills and application of knowledge in at least 8 out of 12 of the weekly workshop classes. If you miss a class, you should ensure that you follow the workshop materials available online and contact your tutor or the lecturer if you have questions. Note that a Special Consideration should only be applied for if you miss more than three of the weekly workshop classes.

Group Project: This assessment task has a number of submission points, both individual and group submissions. If you are affected by an unavoidable disruption for one of these submissions you should apply for Special Conisderation and an extension of time will usually be granted. For a group submission, an extension for the whole group will be considered.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Workshop Tasks	10%	Yes	Weekly
Individual Web Development Project	20%	No	Week 6
Group Web Development Project	40%	No	Week 7, Week 13
Technology Report	15%	No	Week 7
Security Report	15%	No	Week 11

Workshop Tasks

Assessment Type ¹: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 0 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)

Each week there will be a task or question as part of the workshop that must be completed within the workshop. Your tutor will review your work in class. Each week is worth 1 mark up to a maximum of 10. This is a hurdle task, you must complete at least 8 weeks out of the total of 12 to pass the unit.