D+ 7 Pass • Satisfactory. • Shows sufficient grasp of the subject to be acceptable. • Tends to be descriptive. • Examples and evidence is likely to be weak and limited. • Shows limited reading. • Referencing is likely to be absent or very poorly carried out.

C+ 10 Good • Generally good work. • Most points will have been covered, but many finer points will generally have been missed. • Shows limited reading. • Arguments/analysis should be basically well structured and balanced with relevant examples, but with errors and gaps. • The writing is clear, but has errors that nevertheless do not obscure the meaning. • Referencing will be present but may at times be inaccurate or insufficient.

GRADE GRADE POINT DESCRIPTION GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA A+ 16 Excellent • An outstanding piece of work. • Shows evidence of wider reading and originality • Strongly analytical. All important points are covered. • Arguments should be supported by examples and evidence, objectively presented and evaluated, • Well-structured and well written, without noticeable grammatical or other errors. • Correctly referenced

• The Lecturers will consider a number of factors such as Assignment type, Part of the assignment where similarity occurs, Nature of similarity etc., along with the similarity percentage of your assignment, to assess the originality of your assignment. Therefore, similarity percentage would not be accepted as a basis for disputing academic judgments regarding plagiarism. • Note that the similarity percentage of your submission can change till the submission deadline, if the submissions of other students have similarity to your assignment. Therefore, the similarity percentages are not final, till the assignment submission is closed.

• The last submission, within the deadline, will be considered as your final submission. • The similarity percentage of your final submission will be one of the factors considered, for assessing the originality of your assignment. However, the decision to report an assignment for plagiarism is taken by the Lecturers, who mark your assignment.

Additional Guidelines • The Assignment Submission link on MOVE will be open, a week ahead of the submission date. • You can submit your assignment multiple times, till the submission deadline. Note that Turnitin could take up to 24 hours to produce similarity reports for submissions. • Assignments should be submitted by 6pm on the day of the deadline. There is a grace period until midnight to allow for any technical difficulties, but any assignments submitted after this will be counted as late. Technical problems will not be accepted as an excuse for submitting after the day of the deadline

8. The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded through MOVE (on- line. Name of the student, The Programme, Module Title and Assignment Title reflected on the cover sheet. 9. All assignments must be adhered strictly to the deadlines specified by Majan College. Failure to hand in the assignment for any reason and without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the quality of the work. See Student handbook page 16 section 4.4.

6. This assignment carries 50% weighting toward final grades. 7. This assignment follows a design format and must be original and creative. An analytical piece of work is required. The use of ‘cut and paste’ approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner, with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with appropriate heading / sub-headings), conclusion, references, page numbered and any required appendices.

Your work will be graded on the following aspects: 1. This is an Individual Assignment. 2. The assignment MUST be submitted online (through MOVE) in Week 9. 3. Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original analyses in a clear and coherent manner. 4. Use of the relevant academic literature to support ideas and issues discussed. The range of academic sources such as texts and journals to support your arguments and comments. 5. Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due acknowledgement in your assignment report using the Harvard Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style refer the student’s hand book page 46 sections 7.2.

3.2 Data Dictionary 500 • Must be supported with proper explanation and justification. • Must be placed as a screenshot image in the report to avoid the content high similarity. 3.3 Converting the conceptual model to logical schema 500 Must be supported with proper explanation and justification 3.4 Normalizing the logical schema 500 Must be supported with proper explanation and justification

Section No. Sections Name Approximate No. of Words Remarks 1 Initial Study 250 Must be explained in details 2 Requirements analysis 500 Must be explained in details 3 Design: 3.1 Modelling the requirement using the E/R conceptual model 250 • Entities must be identified inline to the requirements. • The attributes must be well identified for each entity.

Assessment 1 is an individual report. The assessment contributes 50% towards the overall grade. This assignment will assess your ability to design and develop a small-scale database system. Your database should, if possible be a real one. Alternatively, you may create a simulated real world database based on information requirements in an organization with which you are familiar. The length of assignment should be 2500 words +/- 10%. The overall task of this assessment, is to write an individual report that describes a complete database structure with all its related components based on a selected topic.

Please note that a grade will only be given to those whose student number is noted on this form. Please ensure that the student numbers from all group members are recorded accurately. • The work contained in this assignment is my own and that all materials and sources used have been acknowledged. • I/We have not copied or colluded in part or in whole, or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students. • This assignment has not been submitted for previous assessment in any other subject or to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other unit, module, degree or diploma of a university or any other institute, except where due acknowledgement is made in the text.