Criteria 3 Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Criteria 4 All elements are present and very well integrated. Components present with good cohesive Components present and mostly well integrated Most components present Proposal lacks structure. Criteria 5 Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Criteria 6 Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors

Example Marking Rubric for Assignment #: Total Marks 100 Note: The marking criteria varies for each assignment Marking Rubric Criteria/ Grades High Distinction (HD) [Excellent] >80% Distinction (D) [Very Good] 70%-80% Credits (C) [Good] 60%-70% Pass (P) [Satisfactory] 50%-60% Fail (N) [Unsatisfactory] <50% Criteria 1 Concise and specific to the project Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Criteria 2 Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately

Solutions This section should include proper headings and contents to propose a solution for a VPN network. Wireless LAN solution needs to be included. LAN and WAN need to be shown with network topology. 20 Protocols and Technologies Research and compare protocols and technologies for LAN and WAN including • HDLC • PPP • Frame Relay • DHCP • NAT • PAT • Ethernet • L2/L3 protocols 15 LAN and WAN services design and analysis LAN/WAN services design and analysis including VPWA, VPLS, VPRN, Ethernet (MEF) services 15 Presentation Presentation skills and materials quality 20 Total 100

Marking criteria: Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows, whist details marking guide can be seen in the Moodle submission link: Note: The marking criteria varies for each assignment Section to be included in the report Detailed Description of the Criteria Marks Template and format The document should include all necessary headings and contents to depict services and network design as per the example provided. Structure (format) and contents quality will be used for markings 10 Requirements Multiple Figures and Tables need to be included to properly show the requirements development. There must be a section for ‘compliance’ check so that vendors can properly reply to the requirements. 20

Submission Guidelines • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. • The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. • Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using APA or IEEE referencing style for School of Business and School of Information Technology and Engineering respectively.