Discussion Point 5 /6 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 Conclusion /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 Reference style /5 Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors

Discussion Point 2 /6 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 Discussion Point 3 /6 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. Discussion Point 4 /6 Excellent use of creditable sources. Accurate referencing. Obvious that outstanding effort made Extremely good effort Good effort made but not outstanding Made some effort. For example, Web searches only Very little attempt to reference. Lazy effort with inaccuracies

Example Marking Rubric for Assignment #: Total Marks 50 Note: The marking rubrics varies for each assignment Grade Mark HD 40-50 DI 35-44 CR 30-34 P 25-29 Fail <25 Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Introduction /10 All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Discussion Point 1 /6 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

Marking criteria: Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows: Note: The marking criteria varies for each assignment Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Introduction Addressed in the Assignment description 10 Discussion Point 1 National broadband infrastructure initiatives 6 Discussion Point 2 Current status of the Australian National Broadband Plan 6 Discussion Point 3 “digital divide” within the Australia 6 Discussion Point 4 Countries that have the lowest broadband 6 Discussion Point 5 Benefits associated with high broadband access connections 6 Conclusion Write summary of the report 5 Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 5 Total 50

Submission Guidelines • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title Page. • The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.54 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 IEEE referencing style.