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ASSESSMENT BRIEF

COURSE: Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of IT Unit Code: DBFN212

Unit Title: Database Fundamentals

Type of Assessment: Assessment 4- Content Analysis (Reflective Journal)

Length/Duration: 2500 words

Unit Learning Outcomes addressed:

1. Describe the key aspects and critically evaluate uses of database technology and database management 4. Design and build relational databases 5. Apply transaction processing and concurrency in multi-user databases

Submission Date: Week 14

Assessment Task: Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 by creating concise summaries of the theoretical concepts contained in the course lecture slides and providing their own reflections over it.

Total Mark: 30 Marks

Weighting: 30%

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ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 and create concise content analysis summaries of the theoretical concepts contained in the course lecture slides.

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Where the lab content or information contained in technical articles from the Internet or books helps to fully describe the lecture slide content, discussion of such theoretical articles or discussion of the lab material should be included in the content analysis. The document structure is as follows (2500 Words):

1. Title Page 2. Introduction and Background (85 words) 3. Content analysis (reflective journals) for each week from 1 to 11 (2365 words; 215 words per week):

a. Theoretical Discussion i. Important topics covered

ii. Definitions b. Reflection on the Contents

i. Create a brief scenario and apply the database concept learnt on it. You can use the same scenario for every lecture or modify it if needed. (Note: For week 1, you can omit providing a scenario, instead give your interpretation of the concepts.)

c. Outcome i. What was the objective of the database feature/concept learnt?

ii. How the learnt concept/feature improves your understanding of the database systems. 4. Conclusion (50 words)

Your report must include:

 At least five references, out of which, three references must be from academic resources.  Harvard Australian referencing for any sources you use.  Refer to the Academic Learning Skills student guide on Referencing.

ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION: This assignment should be submitted online in Moodle through Turnitin. The assignment MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format. Other formats may not be readable by markers. Please be aware that any assessments submitted in other formats will be considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented in Word. For assistance please speak to our Academic Learning Skills Coordinators, in Sydney (als_syd@kent.edu.au) or in Melbourne (als_mel@kent.edu.au). They can help you with understanding the task, draft checking, structure, referencing and other assignment-related matters MARKING GUIDE (RUBRIC): The assessment will be marked according to the following criteria.

Marking Criteria Marks Theoretical Discussion

Content precisely presented based on references 12 24 marks Reflection 8

Outcome 4

Presentation (Layout, no grammatical errors, reads well, etc.) 3 Marks

Cited references 3 Marks

Total marks for content analysis assignment 30 Marks

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