| Assessment Details | |||||
| Qualification Code/Title | ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology | ||||
| Assessment Type | Assessment 02(Project) | Time allowed | |||
| Due Date | Location | AHIC | Term / Year | ||
| Unit of Competency | |
| National Code/Title | ICTNWK559 Install an enterprise virtual computing environment |
| Student Details | |||
| Student Name | Student ID |
| Student Declaration: I declare that the work submitted is my own, and has not been copied or plagiarized from any person or source. | Signature: ____________________________ Date: _____/______/__________ |
| Assessor Details | ||
| Assessor’s Name | ||
| RESULTS (Please Circle) | SATISFACTORY | NOT SATISFACTORY |
Feedback to student:
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| Student Declaration: I declare that I have been assessed in this unit, and I have been advised of my result. I am also aware of my appeal rights. Signature: _________________________ Date: ______/_______/___________ | Assessor Declaration: I declare that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable and flexible assessment with this student, and I have provided appropriate feedback. Signature: ________________________________________ Date: ______/_______/___________ |
| Instructions to the Candidates This assessment is to be completed according to the instructions given below in this document. Should you not answer the tasks correctly, you will be given feedback on the results and gaps in knowledge. You will be entitled to one (1) resubmit in showing your competence with this unit. If you are not sure about any aspect of this assessment, please ask for clarification from your assessor. Please refer to the College re-submission and re-sit policy for more information. If you have questions and other concerns that may affect your performance in the Assessment, please inform the assessor immediately. Please read the Questions carefully then complete all Tasks. To be deemed competent for this unit you must achieve a satisfactory result with tasks of this Assessment along with a satisfactory result for another Assessment. This is an Open book assessment which you will do in your own time but complete in the time designated by your assessor. Remember, that it must be your own work and if you use other sources then you must reference these appropriately. Resources required completing the assessment tasks are Learner guide, PowerPoint presentation, Unit Assessment Pack (UAP), Access to other learning materials such as textbooks, Access to a computer, the Internet and word-processing system such as MS Word. Submitted document must follow the given criteria. Font must be Times New Roman, Font size need to be 12 and line spacing has to be Single line. This is Individual Assessments. Once you have completed the assessment, please upload the soft copy of the Assessment into AHIC Moodle. Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work and submitting it as your own. Any Plagiarism will result in a mark of Zero. |
Reasonable adjustments
- Students with carer responsibilities, cultural or religious obligations, English as an additional language, disability etc. can request for reasonable adjustments.
- Please note, academic standards of the unit/course will not be lowered to accommodate the needs of any student, but there is a requirement to be flexible about the way in which it is delivered or assessed.
- The Disability Standards for Education requires institutions to take reasonable steps to enable the student with a disability to participate in education on the same basis as a student without a disability.
- Trainer/Assessor must complete the section below “Reasonable Adjustment Strategies Matrix” to ensure the explanation and correct strategy have been recorded and implemented if applicable.
- Trainer/Assessor must notify the administration/compliance and quality assurance department for any reasonable adjustments made.
- All evidence and supplementary documentation must be submitted with the assessment pack to the administration/compliance and quality assurance department.
| Reasonable Adjustment Strategies Matrix (Trainer/Assessor to complete) | ||
| Category | Possible Issue | Reasonable Adjustment Strategy (select as applicable) |
| ¨ LLN | ¨ Speaking ¨ Reading ¨ Writing ¨ Confidence | ¨ Verbal assessment ¨ Presentations ¨ Demonstration of a skill ¨ Use of diagrams ¨ Use of supporting documents such as wordlists |
| ¨ Non-English-Speaking Background | ¨ Speaking ¨ Reading ¨ Writing ¨ Cultural background ¨ Confidence | ¨ Discuss with the student and supervisor (if applicable) whether language, literacy and numeracy are likely to impact on the assessment process ¨ Use methods that do not require a higher level of language or literacy than is required to perform the job role ¨ Use short sentences that do not contain large amounts of information ¨ Clarify information by rephrasing, confirm understanding ¨ Read any printed information to the student ¨ Use graphics, pictures and colour coding instead of, or to support, text ¨ Offer to write down, or have someone else write, oral responses given by the student ¨ Ensure that the time available to complete the assessment, while meeting enterprise requirements, takes account of the student’s needs |
| ¨ Indigenous | ¨ Knowledge and understanding ¨ Flexibility ¨ Services ¨ Inappropriate training and assessment | ¨ Culturally appropriate training ¨ Explore understanding of concepts and practical application through oral assessment ¨ Flexible delivery ¨ Using group rather than individual assessments ¨ Assessment through completion of practical tasks in the field after demonstration of skills and knowledge. |
| ¨ Age | ¨ Educational background ¨ Limited study skills | ¨ Make sure font size is not too small ¨ Trainer/Assessor should refer to the student’s experience ¨ Ensure that the time available to complete the assessment takes account of the student’s needs ¨ Provision of information or course materials in accessible format. ¨ Changes in teaching practices, e.g. wearing an FM microphone to enable a student to hear lectures ¨ Supply of specialized equipment or services, e.g. a note-taker for a student who cannot write ¨ Changes in lecture schedules and arrangements, e.g. relocating classes to an accessible venue ¨ Changes to course design, e.g. substituting an assessment task ¨ Modifications to physical environment, e.g. installing lever taps, building ramps, installing a lift |
| ¨ Educational background | ¨ Reading ¨ Writing ¨ Numeracy ¨ Limited study skills and/or learning strategies | ¨ Discuss with the Student previous learning experience ¨ Ensure learning and assessment methods meet the student’s individual need |
| ¨ Disability | ¨ Speaking ¨ Reading ¨ Writing ¨ Numeracy ¨ Limited study skills and/or learning strategies | ¨ Identify the issues ¨ Create a climate of support ¨ Ensure access to support that the student has agreed to ¨ Appropriately structure the assessment ¨ Provide information or course materials in accessible format, e.g. a textbook in braille ¨ Changes in teaching practices, e.g. wearing an FM microphone to enable a student to hear lectures ¨ Supply of specialized equipment or services, e.g. a note- taker for a student who cannot write ¨ Changes in lecture schedules and arrangements, e.g. relocating classes to an accessible venue ¨ Changes to course design, e.g. substituting an assessment task ¨ Modifications to physical environment, e.g. installing lever taps, building ramps, installing a lift |
| Explanation of reasonable adjustments strategy used (If required) |
What if you disagree on the assessment outcome?
You can appeal against a decision made in regards to your assessment. An appeal should only be made if you have been assessed as ‘Not Yet Competent’ against a specific unit and you feel you have sufficient grounds to believe that you are entitled to be assessed as competent. You must be able to adequately demonstrate that you have the skills and experience to be able to meet the requirements of units you are appealing the assessment of.
Your trainer will outline the appeals process, which is available to the student. You can request a form to make an appeal and submit it to your trainer, the course coordinator, or the administration officer. The AHIC will examine the appeal and you will be advised of the outcome within 14 days. Any additional information you wish to provide may be attached to the appeal form.
Academic Integrity:
Academic Integrity is about the honest presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas.
As a student, you are required to:
- Undertake studies and research responsibly and with honesty and integrity
- Ensure that academic work is in no way falsified
- Seek permission to use the work of others, where required
- Acknowledge the work of others appropriately
- Take reasonable steps to ensure other students cannot copy or misuse your work.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism means to take and use another person’s ideas and or manner of expressing them and to pass them off as your own by failing to give appropriate acknowledgement. This includes material sourced from the internet, RTO staff, other students, and from published and unpublished work.
Plagiarism occurs when you fail to acknowledge that the ideas or work of others are being used, which includes:
- Paraphrasing and presenting work or ideas without a reference
- Copying work either in whole or in part
- Presenting designs, codes or images as your own work
- Using phrases and passages verbatim without quotation marks or referencing the author or web page
- Reproducing lecture notes without proper acknowledgement.
Collusion:
Collusion means unauthorized collaboration on assessable work (written, oral or practical) with other people. This occurs when a student presents group work as their own or as the work of someone else.
Collusion may be with another RTO student or with individuals or student’s external to the RTO. This applies to work assessed by any educational and training body in Australia or overseas.
Collusion occurs when you work without the authorization of the teaching staff to:
- Work with one or more people to prepare and produce work
- Allow others to copy your work or share your answer to an assessment task
- Allow someone else to write or edit your work (without rto approval)
- Write or edit work for another student
- Offer to complete work or seek payment for completing academic work for other students.
Both collusion and plagiarism can occur in group work. For examples of plagiarism, collusion and academic misconduct in group work please refer to the RTO’s policy on Academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion.
Plagiarism and collusion constitute cheating. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who engage in plagiarism and collusion as outlined in RTO’s policy.
Proven involvement in plagiarism or collusion may be recorded on students’ academic file and could lead to disciplinary action.
Special Required Software and Hardware to complete the Assessments:
- Computer With Internet Connection
- Microsoft Office Suite
Assessment Formatting and Answer length Guidance:
Your Submitted document must follow the given criteria:
- Font must be Times New Roman, Font size need to be 12 and line spacing has to be Single line.
- Your assessment needs to be submitted as an electronic copy unless requested differently by your assessor.
- The Assessment file name for electronic copy should follow : Student Id_Assessment_No ( Example AHI000014_Assessment 1
Referencing
Include a reference list at the end of your work on a separate page or as footnotes. You should
reference the sources you have used in your assessments in the Harvard Style.
To access a web-based tool, see Harvard Style online generator http://www.harvardgenerator.com
Pre-assessment Checklist
Your assessor will go through the assessment for this unit. It is important that you understand this assessment before taking on the tasks. To confirm that you have been given this overview, we ask you to complete the following Pre-Assessment Checklist.
You are required to carefully read each checklist item provided below and tick either ‘Y’ to confirm your understanding or ‘N’ if you disagree. In case you disagree with an item, please provide your reason under the ‘Comments’ section.
This acknowledges that your Trainer/Assessor has discussed all of the information with you prior to undertaking this assessment.
| Checklist | Comments | ||
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I, the student, understand the purpose of the assessment. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand when and where the assessment will occur, who will assess me, how and in what format the assessment will be submitted. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand the methods of assessment. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand what resources are required to successfully complete this assessment. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand the performance level required for each assessment event. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand that it must be my own work. I have been explained and understood the serious consequences in case this work is found plagiarized. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand the process if I am deemed not yet competent. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | I understand the feedback process and the appeals process. | |
| Y ☐ | ☐ N | The assessor has discussed with me if I have any special needs and if so what arrangements have been put in place. |
Assessment Task 2: Skills Test
Skills Test:
This assessment task includes you to have access to a virtual computer environment for businesses and requires that you manage virtualization technology with a view to developing a more sustainable ICT environment.
In this assessment task, you are required to complete the following activities:
- Determine enterprise virtual computing requirements
- Analyze the virtualization host software
- Evaluate system requirements
- Plan and install the virtualization host software
Scenario:
You have started working with an ICT organization, Digital Aus Solutions Pty Ltd. The organization has their offices in all Australian states. The organization requires you to set up virtual computing infrastructure and environments, with a view to developing a more sustainable ICT environment, for all their Melbourne and Sydney offices. You will be required to select one location with a view to develop a more sustainable ICT environment for your business.
All performance objectives must be carried out in compliance with the business’s enterprise requirements in which the system operates.
Environmental requirements for the business:
- Problem solution processes: Setting up virtual computing infrastructure and environments, with a view to developing a more sustainable ICT environment
- Roles and technical responsibilities in network management
- Your role and responsibilities are already defined above.
- The other roles include the role of your supervisor (the role will be played by a trainer/assessor or anyone they nominate).
- The responsibilities of this role are:
- To ask questions and queries related to the virtual computing environments
- Provide information related to vendor and product service level support agreements
- Discuss any queries related to the work environment
- Questions related to the assessment task.
- How and where the assessment will take place.
- The assessment conditions and context of assessment.
- Assistance with administrative strategies and policies
Assessment conditions
You will be required to have the access of the following to complete this assessment task in a successful manner.
- a site or prototype, where virtual machine environments may be implemented
- network technical requirements
- a range of suitable software.
A site or prototype
The site would be provided to you by your trainer/assessor.
Note: If a site is not specified consider the allocated desktop/laptop as the equipment and your workstation and work environment as the allocated site.
Network technical requirements and suitable software
You may select any of the virtual machines to complete this assessment task. The options may include:
- VirtualBox (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X),
- VMware Player (Windows, Linux),
- VMware Fusion (Mac OS X)
- Parallels Desktop (Mac OS X).
The technical requirements are mentioned on the official website of the virtual machine you select to complete this assessment task.
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Assessment conditions:
- The student must demonstrate their skills according to the marking criteria checklist.
- Ensure all students have access to computers, internet and required software and equipment.
- Students are encouraged to ask questions to understand the concepts and gain knowledge of how things can be done.
- Each student must have a clear view of what is expected from them in terms of getting the work done.
- Each student is required to complete all assessment activities.
- Students must save their files with the activity name and your name – for example, Activity1_john_smith.
- You are entitled to ask for help if you don’t understand a requirement or question or the language used is not clear to you. You can ask your assessor to explain the criteria in a simpler language if you need to have this help.
General conditions:
- The student must have permission to use the computer lab.
- Enter and exit computer lab quietly
- You are required to sign in and out of the computer lab
- Food, drink or use of tobacco, in any form, is strictly prohibited
- Be respectful to your trainer and assessor and classmates.
- All cords should be placed on the tables (not hanging off the sides). Headphones should be placed on the CPU/tower or monitor. The chair should be pushed under the tables. All trash, papers, and pencils should be picked up.
- Please do not change computer background or settings without a trainer and assessor’s permission or if it is not required for your assessment task.
- Before commencing ensure you adjust your workstation according to work health and safety requirements.
- Always log-off the computer after you finish.
When conducting the meeting, you are required to:
The team member will:
After the meeting, you are then required to:
Meeting agenda template:
| Date/Time: | |||
| Location: | |||
| Chairperson: | |||
| Meeting Attendees: Full names and roles | |||
| Agenda Item/Topic | Discussion/Outcomes | Action Officer | Due Date |
| Welcome | |||
| (Agenda item 1) Topic? | |||
| (Agenda item 2) Topic? | |||
| (Agenda item 3) Topic? | |||
| Summary | Overall Summary Decision/s Action/s if any | ||
| Next Meeting time/date | |||
| Meeting closed at: | |||
| Minutes are a true and accurate record of the meeting | Approved/confirmed by whom? |
Meeting minutes template:
| Minutes of Meeting Meeting Objective: Attendees: Venue: Date: | |||
| No. | Points Discussed | Actions Suggested | Target Date |
| Signature of attendee 1: Signature of attendee 2: Signature of attendee 3: Signature of attendee 4: |
Activity 1: Determine enterprise virtual computing requirements
In this assessment activity, you are required to determine enterprise virtual computing requirements.
In this assessment task, you are required to demonstrate your skills in a computer lab. If you are studying remotely or online, consider your desktop with access to a live webcam session with your trainer/assessor as an extension to the computer lab. Your assessor will assess your skills according to the performance criteria below.
You must complete this task based upon the information provided in the scenarios and other relevant sections of this assessment task.
Templates
You must use the templates wherever provided as part of the assessment activity.
| Site name: | |
| Site location: | |
| Software you selected to complete this assessment activity: | |
| Associated technical requirements: | |
| Discuss the client requirements based on the information in the scenario and client meeting: | |
| How have you analyses organization virtual computing environment and determine organizational needs | |
| How have you analyses the virtualization host software? | |
| How have you evaluated system requirements? | |
| Discuss the process of planning and installing the virtualization host software. |
Performance Criteria/Performance Checklist
| Your task must address the following performance criteria/ performance checklist. | |||
| To be assessed as satisfactory (S) in this assessment task the participant needs to demonstrate competency in the following critical aspects of evidence | S | N/S | Trainer/Assessor to complete (Comment and feedback to students) |
| General information about the company or individual Use questioning techniques to clarify the problem Questions should be both closed questions, and open-ended questions The client problem/s have been clearly outlined | |||
| Analyzed organizational virtual computing environment and determine organizational needs Analyzed the virtualization host software Evaluated system requirements The process of planning and installing the virtualization host software |
Activity 2: Analyze the virtualization host software
This is in continuation to the previous assessment activity.
In this assessment activity, you are required to analyze the virtualization host software
In this assessment task, you are required to demonstrate your skills in a computer lab. If you are studying remotely or online, consider your desktop with access to a live webcam session with your trainer/assessor as an extension to the computer lab. Your assessor will assess your skills according to the performance criteria below.
You must complete this task based upon the information provided in the scenarios and other relevant sections of this assessment task.
Templates
You must use the templates wherever provided as part of the assessment activity.
| Discuss how have you determined virtualization host software requirements System requirements may include: hard disk capacity and speed minimum random access memory (RAM) motherboard architecture number of cores in central processing unit (CPU) number of network interface cards number of physical CPUs speed of CPU storage and hard disk interface requirements: internet small computer systems interface (iSCSI) redundant array of inexpensive or independent disks (RAID) statistical analysis system (SAS) small computer system interface (SCSI) serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) virtualization technology at the central processing unit level (VT(x)) support. | |
| How have you identified and compared industry standard visualization host software? | |
| Determine and document recommended virtualization host software and submit to required personnel. |
Performance Criteria/Performance Checklist
| Your task must address the following performance criteria/ performance checklist. | |||
| To be assessed as satisfactory (S) in this assessment task the participant needs to demonstrate competency in the following critical aspects of evidence | S | N/S | Trainer/Assessor to complete (Comment and feedback to students) |
| Determine virtualization host software requirements | |||
| Identify and compare industry standard virtualization host software | |||
| Determine and document recommended virtualization host software and submit to required personnel. |
Activity 3: Evaluate system requirements
This is in continuation to the previous assessment activities.
In this assessment activity, you are required to evaluate system requirements.
In this assessment task, you are required to demonstrate your skills in a computer lab. If you are studying remotely or online, consider your desktop with access to a live webcam session with your trainer/assessor as an extension to the computer lab. Your assessor will assess your skills according to the performance criteria below.
You must complete this task based upon the information provided in the scenarios and other relevant sections of this assessment task.
Templates
You must use the templates wherever provided as part of the assessment activity.
| What and how have you obtained technical specifications, licensing and system requirements from virtualization software vendors | |
| Evaluate and compare system requirements needed to implement virtualization | |
| Submit documents to required personnel, seek and respond to feedback Discuss the comments received from your supervisor How have you responded to the feedback provided? |
Performance Criteria/Performance Checklist
| Your task must address the following performance criteria/ performance checklist. | |||
| To be assessed as satisfactory (S) in this assessment task the participant needs to demonstrate competency in the following critical aspects of evidence | S | N/S | Trainer/Assessor to complete (Comment and feedback to students) |
| Obtain technical specifications, licensing and system requirements from virtualization software vendors Evaluate and compare system requirements needed to implement virtualization Determine and document recommendations and submit to required personnel |
Activity 4: Plan and install the virtualization host software
This is in continuation to the previous assessment activity.
In this assessment activity, you are required to plan and install the virtualization host software.
In this assessment task, you are required to demonstrate your skills in a computer lab. If you are studying remotely or online, consider your desktop with access to a live webcam session with your trainer/assessor as an extension to the computer lab. Your assessor will assess your skills according to the performance criteria below.
You must complete this task based upon the information provided in the scenarios and other relevant sections of this assessment task.
Templates
You must use the templates wherever provided as part of the assessment activity.
| What and how have you prepared the environment and initiated host software installation according to technical specifications? | |
| Obtain and install virtualization host platform according to technical specifications | |
| Test and validate functionality of virtualization host platform against specifications | |
| Finalize reports and documentation and submit to required personnel |
Performance Criteria/Performance Checklist
| Your task must address the following performance criteria/ performance checklist. | |||
| To be assessed as satisfactory (S) in this assessment task the participant needs to demonstrate competency in the following critical aspects of evidence | S | N/S | Trainer/Assessor to complete (Comment and feedback to students) |
| Prepare environment and initiate host software installation according to technical specifications Obtain and install virtualization host platform according to technical specifications Test and validate functionality of virtualization host platform against specifications Finalize reports and documentation and submit to required personnel |