Assignment
Objectives: This assignment assesses your knowledge of an emerging IT trend or technology and your ability to present this in a written format (Microsoft Word) and a presentation format (Microsoft PowerPoint).
Tasks:
1. Your tutor will provide you with a topic.
2. Research the topic. You will need to investigate details about the trend or the technology including:
- What it is
- How it works
- How it is used or will be used
- The advantages or benefits compared with existing technologies (if any)
- The disadvantages or potential disadvantages
You will need to research a number of sources to obtain the relevant information. At least three of these sources should be used for your report and presentation. The resources must be credible, current (2014 and later), available in English from a number of different sources. Do not use Wikipedia or blogs.
3. Produce a report (written article) of about 1200 words, not including the reference list, using Microsoft Word. Consider the readers of your report to be first-year students, so do not make your report too technical. The report must be carefully spell checked and proofread. A Table of Contents is not required.
The report must be one file and include the following features:
- Title page with the topic name and your details, with no header or footer.
- Headings such as Introduction, Conclusion and References with content as per Task 2. These headings should not be numbered.
- A header with the topic name centered.
- A footer with your name on LHS and the page number on RHS.
- Two columns where appropriate within the report.
- A minimum of two styles - one for headings and one for the body type and used throughout the assignment. These styles should be named "SIT101 Ass1 Heading" and "SIT101 Ass1 Body".
- A footnote
- A graphic of your topic (not from Google images)
- The list of the references you have used, presented in Harvard style.
4. Create a presentation of 10 slides using Microsoft PowerPoint that includes the following:
- An appropriate business style design template.
- A title slide and the topic name (no footer).
- A graphic with appropriate sizing and caption.
- A footer with your student ID and the slide number.
- Effects to build each point in relevant order.
- The references used in the presentation listed at the end.
You should consider type options for easy communication in relation to font, size and colour. The presentation should be carefully spell checked and proofread.