Department of Computing and Mathematics

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET 2023/24

Module Code and Title: 65GZ0020: Networks

Assessment Set By: Mohammad Hammoudeh

Assessment ID: 1CWK100

Assessment Weigh:ng: 100%

Assessment Title: Network Design and TesBng

Type: Individual

Hand-In Deadline: See Moodle

1. Video recording of a network tesBng, and

Hand-In Format and Mechanism:
2. a report to be uploaded to Moodle

Learning outcomes being assessed:

LO1: Describe mulBple different network technologies, protocols, and configuraBons.

LO2: Explain how devices communicate over a network and implement minimal best pracBces to secure a network.
LO3: Design and configure a local area network.

Note: it is your responsibility to make sure that your work is complete and available for marking by the
deadline. Make sure that you have followed the submission instructions carefully, and your work is
submitted in the correct format, using the correct hand-in mechanism (e.g., Moodle upload). If
submitting via Moodle, you are advised to check your work after upload, to make sure it has uploaded
properly. If submitting via OneDrive, ensure that your tutors have access to the work. Do not alter your
work after the deadline. You should make at least one full backup copy of your work.

Penal4es for late submission

The timeliness of submissions is strictly monitored and enforced.
All coursework has a late submission window of 7 calendar days, but any work submitted within the late
window will be capped at 40%, unless you have an agreed extension. Work submitted after the 7-day late
window will be capped at zero unless you have an agreed extension. See ‘Assessment Mitigation’ below
for further information on extensions.
Please note that individual tutors are unable to grant any extensions to assessments.

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Assessment Mi4ga4on
If there is a valid reason why you are unable to submit your assessment by the deadline you may apply for
Assessment Mitigation. There are two types of mitigation you can apply for via the module area on
Moodle (in the ‘Assessments’ block on the right-hand side of the page):
• Non-evidenced extension: does not require you to submit evidence. It allows you to add a short
extension to a deadline. This is not available for event-based assessments such as in-class tests,
presentations, interviews, etc. You can apply for this extension during the assessment weeks, and
the request must be made before the submission deadline. For this assessment, the non-evidenced
extension is 2 days.
• Evidenced extension: requires you to provide independent evidence of a situation which has
impacted you. Allows you to apply for a longer extension and is available for event-based assessment
such as in-class test, presentations, interviews, etc. For event-based assessments, the normal
outcome is that the assessment will be deferred to the summer reassessment period.
Further information about Assessment Mitigation is available on the dedicated Assessments page.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged representation of another person’s work, or use of their ideas, as
one’s own. Manchester Metropolitan University takes care to detect plagiarism, employs plagiarism
detection software, and imposes severe penalties, as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct and
Academic Misconduct Policy. Poor referencing or submitting the wrong assignment may still be treated
as plagiarism. If in doubt, seek advice from your tutor.
As part of a plagiarism check, you may be asked to attend a meeting with the Module Leader, or
another member of the module delivery team, where you will be asked to explain your work (e.g.
explain the code in a programming assignment). If you are called to one of these meetings, it is very
important that you attend.

Use of genera4ve AI

The use of generative AI is permitted in this assessment, so long as it is used in accordance with the
instructions provided in the ‘Are you allowed to use AI in assessments?’ section of the AI Literacy Rise
Study Pack. All submitted work must be your own original content.

Permitted – with changes

The use of generative AI is permitted in this assessment, but please make sure you follow these
specific instructions:
We recommend working to the two main principles:
1. Your work should always authentically represent your capabilities.
2. You should never trust the outputs of Generative AI uncritically.
Specifically, when it comes to this assessment:

Permitted Uses of Generative AI:

For Task 1 (Plan, design and configure the network)
• You may use AI tools to help clarify complex network design requirements. Always verify the
accuracy of these requirements with academic sources.
• You can use AI to find commands to configure specific network settings. However, ensure that
you cross-check these ideas with academic sources.

For Task 2 (Connectivity testing)

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 • You can use AI to suggest tests to verify connectivity and correct network configuration Use AI
suggestions as a guide but develop your testing scenarios independently, ensuring you
understand each part of the testing.
• You may use AI to generate command templates for basic network configuration tasks, but you
are required to modify, annotate, and fully understand all generated commands. The final
connectivity testing scenarios must be your own, and you must clearly explain their functions.
For Task 3 (Video demonstration)
• You can use AI to help script parts of your video demonstration, such as summarising technical
concepts or structuring the video presentation, but ensure your script reflects your own
understanding.

Prohibited Uses of Generative AI:

For Task 1 (Plan, design and configure the network)
• You must not use AI to generate the entire network design and configuration. Your explanation of
the network plan, design and configuration must reflect your understanding of the subject matter,
particularly in how you define the network requirements and how you consider them in this task.

For Task 2 (Connectivity testing)

• You must not submit AI-generated testing scenarios and their associated commands without
significant modification and understanding. Any commands or command outputs generated by AI
must be clearly labelled and explained in the context of your overall testing.

For Task 3 (Video demonstration)

• You may not use AI to generate the script for the entire presentation or speaking notes during the
video recording. The presentation must demonstrate your ability to communicate and explain
networking concepts clearly, which requires your own voice and understanding.
• AI-generated voices or avatars are not allowed. The video must be created and presented by you,
with no use of AI-generated visual or audio content.

For any other uses of generative AI, you should also follow the instructions in the ‘Are you allowed to use
AI in assessments?’ section of the AI Literacy Rise Study Pack or speak to your tutor. All submitted work
must be your own original content.

If you are unable to upload your work to Moodle

If you have problems submitting your work through Moodle, you can send your work to the Assessment
Management Team using the Contingency Submission Form. Assessment Management will then forward
your work to the appropriate person for marking. If you use this submission method, your work must be
sent before the published deadline, or it will be logged as a late submission. Alternatively, you can save
your work into a single zip folder then upload the zip folder to your university OneDrive and submit a Word
document to Moodle which includes a link to the folder. It is your responsibility to make sure you
share the OneDrive folder with the Module Leader, or it will not be possible to mark your work.
Assessment Regula4ons
For further information see the Undergraduate Assessment Regulations on the Assessments and Results
information pages

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 Forma+ve feedback will be provided verbally during the assessment
support labs in Weeks 10 and 11. You are encouraged to commence
your network design tasks early to share your work during those
sessions for discussion and feedback.
Forma7ve Feedback:
Addi+onal support will be provided by the unit staff during their
published office hours (refer to Moodle). Please request an
appointment by email ([email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]).
You will receive wriLen feedback through Moodle Turni+n within 20
working days of submiNng your work. The feedback will be a
general comment covering your piece of work, and an indica+on of
Summa7ve Feedback:
the quality of your work on each row of the assessment grid below.
There will also be general feedback to all students studying the unit.

1. Introduc,on

The unit is 100% coursework-based and has a single component (1CWK100), weighted at 100% of the unit
marks.
In summary:
- Task 1: You will plan, design and configure a network consis+ng of PCs, routers, switches and servers.
- Task 2: You will conduct a connec+vity test among the devices in your designed network.
- Task 3: You will write a report detailing your network plan, configura+ons and connec+vity tests.

2. Assessment Overview (1CWK100)

For this assessment, you are required to plan, design and configure a medium-level network for a hypothe+cal
client of choice. This client has approximately 50 numbers of employees in two ci+es, London and Manchester.
Each city has two offices with 10 open-plan office cubicles (20 office desks in each loca+on). Each of the offices
requires both wired and wireless connec+vity for the networking devices on each desk. Your task is to plan and
design the layout of the networking devices, configure your devices and test connec+vity among your networking
devices. You are required to write a 1500-word report detailing your network design tasks. Your network design
and report must contain the following:
- A figure of the en+re layout of the network plan showing all the networking devices.
- The CIDR IP addressing scheme u+lised to determine the IP addresses for the networking devices.
- A password and SSH configura+on details on your routers.
- Screenshots and figures of the configura+on details of a representa+ve sample for your networking
devices such as a router, PC, and server in each of the ci+es. You may include your configura+on lis+ng
as an appendix.

Addi+onally, you need to submit a screen recording video (2 – 3 minutes) showing your network configura+on
tests to:
- Demonstrate at least 2 connec+vity tests which must include at least two routers and two PCs in
different ci+es communica+ng.
- Demonstrate and verify RIP and DHCP configura+ons where appropriate.

Guidance on using Kaltura Capture and PowerPoint to record a presenta+on can be viewed here.

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Your lectures will cover the underlying principles of computer networks and your lab will cover the prac+cal
aspects of using both soaware (Cisco packet tracer) and hardware (Cisco routers and switches). It is your
responsibility to decide which of the plaborms (hardware or soaware) to use for your assessment. If hardware,
please inform your lab tutors as soon as possible to make the necessary arrangements.

You must use the following template to structure your report (some minor modifica+ons to suit the flow of
your write-up are allowed):

- Title
- Abstract
- Introduc+on
- Aim and Objec+ves
- Network Design o Network plan o Network configura+ons
- Network Evalua+on and Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix, if applicable.

A docx template and a similar sample report will be available in Moodle. One of the assessment support lab
sessions will cover academic report wri+ng to support your assessment.

3. The Submission

Report submission
To complete your submission, you must submit an individual report of 1500 +/- 10% words and a video
demonstra>on through Moodle submission inbox, as a single PDF file. In addi>on, please use the following naming
structure for your report before uploading it to Moodle (“lastname-firstname-studentID.pdf”)

Video submission
• If submiNng a video file, click on the Kaltura icon in the text editor. This will open the Kaltura Media
Gallery. Upload/select your video and then embed it.
• Please see the Video guide on how to submit your Video Assignment in our Assessment Advice &
Support sec+on on the Student Resource area.

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 4. Mark Scheme

Poor 0 – 39% Acceptable 40 – 49% Good 50 – 59% Very Good 60 – 69% Excellent 70 – 79% Outstanding 80 - 100%

Task 1 – Li$le or no A limited a$empt at A good a$empt at network A very good a$empt at A complete network design that A complete network design that
Network design evidence of an designing a network. design that addresses some network design that addresses the objec<ves of the addresses the objec<ves of the task.
and a$empt at of the task objec<ves. addresses all the task task.
configura5ons designing a The designed network did objec<ves. An excellent descrip<on of the
(35%) network. Some appraisals of the An excellent descrip<on of the configura<on details of the
not address the task
objec<ves. configura<on A very good descrip<on configura<on details of the networking devices.
details including DHCP and of the configura<on networking devices, including
RIP details of the networking cables used between devices. An excellent jus<fica<on for the
devices. choice of the deployed networking
devices.
Task 2 – Li$le or no A limited a$empt at showing A good a$empt at showing A very good a$empt at A complete network evalua<on A well-documented network
Network evidence of connec<vity tests among the the connec<vity tests showing the connec<vity showing the connec<vity tests evalua<on showing the connec<vity
connec5vity network networking devices. among the networking tests among the among the networking devices. test. Details are provided for Pings,
tests (30%) connec<vity devices. networking devices. RIP, SSH, and DHCP connec<vity
test. The connec<vity test also includes verifica<on.
The connec<vity test also The connec<vity test also well-documented RIP and DHCP
includes some appraisal of includes detailed verifica<on. An excellent descrip<on and
RIP and DHCP verifica<on. verifica<on of RIP and addi<onal informa<on on each
DHCP configura<ons. With thoughts given to providing verifica<on or troubleshoo<ng
. addi<onal informa<on on each technique used.
troubleshoo<ng technique used.

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Task 3 – Key sec<ons Key sec<ons are present. All sec<ons are present. All sec<ons are present. All sec<ons are present. A well-structured report.
Repor5ng such as network
(35%) design and An a$empt to produce a Overall, very good Outstanding detailed report that
Overall, good summary. Excellent Summary.
configura<ons, summary report but does summary. included sec<ons relevant to the
network not include all relevant task.
An a$empt to include Methodology walkthrough and
connec<vity sec<ons. methodology walkthrough Methodology detailed outline of steps taken are
test, etc., are and outline of steps taken. walkthrough and included. Methodology walkthrough and
missing from the An a$empt to include a However, relevant sec<ons detailed outline of steps detailed outline of steps taken are
report. methodology walkthrough are not included. taken are included and Each finding reported with relevant included, accurate and clearly
and outline of steps taken. clearly screenshots. wri$en for all tasks.
However not An a$empt to include wri$en. However, some
clearly wri$en or missing screenshots and a relevant sec<ons are Each sec<on included screenshots
The report wri<ng and structure
some parts. walkthrough for all relevant incomplete. and a walkthrough for all relevant
are excellent. However, some
tasks but some parts minor gramma<cal errors and typos tasks.
An a$empt to include missing. An a$empt to include are present.
screenshots for screenshots and The report wri<ng and structure are
configura<ons, verifica<ons, The report wri<ng and walkthroughs for all of outstanding quality with no
etc. but some parts missing. structure are good; relevant tasks. wri<ng or grammar issues.
however, improvements
The report wri<ng and are needed. The report wri<ng and
structure is acceptable; structure are very good;
however, improvements are
however, improvements
needed.
are needed.