School of Business and Tourism
Unit Web Development II Unit code CSC10217
Assignment 2 Design and build a Web site.
Due Date 11:00 pm, Friday 5th February 2021.
Learning Outcomes 1 – 4
Graduate Attributes 1, 3 & 4
Weight 35% of overall unit assessment
Mode
This assignment is developmental and cumulative. Successive parts of this
assignment depend on previous parts. You are strongly advised to undertake
these parts as soon as possible in your study. Leaving your starting date to the
week before the due date is a very poor strategy for success in this unit.
Marks
A marking scheme will be posted on MySCU to help you direct your efforts
successfully.
Task Description
Your assignments (assignment-1 and assignment-2) require you to develop a web application for a
hypothetical DVD rental e-shop. The final application is similar to:
http://infotech.scu.edu.au/emporium
From this moment, I will refer to the application as the movie_zone or the app. When you have
completed the assignment, you are required to;
• Upload your web application to your student directory (on the school’s server
infotech.scu.edu.au)
• Upload a zip file of your site (and the design documentation) to the MySCU assignments
folder.
Please note that all material used on your website has to comply with the Southern Cross University
“Web Hosting and Publishing Policy”.
In Assignment 2, you will redevelop version 1 of the application to a fully working application. The
following is the detailed description of Assignment 2:
Part-A: Implementation. In this part you will implement and test version 2 of the application. Version 2 will have to
meet all functional and non-functional requirements you have specified in the design document. The following are the
key features of the version 2:
• The application should allow anyone to:
• Search for movies by different categories such as by stars, directors, genre, new releases etc.
• Find the movie shop location on the map with information about the contact person, telephone numbers and
email addresses; and submit online requests to the shop via web interface.
• Get online support about using the application
• Join and become a registered customer
• NOTE: JavaScript is the only allowable language for error checking on the join page.
• The application should allow registered customers to:
• Check if a movie is available for hire
• Book a movie DVD or Blu-ray from the shop if available (maximum of 5)
• The application should allow the shop manager to
• Add/delete/update movies in the database
• Add/delete/update customer details
• Generate report about the movie stock.
• The application provides a responsive user interface that can adapt to at least two type of devices: desktop and mobile.
Part-B: Documentation. In this part you will provide a Gantt chart showing your initial development plan, a Gantt
chart showing your actual development progress and a paragraph discussing about what you have done well and what
you could do better in this progress. A Gantt chart is a visual view of tasks scheduled over time. Gantt charts are a
useful way of showing what work is scheduled to be done on a specific day. To create a Gantt chart you can use MS
Excel or free online tools such as https://teamweek.com/free-online-ganttchart.html. Make sure it is legible and can be
read easily. If necessary display it in landscape mode on a single page.
Fig 1: An example of Gantt charts
Assignment-2 guideline
Part-A: Implementation
If you have version 1 working, implementing version 2 is straightforward. It is a good idea to implement and test each
functional requirement independently. Note that each topic has a section called assignment advice so follow the advice
in each topic to manage your development progress. If you have any questions, post them on the unit forum and get
them solved as soon as possible since you have a strict 12-week time frame. Contact your tutor for the help if you
cannot find solutions to your problems within 24 hours.
Part-B: Documentation
Create a Gantt chart for yourself at the beginning of the assignment and put your initial development plan in the chart.
Adjust the chart as you go to reflect the development. The chart will help you in keeping track of the development task.
Assignment-2 Marking Rubric
A spreadsheet that will be used for the marking of your site is provided (co-located with this assignment specification)
on MySCU to itemise exactly what tutors will be looking at in relation to marking your website. It contains a detailed
breakdown of the marking criteria for this assignment. I strongly suggest you peruse this spreadsheet.
Submission Format
When you have completed the assignment, you are required to submit your assignment (a zip file containing your
complete site and the design document) to the MySCU assignment folder. The zip file will be named using the
following convention:
filename = FirstInitialYourLastName_CSC10217_Ass2.zip
(i.e. FJones_CSC10217_Ass2.zip)
Additionally, you are required to upload your site to your student directory (on the school’s server infotech.scu.edu.au)
and verify that all works well.
Note to IBS students: Please check with your local lecturer/tutor the submission requirements for your assignments.
Typically, they will be different from on-shore students of Southern Cross University.
More information
All design documents must be contained in one single word/pdf document. Drawings and diagrams should be placed
into the design document. Files created in non-university standard programs cannot be accepted, as the marker may not
be able to view them.
In this assignment, you can use any HTML/PHP design environment you desire to complete your website. However,
please note the following:
• All HTML pages and CSS files must validate.
• JavaScript is the only allowable language for error checking on the join page.
My Recommendations (what I used) are as follows:
• Notepad++ to author all HTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.
• XAMPP for testing all of these files on my Home PC (Apache 2, PHP & MySQL).
All software mentioned here can be downloaded (For Free).
Original work
It is a University requirement that a student’s work complies with the Academic Policy, Chapter 4.20 on Student
Academic Integrity. It is a student’s responsibility to be familiar with the Policy.
Failure to comply with the Policy can have severe consequences in the form of University sanctions. For information
on this Policy please refer to Chapter 4.20 on Student Academic Integrity at the following website:
http://www.scu.edu.au/governance/academicboard/policy/
As part of a University initiative to support the development of academic integrity, assessments may be checked for
plagiarism, including through an electronic system, either internally or by a plagiarism checking service, and be held for
future checking and matching purposes.
Retain duplicate copy
Before submitting the assignment, you are advised to retain electronic copies of original work. In the event of any
uncertainty regarding the submission of assessment items, you may be requested to reproduce a final copy.
School Extension Policy
All assessment tasks submitted during the study period will normally be marked and returned within two weeks of the
required date of submission (provided that the assessment materials have been submitted by the due date).
If you need an extension/special consideration for an assignment you will need to fill in the "Special Consideration for
Assessment" form. If the requested extension is for more than 48 hours you will need to include some documentary
proof of the reason you need the extension (i.e. doctors certificate etc.). Remember that extensions will not be granted
on due dates of the assignments (except in exceptional situations) - get your request in before the assignment is due.
To streamline and improve the special consideration process, new eForms have been developed that will enable students
to submit an application electronically via MyEnrolment for:
• Special Consideration for Assessment (extension and marking)
• Special Exam Application
Extensions within 24 hours of submission or following the submission deadline will not be granted (unless supported
by a doctor’s certificate or where there are exceptional circumstances – this will be at the unit assessor’s discretion and
will be considered on a case by case basis).
A penalty of 5% of the total available grade will accrue for each 24-hour period that an assessment item is submitted
late. Therefore, an assessment item worth 20 marks will have 1 mark deducted for every 24-hour period and at the end
of 20 days will receive 0 marks.
Students who fail to submit following the guidelines in this Unit Information Guide will be deemed to have not
submitted the assessment item and the above penalty will be applied until the specified submission guidelines are
followed.
Marks and Feedback
All assessment materials submitted during the semester will normally be marked and returned within two weeks of the
required date of submission (provided that the assessment materials have been submitted by the due date).
Grades will be made available to each student via the MySCU Grade book.