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CIS8100 Assignment 2 PROJECT (PROTOTYPE) & REPORT
Description
Marks out of
Wtg(%)
Word limit
Due date
Assignment 2
100
30
Approx. 3000
4 April 2014

Learning objectives and graduate skills tested
This assignment relates to your understanding of the key issues
in relation to the infrastructure and functional requirements of a
digital business and to allow you to demonstrate your ability to
research, synthesise and specify the infrastructure and
functional requirements of an e-commerce website in a report.
Assignment 2 and the subsequent Assignment 4 require you to
plan and develop an e-commerce strategy including building a
prototype website of your choice to facilitate your proposed
online business.
You will be required to design, install, configure and populate
your proposed e-commerce site using the Joomla content
management system using a URL in cloudaccess.net that will be
supplied to you by the Course Leader.
Assignment 2 specifications
Assignment 2 is made up of THREE tasks:
TASK 1 – Assignment 2 Journal
Maintain a journal of the activities and research that you have
engaged in in the completion of this assignment.
The journal must document the progress that you have made
from start to the conclusion of this assignment.
Use the Journal Template provided in the CIS8100 StudyDesk.
The journal entries will include, in date order, the following:
● Date of project/research activity
● Project/research activity

● Duration
● Description/Discussion of the project/research activity
● Follow up task arising from this activity
(10 marks)
TASK 2 – Preliminary analysis of proposed online business and
e-commerce strategy
For Task 2 you are required to conduct a preliminary analysis of
your proposed online business (of your own choosing) and
develop an e-commerce strategy and prototype web site.
The report must address the following:
1. Conduct an environmental analysis of your proposed e-
commerce presence, keeping in mind the potential for global
eBusiness and focusing on the following:
a. Value propositions of your e-commerce strategy
b. Core competencies that can be enabled/enhanced through an
e-commerce presence
c. Market analysis and trends regarding your proposed e-
commerce strategy
d. Evaluation of your e-commerce strategy in terms of Porter’s
competitive forces model
(http://www.buildmyonlinestore.com/articles/how-defensible-is-
your-e-commerce-business-model/).
2. List and describe how the strategic goals and objectives of
your organisation will be addressed in your proposed e-
commerce website.
3. Identify what key stakeholders/customers will want from
your proposed e-commerce website, and how this fits with the
goals of the e-commerce website and the organization
4. Briefly describe and justify the e-Commerce business
model(s) that will be used in your e-commerce website.
5. List and briefly describe the potential risks associated with

your proposed e-commerce strategy and presence.
(50 marks)
NOTE: The word length for this task is about 2500 words, so
ensure you cover all the above topics adequately and concisely
while taking this constraint into consideration.
TASK 3 Briefing document of required Joomla! Activities
undertaken for Assignment 2
Prepare and submit a briefing document (about 500 words) on
completion of the following activities using your assigned
Joomla!2.5 website:
1. Use the assigned URL supplied to you by your Course Leader
to commence the first steps in familiarising yourself with
Joomla as a content management system and to develop a
preliminary prototype of your proposed e-commerce website.
(State the URL in the first part of the report)
2. Configure the e-commerce site and create a home page
(include the name of the your proposed e-commerce business or
entity) with a menu and links and describe the steps required to
achieve this (include snapshots in your document).

3. List all the Joomla! components and features you are likely to
use for Assignment 4 and why (see a selection of Joomla!
features below).
4. List and briefly describe any links and resources that you
have used or are likely to use to research and build your e-
commerce website.
You will not be required to install the Jooma! system on your
computer.
Instead you will be provided access to a pre-installed Joomla!
development environment provided by cloudaccess.net via an
url link assigned to each student.
Instructions to access your cloudaccess.net website will be
provided on the StudyDesk.
To complete this task you will need to familiarise yourself with
the features of the Joomla! Content Management System by
studying one or more of the following online resources,
(1) Cloudaccess.net Knowledge base for Joomla!2.5 ,
(2) Joomla! explained : your step-by-step guide / Stephen Burge
(can be purchased as a Kindle Edition, ebook or in hard copy)
(3), Official Joomla! Book 2nd Edn Jennifer Marriot & Ein
Waring as a Kindle Edition as ebook or in hard copy and
(4) Joomla! Beginner’sGuide 2.5 free e-book.
(40 marks)
ASSSIGNMENT 2 TOTAL MARKS: 100
JOOMLA FEATURES
Setup
· Using Cloudaccess.net
· Installing Joomla
Creating content

· Adding pages to the front page
· Creating a Sitemap
· Adding external and internal links
· Deleting or hiding content
Creating Sections and Categories
· Organising content in to sections and categories
· Choosing content layout
· Adding meta data for search engines
Global configurations
· Configuring articles parameters
· Ordering articles
· Setting global configuration
Creating Menus
· Adding navigation menus
· Creating sub menus
· Maintaining menus
· Linking menus
· Deleting menus
Working with Modules
· Creating sidebar modules
· Configuring modules
· Creating login modules
· Creating breadcrumbs modules
· Working with other modules
Using Components
· Adding contact us page
· Adding polls
Users
· Adding users
· User permissions
Using Templates
· Working with templates
· Choosing different templates
· Adjusting templates
Extending Joomla!
· Using plug-in

· Using extensions
· Go Live
Submission Requirements
Your solution
Your solution should conform to the guidelines laid out in
Summers, J & Smith, B 2010, Communication skills handbook,
3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Queensland.
Cautions
Originality of submission
n of your own work.
It is acceptable to discuss course content with others to improve
your understanding and clarify requirements, but solutions to
assignment questions must be done on your own. This also
means that it is not sufficient to merely paraphrase the entire
assignment content from a textbook or other source. Your
assignment answers need be a reflection and synthesis of your
research of the associated topics. This should be evident in your
annotated bibliography.
derstanding of associated
topics for each assignment. You must not copy from anyone,
including tutors and fellow students, nor provide copies of your
work to others. Assignments that do not adhere to this
requirement will be deemed as being the result of collusion or
plagiarism. This may lead to severe academic penalties as
outlined in Academic Regulation 5.10 of the USQ Handbook. It
is your own responsibility to ensure the integrity of your work.
Refer to the Faculty of Business policy for further details.
web pages in your assignment will result in poor marks.

Late submission of assignment work
Late assignments will be penalised unless permission has been
granted by the course leader BEFORE the assignment due date.
Late assignments may be penalised by reducing the allocated
mark by 5% per day late.
Other submission requirements
1) Formatting
a. Page size should be A4. Allow for TOP MARGIN – 2.5 cm;
BOTTOM MARGIN – 2.5 cm; SIDE MARGINS – 2.5 cm
b. Major headings should be in upper case, 14 point Times New
Roman Bold
c. Minor headings should be in lower case, 12 point Times New
Roman Bold
d. Body text should be formatted to 12 point, Times New
Roman
e. Use single or one and half line spacing
f. Assignments should be in one of the following formats:
i. Microsoft Word (2010)
ii. Microsoft Word (2007)
iii. Rich Text Format (RTF)
iv. Portable Document Format (PDF)
2) BEFORE submitting your FINAL version of the assignment
to the online submission system (EASE) you must upload your
draft copies to the online TURNITIN system (see the course
StudyDesk for details on accessing and using the TURNITIN
system).
a. TURNITIN produces an Originality Report that shows your
overall similarity index. If the index is less than 25 percent,

your assignment is considered to be plagiarism-free. If not, you
will have to rework your assignment, using the feedback in the
Originality Report as a guide, and then resubmit it to
TURNITIN for another round of checks until you are satisfied
that it meets the requirements.
3) The file naming guidelines are as follows:
a. It is important that you use this convention to ensure that
assignments can be tracked:
Familyname_studentnumber_CIS8100_A2_XXXXXXXXX
b. Replace ‘familyname’ with YOUR family or surname
c. Replace ‘studentnumber’ with YOUR student number (which
starts with ‘00’)
d. Replace ‘XXXXXXXXXX’ with
i. Task 1
ii. Task 2
iii. Task 3
iv. TURNITIN
4) Once you have obtained a plagiarism-free assignment you
should submit the Originality Report (in pdf format) along with
your FINAL assignment (in WORD or pdf format) electronically
through the online assignment submission system (EASE). No
hardcopy submissions will be accepted. See the course
StudyDesk for instructions on uploading your assignment.
CIS8100: Assignment 2 Marking Criteria
Student name:
Student No:
TASK 1
Journal

Component
Mark
Comments
1. Journal (includes a record and discussion of project and
research activities)
10
Excellent
A perfect piece of work.
9
Very good
A very good piece of work that meets all specified
Criteria
7
Good
Competently meets the criteria specified.
5
Average
Adequately meets the criteria as specified.
3
Poor
Did not sufficiently meet the criteria as specified.
1
Very poor
Clearly does not meet criteria to pass.
0
Not Attempted
No attempt made or irrelevant.

0
TASK 2
e-Commerce Strategy Analysis Report
Component
Mark
Comments
1. Environmental analysis (incorporating: value propositions,
core competencies, market analysis and trends, Porter’s
competitive forces model)
15
Excellent
13
Very good
A very good piece of work that meets all specified
Criteria
11
Good
8
Average
6
Poor
3
Very poor

0
Not Attempted
0
2. Strategic organizational goals and objectives
10
Excellent
9
Very good
A very good piece of work meeting all specified criteria.
7
Good
5
Average
3
Poor
1
Very poor
0
Not Attempted

0
3. Key stakeholder/customer requirements for website
5
Excellent
4
Very good
3
Good
2
Average
1
Poor
0
Not Attempted
0
4. e-Commerce business model(s) to be adopted
5
Excellent
4
Very good
3
Good

2
Average
1
Poor
0
Not Attempted
0
5. Potential risks to business from an online business
5
Excellent
4
Very good
3
Good
2
Average
1
Poor
0
Not Attempted

0
6. REPORT PRESENTATION
Cover page where student-type information e.g. name, course
number, date, word count
Title page where from this page onwards, the report is to
resemble a consultant’s (not a student’s) report. The title page
should be addressed to the Managing Director (unless otherwise
specified), with report title, date, your consultant firm’s name,
etc.
Table of contents on a separate page, with page numbers
indicated and appendices (number and title) listed. See
Communication skills handbook for the specifics of page
numbering and section numbering.
Executive Summary See guidelines in the Communications
Skills Handbook
Body of report with appropriate section numbering, appropriate
headings and subheadings – logical, flows and coherent. Your
headings should align with this marking scheme. You should
make it easy for the assessor to locate sections of your report.
Ensure that the information presented is set out in the sequence
as specified in this marking scheme.
List of references on a separate page.
Appendices (if any) after the list of references
10
Excellent
9
Very good
7
Good presentation

5
Average
3
Poor
1
Very poor
0
Little or no attempt to make appropriate use
0
Total TASK 1 (Marks out of 50)
0

NOTE: Failure to include Turnitin Originality Report will result
in loss of 20 marks
TASK 3
Preliminary prototype website
Initiation, configuration and exploration
Component
Mark
Comments
1. Website URL link provided (2 marks)
0
2. Website with Home Page and Menu and Links
13
Excellent
11
Very good
9
Good
7
Average

5
Poor
3
Very poor
0
Not Attempted
0
3.Description of website creation process (including
snapshots)
10
Excellent
9
Very good
7
Good
5
Average
3
Poor
1
Very poor

0
Not Attempted
0
4.List of Joomla! components and features to be used and why
10
Excellent
9
Very good
7
Good
5
Average
3
Poor
1
Very poor
0
Not Attempted

0
5.List of links and resources used or likely to be used to build
the site
5
Excellent
4
Very good
3
Good
2
Average
1
Poor
0
Not Attempted
0
Total TASK 2 (Marks out of 40)
0

Possible Marks
Marks obtained
Marks TASK 1
10
0
Marks TASK 2
50
0
Marks TASK 3
40
0
Reduce 20 marks for failure to include Turnitin Originality
report with Assignment
-20
0
TOTAL MARKS

100
0
Marker’s initials:Date:
Markers general comments and feedback:

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