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Communication Server Administration-COMP 30005-Spring-19-CW1-CASE STUDY-ALL-QP

Rationale of the Case Study:

 Case Study will allow the students to understand real world problems. Case studies expose

students to a wide range of industries, organizations, functions and responsibility levels. This

provides students the flexibility and confidence to deal with a variety of tasks and responsibilities

in their careers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 Prepare Test environment for mail server.

 Analyze various mail server Administration scenarios.

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENT:

 Students are advised to go through assessment purpose, assessment objectives, questions,

marks distribution, feedback to students, guidelines, late submission policy, rules, regulations

and plagiarism policy etc. carefully

 Present the relevant references /citation at the end of document

 Marks will be awarded for the content written in your own words

 All the tasks will be evaluated through viva. Students absent for viva will be awarded zero

marks for the assignment.

 Report must be uploaded on Moodle on or before the date of submission.

In Semester Coursework

Individual Case Study

Module: Communication Server Administration (COMP 30005)

Level: 3 Max.Marks:100

Handout Date: 07/04/2019 Work-proposal Submission: 17/04/2019 Final Submission: 01/05/2019

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Task 1:

Submit a work proposal for this assignment on or before the above mentioned date, which must

include:

 Understanding of deliverables – detailed description of deliverables

 General overview of proposed plan with initial understanding and solution

 Resources identified

 Time schedules

The work proposal must be submitted in a word file through the link available on Moodle.

(10 marks)

Task 2:

In a recent trend, the communication system has been diversified in different forms as the process of

generating and sharing thoughts, information, opinions, facts, etc. among the people. The communication

system provides a continuous process and it coordinates the human and physical elements of an

organization to run its day to day operations smoothly and efficiently. The key elements involved in the

communication process are sender, receiver, and message. But the message is increasing day by day in

different forms of data format based on organization needs. Over the past few years, organizations become

increasingly reliant on their corporate email system as a means of business communication. At the same

time, it needs to address its scalability to accommodate significant growth in the message transfer data.

Based on the communication challenges, recommend effective communication solutions by comparing

Windows and Linux OS based email servers that would be helpful to implement and enforce that best suits for

any organization as the business need.

The report should consider the following keys;

Task 2.a:

 Comparative study report on Windows and Linux OS based email servers

 The report should include literature review of main features and published paper as

references. (Please note: CU-Harvard system of referencing)

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 Require to compare a few aspects of each topic instead of trying to cover both topics

comprehensively.

 Fundamentals

 Understanding Server Roles

 Recipient Administration

 Server Administration

 Managing Mailboxes and etc.,

 Be sure to cite any research data properly according to the CU Harvard style.

Task 2.b:

 Compare and contrast the pros and cons of selected email servers (Windows and Linux OS)

 The report should include literature review of main features and published paper as

references. (Please note: CU-Harvard system of referencing)

 By examining the contrast between your selected mail servers, you can provide valuable

insights into how they relate to each other.

 Expected key areas:

 Availability

 Recovery

 Compliance

 Managing Resources

 Data Loss Prevention

 Backing Up and etc.,

Please Note: Task 2.a &b report should include 2,000-2,500 words.

Evaluation Criteria:

You would be evaluated on the following:

• Originality of answer, i.e. writing in your own words with referenced material with proper

literature underpinning.

• The VIVA will be based on the questions/tasks given in the assignment.

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ZERO mark will be awarded to the student if she / he is absent for VIVA.

• Correct information analysis and presentation in document form.

• Adequate referencing and citation provided.

• Examples can be provided.

Guidelines

Follow the guidelines mentioned below for your assignment.

 Assignment should be typed and uploaded to Moodle and will undergo plagiarism detection

test through Turnitin (a plagiarism detection tool).

 Handwritten assignments will not be accepted.

 Assignment should have a Title Page. Title Page should contain the following information.

 Assignment Name

 Class

 Student name

 Student ID

 It should have "Table of Contents"

 Use page numbers.

 Assignment should be typed in your own words using Times New Roman font size 12.

 Heading should be with Font Size 14, Bold and Underlined.

 Use Diagrams and Examples to explain your topic.

 Copy paste from the Internet is strictly not acceptable.

 Reference should be included in the last page as follows

 Author name, Book Title, Publisher, Year in case of books as per “Harvard citation style”.

 In case of web site references type the full path of the web page with referenced date

 In case of magazines/ periodicals type article name, magazine name, Issue Number and

date

Rules & Regulations

 If any topic or diagram of an assignment is found copied from the others then marks will be

deducted from both assignments.

 Assignments with 3 or more identical topics will be awarded 0 Mark.

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 The purpose of assignment is to do some research work so you can consult books in Library or

use internet or computer magazines or any other source.

Academic Integrity Violations-Plagiarism/Malpractice/Collusion/Ghostwriting/Othercases

1. Plagiarism

A. First offence of plagiarism

a. If a student is caught first time in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study in any

assignment other than project work, the student will be allowed to re-submit the assignment

once, within a maximum period of one week. However, a penalty of deduction of 25% of the

marks obtained for the resubmitted work will be imposed.

b. Period of re-submission: The student will have to re-submit the work one week from the date

he or she is advised to re-submit.

c. If the re-submitted work is also detected to be plagiarized, then the work will be awarded a

zero.

d. Re-submission of the work beyond the maximum period of one week will not be accepted

and the work will be awarded a zero.

e. If plagiarism is detected in Project work (Project 1, Project Planning and Project Design and

Implementation) the above clauses (a,b,c,d) do not apply and the work will be summarily

rejected. In these cases the student will be awarded a fail (F) grade and is required to re-

register the module

f. If the student fails the module and has a proven case of academic integrity violation in this

module , the student is required to reregister the module

B. Second offence of plagiarism

a. If any student is caught second time in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study (in

a subsequent semester), the student will directly be awarded zero for the work in which

plagiarism is detected. In such cases, the student will not be allowed to re-submit the work.

b. If the student fails the module and has a proven case of academic integrity violation in this

module, the student is required to re-register the module

C. Third Offence of plagiarism

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If any student is caught for the third time in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study

(in a subsequent semester), the student will be penalized with a fail in the module and shall be

required to re-register the module.

D. Fourth Offence of plagiarism

If any student is caught for the fourth time in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study

(in a subsequent semester), he shall be suspended from the College for a period of one semester.

E. Fifth offence of plagiarism

If any student is caught for the fifth time in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study

(in a subsequent semester), he shall be expelled from the College

Types/Variations of cases of Plagiarism and associated actions

A. Type 1: In case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted

at different times) of one assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks will be

applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part

submission alone needs to be resubmitted.

B. Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in a group assessment, all students of the group

will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether

plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will

then be applied to all students.

C. Type 3: Combination of Type 1 and Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in any

component or part submission (submitted at different times) of a group assessment

(assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment

(assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone needs to be

resubmitted. All students of the group would be considered as having committed an act

of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or

only one member. The policy will then be applied to all the students of the group.

D. Type 4: Variation of Type 1 and Type 2: In cases where the assessment consists of

components or part submissions that could be a group assessment component (e.g.

group assignment) and an individual assessment component (e.g. individual reflection),

the following will be applicable:

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a. If plagiarism is detected in the group assessment component, all students of the

group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism, irrespective

of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member.

The policy will then be applied to all students of the group. In such cases the group

assessment component will be resubmitted as per the policy.

b. If plagiarism is detected in the individual assessment component, the individual

assessment component will be resubmitted as per the policy. The policy will then

be applied to that student alone.

c. In both cases (a) and/or (b), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the

whole assessment (assignment).

1. Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion

A. First offence of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion

If a student is caught in an act of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion for an assessment

component irrespective of coursework or end semester, the student shall fail the module and

shall be required to reregister the module.

B. Second Offence of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion

If a student is caught a second time in an act of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion for an

assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester (in a subsequent semester),

the student shall be suspended for one semester from the College.

C. Third Offence of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion

If a student is caught a third time in an act of Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion for an

assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester (in a subsequent semester),

the student shall be expelled from the College.

2. Other cases

If a student commits an act of academic integrity violation as per the definition of “other cases”

mentioned in the previous section or of a different nature, those cases shall also be forwarded

to a departmental level committee set for the purpose .The committee shall investigate the case

by means of a viva and/or a disciplinary hearing and shall take appropriate decision. The

minimum penalty that can be granted to a proven case of academic integrity violation which falls

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in this category of “other cases” is a fail in the module. For further offences in this category, the

penalty can range from suspension to expulsion from the college depending on the nature and

gravity of the offence. The guidelines given below should be followed for undertaking the

viva/disciplinary hearing for such cases.

Types/Variation of Cases of Multiple Offences

If a student is caught in a subsequent offence of academic integrity violation which is of a

different nature than the previous offences, then the penalty shall be applied as per the penalty

detailed for the subsequent offence of the current violation.

For example, a student was found to have plagiarized during a semester and was penalized with

deduction of 25 percent marks in his resubmitted mark as per the policy on Plagiarism. During

a subsequent semester, if the same student is caught in malpractice, then the student will be

suspended from college for a semester as detailed in the penalty for second offence of

Malpractice.

As per MEC policy, the minimum penalty that can be granted to a proven case of academic

integrity violation which falls in the category of “malpractice”, “ghostwriting” , “collusion “ or

“other cases” is a fail in the module. The student shall be required to re-register the module.

Late Submission Policy

The recommended practice at MEC is to set the cutoff time to 23:59 on the due date for all

assessment submissions. As per the Assessment Policy at MEC, for any late submissions, a

penalty of deduction of 5% of the marks obtained for the resubmitted work will be imposed for

each working day following the last date of submission till the date of actual submission.

Assessment documents submitted beyond a period of one week after the last date of submission

will not be accepted and will be awarded a zero for that assessment. In cases where the

submission has been delayed due to extenuating circumstances, the student may be permitted

to submit the work without imposing the late submission policy stated above. The extended

period of submission will be one week from the original last date of submission. In such cases,

the student is expected to submit the supporting certificates on or before the original last date

of submission of the assessment and the decision of extension rests with faculty responsible for

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the assessment .The late submission policy shall be applied if the student fails to submit the work

within one week of the original last date of submission.

Students may contact their teachers for clarification on specific details of the submission time

if required.

Research Ethics and Biosafety Policy

To protect and respect the rights, dignity, health, safety, and privacy of research subjects

involved including the welfare of animals and the integrity of environment, all student projects

are expected to be undertaken as per the MEC Research Ethics and Biosafety Policy. Accordingly

the following shall apply.

 Research and other enterprise activities shall be conducted by maintaining the high ethical

standards consistent with national and international standards and conventions.

 Any research at MEC that is categorized as high-risk research shall be subject to review and

approval by the Research Ethics and Biosafety Committee.

 Research activities involving collection of human or animal tissues and manipulation of

microbial, animal or plant cells shall be subject to review and approval by the Research Ethics

and Biosafety Committee.

 Participants involved in research must be informed about the purpose of research and intended

uses of research findings. Written consent must be obtained from people involved prior to the

commencement of research.

 Data obtained from participants must be treated with high confidence and should be used only

for the intended purpose of research.

 Research supervisors must take necessary steps to ensure research integrity and quality of their

students’ research.

Feedback to Students

Work proposal should be submitted through Moodle on or before the above mentioned date.

Feedback will be given within two weeks after the proposal submission date.

Feedback on assignment will be provided to the students (through Moodle) within two weeks,

after the final submission date.

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Communication Server Administration (COMP 30005) Spring 2019

Student ID: Student Name:

Assessment Evaluation Sheet

Task 1 0 1-5 6-10 Marks

Work Proposal No Work Proposal

submitted

The submitted work proposal is Weak / Incomplete

Good Proposal covering all the required aspects such as timeline for each task, clear understanding of the deliverables

Task 2.a 1-20 21-40 41-60 Marks

 Comparative study report on

Windows Operating System

based selected email server and

the Linux Operating System

based selected email server

Incomplete Partially correct, partly relevant, not sufficient, composition needs improvement, not supported by enough justification

Accurate, relevant, duly composed, supported by good justification & good literature underpinning

Task 2.b 1-10 11-20 21-30 Marks

 Compare and contrast the pros

& cons of selected email

servers

Incomplete Partially correct, partly relevant, not sufficient, composition needs improvement, not supported by enough justification

Accurate, relevant, duly composed, supported by good justification & good literature underpinning

Viva voce

Satisfactory Answered few questions

Good and able to answer most of the questions

Outstanding and able to answer all the questions

Signature of Teacher

Student ID Student Name

Assignment Comments for grading

Task 1 Proposal

Task 2.a

Task 2.b

Similarity Index

Penalty

Viva and General

Comments

Final Marks