Southern Cross University (SCU) Assignment 2022

SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
For use with online submission of assignments
Please complete all of the following details and then make this sheet the first page of each file
of your assignment – do not send it as a separate document.
Your assignments MUST be submitted as either Word documents, text documents with .rtf
extension or as .pdf documents.
Student Name:
Student ID No.:
Unit Name:
Unit Code:
Tutor’s name:
Assignment No.: Assignment 1
Assignment Title:
Due date:
Date submitted:
Declaration:
I have read and understand the Rules Relating to Awards (Rule 3 Section 18 –
Academic Misconduct Including Plagiarism) as contained in the SCU Policy
Library. I understand the penalties that apply for plagiarism and agree to be bound
by these rules. The work I am submitting electronically is entirely my own work.
Signed:
(please type
your name)
Date:
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Assignment Submission System Acceptance Test
The acceptance test described in this section is best utilized for online assignments
submission. In order to consider a particular assignment as having been completed, particular
information needs to be checked to ascertain acceptance or rejection (Tayntor 2007; Koelsch
2016). The following features describe the student submission system’s capabilities.
i. Checking the formats of the submitted files: The system should check the extension
of each file to verify whether it matches any of the acceptable extension formats
(Lockwood 2013; Reggie and Joseph 2005). For example, in a situation where only
Microsoft word files are acceptable, only files with a .doc or .docx extensions will
pass the submission test and may be uploaded (Miller and Bryce 2016).
ii. Tracking submission time and date: Assignment submissions are characterized with
deadlines. Therefore, any submission system should log all uploads by their
respective time stamps (Beazley 2009; Donahoo and Speegle 2010). Documents
uploaded after the deadline should be rejected automatically or categorized as late
submissions.
iii. Provide word count calculations: A student may submit a blank document
intentionally or by mistake. A good assignment submission system should check and
validate the number of words contained in every word document or text file (Schafer
2007). It may check the word count against an acceptable threshold and reject
automatically or mark the submission as an incomplete assignment (Dayley 2014).
iv. The system should also allow for draft submissions. A document or upload may either
be saved as a draft automatically upon two criteria:
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a. A document submitted before the deadline may be saved as a draft to be edited
later, which may be confirmed automatically upon the deadline.
b. A document that is incomplete and has been submitted as a partial file may be
saved as a draft, but demand a manual confirmation of completion.
v. Submission receipt confirmation: An assignment submission system should be able to
produce a summary report of the document assessment. The submitter should receive
a confirmation report that the document has been verified and submitted successfully.
Detailed Black-Box Test Plan
Unlike the submission system described above, a black-box test assumes that the user
understands the requirements of the system and that the system has been configured to produce
the desirable results (Austin 2013). The print dialog box is an example of a black-box system.
The print function contains various validation buttons. The various buttons validate
documents that are due for printing.
Print button: The print button checks whether the document has been selected. It also
checks the hardware necessary to perform the printing function. It has functions such as ‘print to
file’ and ‘send to pdf’ if the printer hardware is unavailable. It responds to a dynamic user input
labelled ‘copies’, which describes the number of copies the printer should produce, if the
hardware is available.
The Printer dropdown list is used to select the method of output, whether pdf or
hardcopy. The output may be organized according to the settings shown at the bottom of the
dialog box.
Nightly Build System
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