La Trobe University, Bendigo

Department of Information Technology

Computing 205/406/IT8: Network Architectures

Assignment 1 1996

Welcome to the first assignment for IT8/C205/C406! This assignment is the first ever for this subject which is entirely on-line. There should be no need for anyone to print copies of the assignment sheet, and no need to hand paper copies of anything to the lecturer.

You are required to do two things:

  1. Create your own World Wide Web page. If you have used the Indys, the version of netscape that they use will have already done a fair bit of the work for you. However, this assignment requires a bit more from you than that. What you have to do:

  2. Send me an email message giving me the URL of your network architecture page. In your email, you should also indicate whether you would like your page to be included in a list of hyperlinks to student pages for those enrolled in this subject. Please note that anyone who uses a "finger name" which is not their actual name can expect to get zero on this part.
For those students who have never looked "behind the scenes" of the web, this will be your first exposure to HTML, the markup language that is its lingua franca. There are lots of on-line resources to assist you in getting going in HTML, including an excellent tutorial written by our own Mal Sutherland. There are also many HTML authoring tools: on the Indys you can simply use WebMagic if you don't want to learn too much about HTML.

Your assignment will be marked, firstly on whether you have met the basic criteria outlined above. If you have, you will get 3 marks. The remaining two marks will be allocated qualitatively, on the basis of how good your work looks to me. This assignment carries 5% of your mark for Computing 205/406/IT8.

Due Date:
29th March 1996, 5pm, no extensions without medical certificate. Because this assignment will be marked "on-line", your should have your mark returned by email on Monday, 1st April (no, there's nothing significant in the date).
Lecturer and tutor:
Phil Scott, 447277, pscott@ironbark

Phil Scott