| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | LAN Workshop |
| Unit ID: | ITWSU2013 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 029999 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This subject provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, test, tune, customise, repair and maintain networking hardware and software necessary to create a Local Area Network (LAN). Students also learn how to administer a LAN by setting up user accounts, access privileges, security procedures and back-up/recovery procedures. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | |  | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify, diagnose, and correct network breakdowns, conflicts, errors and problems. |
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| K2. | Explain telecommunications requirements for transmission of voice, audio, data, still images, motion video, and multimedia. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Install and configure network protocols and applications according to client requirements. |
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| S2. | Contribute to the preparation of a disaster recovery plan for a LAN and set up appropriate backup and recovery procedures. |
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| S3. | Install, connect, configure, monitor, and tune LAN systems comprising wiring, networking hardware, networking operating systems, and presentation layers. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Plan, organise and provide basic LAN systems administration and security functions. |
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| A2. | Explain telecommunications systems performance measures and ensure adequate performance and reliability for a LAN. |
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| A3. | Explain, install, and test networking equipment such as modems, multiplexors, ethernet components, bridges, routers, and terminal emulators. |
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| Unit Content: |
· Domains, IP Addressing, Directory naming services. · Network Addressing with subnets and host IDs using gateways, routers, and emulations. · Host machines and workstations, manual and automatic IP allocation. · Client user services and inter-application communications. · Access control and security. · Disaster recovery planning, backup and recovery procedures. · Network performance, Monitoring Measuring and tuning. . Troubleshooting-shooting, error detection, system maintenance and repair. - Network policies, user accounts and services, Risk analysis. - Network devices; cards, modems, multiplexors, routers, bridges, and emulators. - Telecommunications transmission requirements, Standards, and specifications. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, S1, S2, S3, A1, A3 | 2 hours each class | Participation | 10% | | 2. | K1, K2, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2, A3 | During tutorials quiz in Week 7 | Quiz | 20% | | 3. | K1, S1, S2, S3, A1 | Project Report and demonstration | Applied Project | 30% | | 4. | K1, K2, S2, S3, A1, A2, A3 | 2-hour Final Exam | Final Exam | 40% |
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