TTS 1033 Concepts and Applications of Information Technology Assignment Guidelines Introduction This assignment carries 10% of your

total marks for Concepts and Applications of Information Technology (TTS 1033). It is a group assignment. Objectives 1. To give students the basic skills of producing a professionally tailored thesis 2. To train the students how to organized the information and present it as a hardcopy 3. To expose students to latest issues and technologies in IT The assignment must consist at least 30% of pictorial data. Marks are given based on: Item Front cover Creativity in designing the cover: Put title + group name + members + any graphic that you think suitable. Proper cover and comb binding Acknowledgement At least a page of acknowledgement or preface: a little bit about the group + assignment + any problem encountered in completing the assignment + any complement Table of content Chapters, subtopic, page numbers. Use proper numbering system. Example: Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 The history of Microsoft 1.2 Biodata of Bill Gates 1.2.1 Bill Gates and Paul Allen Chapter 2: Microsoft 2.1 Early days of Microsoft 2.2 IBM hired Microsoft . . Contents 1. Objective of your project: 3 to 10 lines 2. Introduction 3. The content itself -> you can find your materials from the internet and then organize it Focus Is your content related to your topic? Friendly Explanation easily understood. Avoid: i. jargons ii. long sentences iii. long paragraphs Marks 4

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Flow of the assignment: the arrangement of chapters + continuity of previous chapter with the next one Creativity 1. Use bullets 2. include pictures (at least 30% of the content) 3. use tables to put points 4. use word arts, auto shapes, drawing tools 5. avoid inserting unrelated clip arts List of references At least 5 (books or websites). Make sure you are using latest reference. Example: 1. Shelly Cashment Vermaat, Discovering Computers 2011, Course Technology 2. http://www.machines.com.my Appendix A: Project Diary Example: Task Crew Dateline Research Compose report Check report Add graphics Cover design Print + bind Diary (at least 3 important milestones) Example: 5 Aug : First meeting Venue : student square Time : 3.00 pm We have divided jobs . .. 19 Aug : Second meeting Venue : Time : . .. Appendix B: Personal Info Put your Personal Info with a casual group/personal photo. Your data includes: name, id number, hometown, what you think about your project, and others Printing Use A4 papers printed only on one side. Line spacing at 1.5 lines. All pages must be numbered + put title in the header or footer Font: Arial or Times New Roman, size 11 or 10 for the content. Any fonts for the titles Total

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