Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define information and give examples of information.
• 1.2 Explain what is meant by information privacy.
• 1.3 Analyse the value of information from contrasting perspectives.
• 1.4 Analyse the importance of information privacy and the potential consequences when information is not kept private.
• 2.1 Describe the common types of information security threats for modern computing systems.
• 2.2 Explain the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA Triad) framework and its meaning in the context of information security.
• 2.3 Evaluate several key cyber security models and their focuses.
• 2.4 Analyse the role of risk management in identifying security threats and vulnerabilities.
• 3.1 Describe the classes of common vulnerabilities in software and hardware systems.
• 3.2 Explain the principles of secure design of cyber systems.
• 3.3 Analyse a range of strategies for implementing secure design to prevent and mitigate cyberattacks.
• 4.1 Describe key historic events leading up to the development of modern cryptographic techniques.
• 4.2 Outline basic illustrative cipher techniques.
• 4.3 Compare encryption to hashing.
• 4.4 Explain the value of cryptography for a range of cyber security applications.
• 4.5 Explain the basic mathematical principles underlying encryption.
• 4.6 Analyse a variety of encryption techniques.
• 4.7 Use software to implement public and private key encryption of information and network connections.
• 5.1 Explain the needs for legal and regulatory frameworks to govern Cyber Security and data protection.
• 5.2 Analyse the effectiveness of legal frameworks in ensuring information security.
• 5.3 Evaluate the trade-off between privacy and security in computer systems.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

• Revising, Editing, Proofreading: What's the Difference? · YouTube · Writing Center MiraCosta College · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.4: Revising and editing · PDF · Saylor (2012), section 8.4 on revising for clarity and editing grammar and punctuation; pp. 319–335 · for registered students
• How to write clearly, Hints for clear writing (KISS, active verbs, revise and check) · PDF · European Commission (2016), 16-page guide to clarity and concision; hints 4–10 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · Open-access article · Winstone et al. (2017), Educational Psychologist. Review of what helps students actually use tutor feedback: self-checking, action plans and dialogue. · for registered students