Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Assess the technologies involved in setting up a secure E-Commerce site.
• 1.2 Evaluate payment systems that are integral to E-Commerce success.
• 1.3 Create the project specification.
• 1.4 Create the project plan.
• 2.1 Design and implement an E-Commerce solution.
• 2.2 Test the functionality of the solution against the specification.
• 2.3 Critically evaluate the success of the E-Commerce solution.
• 3.1 Develop a mobile application in a chosen platform (iOS/Android or similar) utilising multiple APIs.
• 3.2 Test the application.
• 3.3 Critically evaluate the success of the mobile solution.
• 4.1 Create a design for an application that will utilise a range of APIs.
• 4.2 Test the mobile application after API implementation.
• 4.3 Critically evaluate the success of the API solution.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students