2022/3, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Gordon Russell |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Learning and Teaching Methods Including Their Alignment to LOsThe general approach in this module is to make use of lectures to give examples and case studies. These highlight the need for particular approaches and techniques, and make use of commands to tackle the issues presented. The tutorials follow up on the lectures, providing syntax and practice on the situations and commands discussed. This allows the lectures to minimise detailed discussions on command syntax, flags, and other detailed implementation issues, even though at its heart, system administration is a very practical activity.An example of the case-study approach might be a lecture on forging email ‘from’ fields, so that the email may appear to come from someone other than the sender. The lecture explains how email is sent and packaged, then demonstrates how email can be forged using no more than the telnet. The tutorials would then allow the students to investigate the variations of syntax which the commands involved can utilise, produce fake emails within a safe and isolated environment, then work on email server configurations to minimise or prevent fake emails.
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All practicals take place in an online learning environment (linuxzoo.net), which provides administrative access to virtual machines within a safe virtual networking environment. It also uses integrated practical assessments which are automatically graded with feedback. This allows students to work flexibly when required.
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All practicals take place in an online learning environment (linuxzoo.net), which provides administrative access to virtual machines within a safe virtual networking environment. It also uses integrated practical assessments which are automatically graded with feedback. This allows students to work flexibly when required.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 24 |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 24 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 148 |
Face To Face | CL_TST | 4 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Class Test | 50 | 1,2,3 | 10 | HOURS= 2, WORDS= 0 |
Class Test | 50 | 1-5 | 13 | HOURS= 2, WORDS= 0 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |