• The first assignment covers about half the 'syllabus' and the second covers the rest. Do not put the whole syllabus into the first assignments, Do not start the second assignment until you have at least draft the first.

• Please ensure that the TVU assignment criterion header is attached to a submitted assignment, otherwise the assignment will not be marked.

• The assignment criteria are to be used as a guide as to how to do the assignment. They are not there to check what you have done when finished.

• In order to gain a third class grade, you must statisfy most of the third class criteria.
• In order to gain a second class grade, you must satisfy all of the third class criteia and most of the second class criteria. (Most here means that you should always try to satisfy all criteria. The assessor has a certain amount of scope and may decide that a particular piece of work can be upgraded, even though not all criteria have been satisfied.)
• The criterion header sheet is the only guide to enable the assessor to grade the work - there is no other 'mark sheet'
  You may find it helpful to look at the criteria before you actually look at the assignment 'what you have to do'
• The assignments will specify certain tasks which you will do with an eye to the criteria. Do not do more. If the tasks is to provide a broad overview, do not provide a detailed specification. Unless it clearly says so, do not offer detailed specifications for hardware or software products.

If a t/q asks for facilities provided by a typical groupware package, do not provide 8 pages specifying how to use Lotus Domino.

If a t/q asks how an enterprise makes its profit by employing IT, do not give 10 pages of economics on theories of the firm.