Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Cloud Developing

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC2821

City Campus

Undergraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 2 2024

COSC2822

RMIT University Vietnam

Undergraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Viet3 2022,
Viet3 2023,
Viet3 2024

COSC2937

RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus

Undergraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Viet3 2024

Course Coordinator: Dr. Hai Dong

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3736

Course Coordinator Email: hai.dong@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 14.10.10B

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of the following course/s:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

 

If you have completed prior studies at RMIT or another institution that developed the skills and knowledge covered in the above course/s you may be eligible to apply for credit transfer.

Alternatively, if you have prior relevant work experience that developed the skills and knowledge covered in the above course/s you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Please follow the link for further information on how to apply for credit for prior study or experience.

 

Assumed Knowledge: 

General familiarity with networking, client-server architecture 


Course Description

By completing this course, you will gain an overall technical expertise in development using cloud technologies and be prepared to take the AWS Certified Developer–Associate level AWS Certification exam. 

The course will help you to understand the development process on AWS platform while covering concepts such as containers, caching, lambda, building and deploying secure solutions. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

This course contributes to the program learning outcomes for the following program(s):

Major - Digital Innovation

  • BP162P23 - Bachelor of Information Technology
  • BP349 - Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional)

PLO 1    Knowledge - Apply a broad and coherent set of knowledge and skills for developing user-centric information technology solutions for contemporary societal challenges.
PLO 2    Problem Solving - Apply systematic problem solving and decision-making methodologies to identify, design and implement information technology solutions to real world problems, demonstrating the ability to work independently to self-manage processes and projects.
PLO 3    Cognitive and Technical Skill - Critically analyse and evaluate user requirements and design systems employing software development tools, techniques and emerging technologies.
PLO 5    Collaboration and Teamwork - Demonstrate effective teamwork and collaboration by using tools and practices to manage and meet project deliverables. 

For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Comprehend development process on AWS
  2. Configure AWS Identity and storage
  3. Develop with DynamoDB
  4. Develop with Lambda, SQS, SNS
  5. Build and deploying secure applications
  6. Communicate using the proper language of the field including reports written with a professional approach.


Overview of Learning Activities

The learning activities included in this fully online AWS certified instructor-facilitated course include:

  • key concepts are explained in AWS Academy module, where fundamental concepts will be presented and illustrated through relevant demonstrations and examples;
  • the online modules which will include lecture material, online multiple-choice knowledge checks, lab exercises, video introductions, video demos and example solutions;
  • weekly interactions with the facilitator to discuss concepts, queries and doubts


Overview of Learning Resources

The learning resources will include the following online modules from AWS academy’s course on cloud developing:

  • Cloud developing
  • Development on AWS
  • AWS identity and access management
  • Storage solutions with Amazon S3
  • Working with DynamoDB
  • Caching
  • Containers
  • Amazon SQS and SNS
  • Event-driven solutions with Lambda
  • Amazon API gateway
  • AWS step functions
  • Secure applications on AWS
  • Deploying applications on AWS


Overview of Assessment

The course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks:

Assessment Task 1, Project Documentation and Early Plan Blueprint
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2.

Assessment Task 2, Project Execution and Team Report
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3, 4 and 5.

Assessment Task 3, One-way Video Interview
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.