Description
Objective:
This assignment covers some basic concepts of cloud computing and services. The primary
objective of this assignment is to introduce you to the cloud computing platform and perform
a cloud computing literature review.
Plagiarism Policy:
• This assignment is an individual task. Collaboration of any type amounts to a
violation of the academic integrity policy and will be reported to the AIO.
• Content cannot be copied verbatim from any source(s). Please understand the
concept and write in your own words. In addition, cite the actual source. Failing to
do so will be considered as plagiarism and/or cheating.
• The Dalhousie Academic Integrity policy applies to all material submitted as part of
this course. Please understand the policy, which is available at:
https://www.dal.ca/dept/university_secretariat/academic-integrity.html
Assignment Rubric – based on the discussion board rubric (McKinney, 2018)
Excellent (25%) Proficient (15%) Marginal (5%) Unacceptable (0%) Problem # where
applied
Completeness
including
Citation
All required tasks
are completed
Submission
highlights tasks
completion.
However, missed
some tasks in
between, which
created a
disconnection
Some tasks are
completed, which
are disjoint in
nature.
Incorrect and
irrelevant
Part A
Correctness All parts of the
given tasks are
correct
Most of the given
tasks are correct
However, some
portions need minor
modifications.
Most of the given
tasks are incorrect.
The submission
requires major
modifications.
Incorrect and
unacceptable
Part B
Novelty The submission
contains novel
contribution in key
segments, which is
a clear indication
The submission
lacks novel
contributions. There
are some evidence of
novelty, however, it
is not significant
The submission
does not contain
novel
contributions.
However, there is
There is no novelty Part C
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of application
knowledge.
an evidence of
some effort.
Clarity The written or
graphical
materials, and
developed
applications
provide a clear
picture of the
concept and
highlights the
clarity.
The written or
graphical materials,
and developed
applications do not
show clear picture of
the concept. There is
room for
improvement
The written or
graphical materials,
and developed
applications fail to
prove the clarity.
Background
knowledge is
needed.
Failed to prove the
clarity. Need proper
background
knowledge to perform
the tasks.
Part A
Citation:
McKinney, B. (2018). The impact of program-wide discussion board grading rubrics on students’ and faculty satisfaction. Online
Learning, 22(2), 289-299.
Tasks:
This assignment has three parts. Part A has a small reading task, and part B, part C have small
programming tasks:
Part A.Read the following paper and write a summary (visit IEEE from libraries.dal.ca)
T. Salah, M. J. Zemerly, C. Y. Yeun, M. Al-Qutayri and Y. Al-Hammadi, “Performance comparison
between container-based and VM-based services,” 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in
Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), 2017, pp. 185-190, doi: 10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899408.
• It can be approximately 1 page summary and must be written in your own words.
The summary should include – (a) what the authors have presented in the paper,
(b) if any specific issue is addressed, (c) if any experiments or studies performed,
(d) analysis or findings made by the authors.
Part A – Submission requirement: A pdf file with the summary
Part B.AWS S3 Storage experiment:
Using AWS Educate account, perform the following:
take screenshots at every step:
a. Create a text file (empty file) in your computer and rename it with your “First
Name”, E.g., “Alice.txt”.
b. Explore AWS SDK for Java – and write a Java program using the SDK specification
for creating a S3 bucket.
c. Using another Java program or method, upload the file from your computer to the
S3 bucket you created.
d. Create a flowchart using draw.io/ word or any similar tool to show the steps that
you have performed in this experiment.
Part B – Submission requirement: A pdf file with the (i) flowchart, (ii) a paragraph on your
overall observation of the Java SDK, (iii) screenshots of the S3 buckets and operations
(capture all steps) (iv) copy-paste the program script in the pdf. (In addition, submit the
source in gitlab)
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Part C. AWS DynamoDb service experiment:
Using AWS Educate account, perform the following:
take screenshots at every step.
a. Using AWS DynamoDb service – Create one collection of “Super_Volcanos”
Visit this site:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=a546b46a7fb942008455e072c69ea767
b. Collection should contain name, place, properties, and/or size of the volcano.
c. Write a Java program to update and add a new item in the Collection, which is
“last_eruption_period” for all the Super volcanoes (if no date or time period
found, you can keep the field empty for that specific volcano)
Part C – Submission requirement: A pdf file with the (i) screenshots of the DynamoDb, (ii)
also copy-paste program code in the pdf. (In addition, submit the source in gitlab), (iii)
output – displays empty DynamoDb, data inserted DynamoDb, updated DynamoDb.
