Assignment Prompt & Instructions
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**Background**
Organizations rely heavily on data networks in today's interconnected world to facilitate seamless communication, collaboration, and information exchange. As businesses expand globally, the demand for robust and efficient networking solutions becomes paramount. Connecting internal systems with external partners, clients, and users is essential for achieving operational efficiency, security, and competitive advantage. Moreover, monitoring network performance ensures timely detection of anomalies and proactive troubleshooting.
### **Instructions**
In your PowerPoint presentation, critically assess the global data networking requirements for establishing connections that serve internal and external purposes, including access and monitoring. Highlight key considerations, challenges, and potential solutions concisely and visually engagingly to convey the complexities of meeting these networking needs. The audience for your presentation comprises CIO and CSO of the organization.
Instructions
In your PowerPoint presentation:
1. Critically assess the global data networking requirements for establishing connections that serve both internal and external purposes.
2. Include access and monitoring within the assessment.
3. Highlight key considerations, challenges, and potential solutions concisely and visually engagingly to convey the complexities of meeting these networking needs.
4. Consider the appropriate use of diagrams, if you do not have a diagramming solution, see this week’s resources.
Length: This assignment must be10 pages (excluding the title and reference pages). Add no less than 250 words of explanatary text in the “Notes” area below your slides. This content is for attendees that request a copy of your presentation.
References: Include 3 scholarly resources.
Grading
This assignment is worth [10] points and is due on [11/4 ]. Refer to the rubric for more specifics on how this will be graded.
#### **Assignment 3 Learning Objectives:**
Determine organizational networking needs including remote use, distributed locations, and the integration of third-party services.
## **Grading Rubric**
Criteria **Exceeds Expectations (90%-100%) A. A-Meets Expectations (80%-89%) B+, B, B-Needs Improvement (73%-79%) C+, CDeficient (40%-72%) C-. FNot Evident (0%-39%) FCriterion Score** Presents appraised global data networking requirements. Supporting information (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) is credible, relevant, and aligned with audience needs. (30%3 points
The presentation compellingly achieves the effective appraisal of global data networking requirements that serve both internal and external purposes.
Highlights the most important considerations, challenges, and potential solutions to fully convey complexity of networking needs.
Highly relevant and credible supporting information establishes credibility and relevance and aligns well with communication goals and audience information needs.
2.6 points
The presentation effectively achieves the effective appraisal of global data networking requirement that serve both internal and external purposes.
Highlights key considerations, challenges, and potential solutions to convey complexity of networking needs.
Relevant and credible supporting information establishes credibility and relevance and is mostly aligned with communication goals and audience information needs.
2.3 points
The presentation somewhat achieves the effective appraisal of global data networking requirements that serve internal and external purposes.
Highlights some considerations, challenges, and potential solutions to convey networking needs.
Some supporting information establishes credibility and relevancy and aligns with communication goals and audience information needs.
1.2 points
The presentation does not adequately achieve the effective appraisal of global data networking requirements.
Highlights few considerations, challenges, and potential solutions to convey networking needs.
Little information is used to establish credibility and relevance and is not well aligned with communication goals and audience information needs.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Presents appraised global data networking requirements. Supporting information (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) is credible, relevant, and aligned with audience needs. (30%,/ 3Assignment Instructions (20%)2 points
Correctly completed all the assignment instructions.
1.7 points
Correctly completed most of the assignment instructions.
1.5 points
Incorrectly completed some parts of the assignment.
0.8 points
Incorrectly completed most parts of the assignment.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Assignment Instructions (20%),/ 2Content and Critical Thinking (20%)2 points
Strong evidence of content knowledge.
Responses were thoughtful, thorough, and well-reasoned.
1.7 points
Good evidence of content knowledge.
In general, improvement in responses to demonstrate critical thinking is needed.
1.5 points
Some evidence of content knowledge.
Some improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.
0.8 points
Little evidence of content knowledge.
Significant improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Content and Critical Thinking (20%),/ 2Audience-Tailored Communication (10%)1 point
Spoken language choices greatly enhance the effectiveness of the presentation and are clearly appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is optimally tailored to the audience information needs.
0.85 points
Spoken language choices mostly enhance the effectiveness of the presentation and are generally appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is mostly tailored to the audience information needs.
0.85 points
Spoken language choices somewhat enhance the effectiveness of the presentation but not necessarily appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is somewhat tailored to the audience information needs.
0.4 points
Spoken language choices detract from the effectiveness of the presentation and are minimally appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is minimally tailored to the audience information needs.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Audience-Tailored Communication (10%),/ 1Cohesion & Organization (20%)1 point
Effectively communicates a central idea or point that is present throughout the entirety of the assignment, in a coherent and logical manner. Overall writing is easy to understand.
0.85 points
Communicates a central idea or point that is present through most of the assignment in a coherent manner. Overall writing, for the most part, is easy to understand.
0.75 points
Communicates a central idea or point in the assignment, but may incorporate other unrelated topics. Coherence and organization are somewhat evident.
0.4 points
Communicates several unconnected ideas or points, with no apparent pattern or coherence.
0 points
Does not display a sense of organization or coherence. Non-existent, or lacks clear expression of relevant ideas or points.
Score of Cohesion & Organization (20%),/ 1Grammar, Mechanics, Formatting, APA, Integration of Resources (10%)1 point
No misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. All resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment.
0.9 points
Some misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment
0.8 points
Many misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Some resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.
0.4 points
Significant number of misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Grammar, Mechanics, Formatting, APA, Integration of Resources (10%),/ 1TotalScore of Assignment 3 Grading Rubric,/ 10