Title: Assignment 1a due week 4: Describe an organization and how you will study its ICT sustainability
Course: ICT Sustainability

Describe an organization and how you will study its ICT sustainability

In the weekly forums and the two major assignments, you are asked to write about the ICT sustainability of an organization your are familiar with. It may be where you work, where you have worked, or an organization you can obtain information on from public sources. For this first assignment, describe the organization and how it uses ICT. Outline how you plan to obtain the information needed to report on the carbon footprint and materials use of the ICT operations of the organization.

Maximum 500 words. Include at least one reference using a formal style for referencing, such as Harvard (author-date) style. Also, optionally, you can check your draft using the text-match check. You can obtain assistance with referencing and writing from the ANU Academic Skills and Learning Centre.

Standard ANU Grading and Marking is used.

All assessment is to be submitted on time, apart from special consideration for illness or other causes.

Those who do not achieve 50% on their first attempt will offered the opportunity to resubmit revised work for up to 50%. This offer will not be made for the assignments in the second half of the course.

Grading form:

An Organization and ICT Sustainability

Describe an organization and how you will study its ICT sustainability

In the two major assignments, you are asked to write about the ICT sustainability of an organization your are familiar with. It may be where you work, where you have worked, or an organization you can obtain information on from public sources. For this first part of the first assignment, describe the organization and how it uses ICT. Outline how you plan to obtain the information needed on the intensity of ICT use, to report on the carbon footprint and materials use of the organization in the next assignment.

Is the organization and the role of IT in its operations described? Is the relationship between these and the carbon footprint and e-waste explained?

- No description
- Reasonable description, but limited discussion of relationship to carbon footprint and e-waste
- Little description, nothing on relationship
- As previous, but described effectively, with a detailed description and a detailed discussion of relationship to carbon footprint and e-waste
- Good description and a good discussion of relationship to carbon footprint and e-waste
Are the methods and assumptions for identifying the intensity of IT use in the organization shown. Are they credible?

- No description methods and assumptions for identifying the intensity of IT use
- Little description of methods and assumptions. Not credible
- Reasonable description, but not credible
- Good description and a credible
- Good description and a credible
Is the document well structured, with headings, references. Is it readable, with correct spelling, punctuation and grammar?

- Most, but not all requirements met, with some problems with headings, references, readability spelling, punctuation or grammar.
- Many structure requirements met, but many problems with headings, references, readability spelling, punctuation or grammar.
- Poorly structured document, spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.
- All structure requirements met, but with a few problems with headings, references, readability spelling, punctuation or grammar.
- All structure requirements met, but with a no problems with headings, references, readability spelling, punctuation or grammar.
Event: Assignment 1a due week 4: Describe an organization and how you will study its ICT sustainability