FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE Student Name:HO JIA FU Student

ID No.:E20121004541 Course Name: Information Technology Code Name: MKA 1013 Instructor: Cik Noramalia Semester: Semester 1 2012/2013 Assessment No: 5 Assignment Title: Storage Assignment [X]/Lab ; [ ]/Quiz ; [ ]/Mid Term Issues Date : Submission Date : Duration : 1 week

Outcomes:
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Students should be able to describe the definition of cloud storage and its advantages

correctly.
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Students should be able to apply the using of cloud computing through experience

based learning by signing up an account with free online data storage website, upload a file and share it with others correctly. 3. Students should be able to identify steps for sharing file using cloud storage correctly.

Assessment Criteria: You need to submit this assignment by providing a sharing link that contain your assignment file. The submitted assignment will be evaluated based on the below assessment criteria. No Descriptions of assessment Describe the definition of cloud storage. Cloud storage is an Internet service that provides storage to computer users. Marks

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE No Descriptions of assessment List two (2) cloud storage advantages. /1 a) Cheap, doesnt require installation. b) Doesnt need replacing, has backup and recovery systems, has no physical presence, requires no environmental conditions, requires no personnel and doesnt require energy for power or 3. cooling. List three (5) cloud storage provider and provide complete URL address for their website. (Example: Yahoo www.yahoo.com) a) Just Cloud http://www.cloudbasedstorage.com/justcloud/ b) Zip Cloud - http://www.cloudbasedstorage.com/zip-cloud/ c)LiveDrive - http://www.cloudbasedstorage.com/livedrive/ d)Scribd http://www. scribd.com/ e) SOS Online Backup - http://www.cloudbasedstorage.com/sosonline-backup/

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a) Choose ONLY one cloud storage provider. Website URL : Scribd b) Shared file URL : -http://www.scribd.com/ /1

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE

No

Descriptions of assessment Identify five (5) important steps for sharing file using cloud storage. Steps: Register to Scribd 2)Confirm registration 3)Login to Scribd 4)Upload your file to Scribd 5)Share the link files with your friends

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TOTAL FINAL MARKS (5%) : (

/15 /15 X 5) =

Lab Assignment 5 (5%): Nowadays, there are a lot of online cloud service providers that provide free online data storage for various types of data storage such as You Tube for digital videos and Flicker for digital photos. For this assignment, you need to search for the best free online data storage that can back up any type of file and choose the one that suits your needs as university student. You can compare the cloud storage provider by read the reviews and comments provide by previous user. Then, you need to sign up an account, upload assignment document in .doc format and set permission for sharing function. Submit

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE this assignment by email to your lab instructor a link of your sharing assignment file. DO NOT attach any file in your email.

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