Course: Ecommerce 1 Semester: Fall 2018

Code: BIT 363 Lecturer: Dr Omar Khalil

Handout date: 18-09-2018 Due date: 13-10-2018
Assignment #: 1 Assignment 1 Maximum Mark: 50

Student Name: ____________________________________ ID: ________________

1-Learning Outcomes being assessed:

LO1) Address and analyze key aspects of E-Commerce
LO2) Identify the legal issues related to E-Commerce

2-Handing in format instructions

 Sign this page and put it as a cover for your assignment
 Submit a softcopy of your work
 Work must be neat and readable.
 20% of mark will be deducted per day for late submission after the due date.

3-Marks
Problem/question Marks allotted Marks obtained Feedback to students

A 15

B 15

C 10

D 5

E 5

Total

HoD Approval: _SaadAAmin

4-Academic Integrity
Forms of academic impropriety Lecturer Findings
1-is there verbatim copying or unidentified and
unacknowledged quotation of another's work or
from Internet?
2-is there paraphrasing of another's work by simply
changing a few words or altering the order without
clear identification and acknowledgement?
3-is there unauthorized co-operation between a
student and another person or student?
4-others
□ viva □ progress assessment
□ changes in writing style □ different spelling style
6- plagiarism report summary using KIC S/W

Lecturer
Conclusion
Lecturer Signature

Important clarification to the students

1-What is the Academic plagiarism
Taking someone else’s work and submitting it as your work without adequate mention of the source (as in the table
above).
2- Punishment to academic plagiarism
The punishment to academic plagiarism may take the following forms according to level of the academic breach
1- Zero in the assignment and receive Academic Warning
2- Zero in the assignment and receive Academic Warning with recommendation to the program manger to take
more action if the action is repeated (as indicated in the student handbook section # 5).

‫توضيح هام للطالب‬

‫ ماهو االنتحال االكاديمى‬-1
‫تقديم عمل و مجهود شخص اخر على انه من عمل الطالب من غير توضيح مصدر العمل كما هو موضح اعاله‬

‫كتابة و توضيح المراجع والمصادر بشكل دقيق وامين تعفى الطالب من االنتحال االكاديمى و لكنها ال تضمن بالضروره الحصول على الدرجة‬
‫الكامله‬

‫ عقوبات االنتحال االكاديمى‬-2

‫عقوبات االنتحال االكاديمى و حسب درجة االنتحال و تكراره قد تأخذ احد االشكال االتية‬
‫ اعطاء الطالب صفر فى درجة العمل مع انذار اكاديمى يحفظ فى ملف الطالب‬-1
‫ اعطاء الطالب صفر فى درجة العمل مع رفع توصية لمدير البرنامج بإتخاذ اجراء تادبيية اخرى فى حالة تكرار الفعل (كما موضح فى‬-2
)5 ‫دليل الطالب باب‬

Honor Code Pledge: In case of not complying with the above, the student will be penalized accordingly.
I confirm that I fully understand the above mentioned points regarding Academic Integrity

Student Signature:___________________

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Assignment Marking Scheme
Problem/question Marks allotted Assessment Scheme

5 Marks for each website.

A 15 Please note that the revenue model should be described
in one paragraph.

5 Marks for each website. (2 out of 5 are for URL and

B 15 remaining for introduction).
The introduction should not be more than one paragraph.

C 10 5 Marks for each example

D 5 2.5 Marks for each issue

2 Marks for referencing

E 5
3 Marks for formatting

Total 50

Solve the following Tasks:

Task 1:
Analyze the following websites and describe their revenue model? [15 Marks]
(a) www.souq.com
(b) www.facebook.com
(c) www.alibaba.com

Task2:
Identify any three B2B e-commerce applications in UAE. Give a brief introduction to each website.
[15 Marks]

Task 3:
Describe any two G2C e-commerce applications that are entirely based in UAE. Give a brief
introduction to each website. [10 Marks]

Task 4:
Would there be any ethical/legal issue (s) if a company copies the job advertisements from souq.com
& bayt.com and paste on their own website – to attract more users—without the permission from
souq.com or bayt.com. [5 Marks]

Task 5:
Please provide references. [5 Marks]

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