COIT12211 - Introduction to Blockchain Technologies

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Blockchain is a decentralised digital ledger with a growing list of records called blocks, which contain timestamp data, cryptographic information and transaction details. Blockchain is considered a disruptive and emerging technology, with a wide range of potential applications despite being mainly associated with cryptocurrency. The use of blockchain technologies has grown exponentially over the years in many industries including retail, service and finance. While there is a huge potential for blockchain technologies in many industries, there currently exists a blockchain skills shortage. This unit will introduce you to the blockchain concepts, business applications and security concerns. In addition, the unit complements this knowledge with opportunities to design and develop your own blockchain applications.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite COIT11238

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 21.05% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

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The recommended digital portfolio tool 'Portfolium' offers limited functionality.
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Explore online portfolio tools and provide a digital portfolio tool that allows students to showcase their work in the best presentable manner.
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Students were allowed to use their preferred digital portfolio tool.
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Too many programming tasks in tutorials
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Review programming content in tutorials and reduce programming tasks where possible. Add this material to "Further reading" section.
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Assessment requirements need to align with the unit learning outcomes
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Review assessment requirements and align the assessments to unit learning outcomes.
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