Distinguished - Thoroughly and accurately completes the Requirement Analysis, including all of the following elements: data types, data sources, number of users and priority levels, transmission speed requirements, load variation estimates, storage requirements, reliability requirements, and existing network.

Proficient - Completes the Requirement Analysis, including most of the following elements: data types, data sources, number of users and priority levels, transmission speed requirements, load variation estimates, storage requirements, reliability requirements, and existing network. Minor details are missing or slightly inaccurate.

Basic - Minimally completes the Requirement Analysis, including some of the following elements: data types, data sources, number of users and priority levels, transmission speed requirements, load variation estimates, storage requirements, reliability requirements, and existing network. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to complete the Requirement Analysis; however, does not include all of the following elements: data types, data sources, number of users and priority levels, transmission speed requirements, load variation estimates, storage requirements, reliability requirements, and existing network, and significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The Requirement Analysis section is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Creates a thorough and accurate high-level diagram of an entire network that shows the buildings and internet using SmartDraw or a similar network design software.

Proficient - Creates a high-level diagram of an entire network that shows the buildings and internet using SmartDraw or a similar network design software. Minor details are missing or slightly inaccurate.

Basic - Creates a limited high-level diagram of a network that shows the buildings and internet using SmartDraw or a similar network design software. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts creates a high-level diagram of an entire network that shows the buildings and internet using SmartDraw or a similar network design software; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The high-level diagram is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Completes the detailed design that includes the LAN Network for all of the buildings, distribution layer backbone that will connect the floors for the San Diego Headquarters building, a VLAN that links the buildings and departments together to establish a virtual environment, a VLAN-based backbone as appropriate, and the WAN including any physical connections as needed.

Proficient - Completes the detailed design that includes the LAN Network for all of the buildings, distribution layer backbone that will connect the floors for the San Diego Headquarters building, a VLAN that links the buildings and departments together to establish a virtual environment, a VLAN-based backbone as appropriate, and the WAN including any physical connections as needed. Minor details are missing or slightly inaccurate.

Basic - Minimally completes the detailed design that includes the LAN Network for all of the buildings, distribution layer backbone that will connect the floors for the San Diego Headquarters building, a VLAN that links the buildings and departments together to establish a virtual environment, a VLAN-based backbone as appropriate, and the WAN including any physical connections as needed. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to complete the detailed design that includes distribution layer backbone that will connect the floors for the San Diego Headquarters building, a VLAN that links the buildings and departments together to establish a virtual environment, a VLAN-based backbone as appropriate, and the WAN including any physical connections; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The detailed designs are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly and accurately completes the Equipment Analysis section including the Equipment Analysis table, specified products considered for the design, the product costs, the total cost of the network, recommendation for additional software, and fully supported rationale for all choices and recommendations.

Proficient - Completes the Equipment Analysis section including the Equipment Analysis table, specified products considered for the design, the product costs, the total cost of the network, recommendation for additional software, and mostly supported rationale for all choices and recommendations. Minor details are missing or slightly inaccurate.

Basic - Minimally completes the Equipment Analysis section including the Equipment Analysis table, specified products considered for the design, the product costs, the total cost of the network, recommendation for additional software, and somewhat supported rationale for all choices and recommendations. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to complete the Equipment Analysis section including the Equipment Analysis table, specified products considered for the design, the product costs, the total cost of the network, recommendation for additional software, and fully supported rationale for all choices and recommendation; however, significant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The Equipment Analysis section is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - The reflection paper thoroughly and accurately explains the concepts of networking and data communication including a comparison the proposal’s communication technologies and networking with other possibilities and explanation of the reason for choosing the technology selected among all the other choices and whether the infrastructure has been built on a 5-layer model, an OSI 7-layer model, or both.

Proficient - The reflection paper explains the concepts of networking and data communication including a comparison the proposal’s communication technologies and networking with other possibilities and explanation of the reason for choosing the technology selected among all the other choices and whether the infrastructure has been built on a 5-layer model, an OSI 7-layer model, or both. Minor details are missing or slightly inaccurate.

Basic - The reflection paper minimally explains the concepts of networking and data communication including a comparison the proposal’s communication technologies and networking with other possibilities and explanation of the reason for choosing the technology selected among all the other choices and whether the infrastructure has been built on a 5-layer model, an OSI 7-layer model, or both. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - The reflection paper attempts to explain the concepts of networking and data communication including a comparison the proposal’s communication technologies and networking with other possibilities and explanation of the reason for choosing the technology selected among all the other choices and whether the infrastructure has been built on a 5-layer model, an OSI 7-layer model, or both; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The reflection paper is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.