IT 423 Module Four Activity Guidelines and Rubric Overview Many organizations an

IT 423 Module Four Activity Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Many organizations and IT professionals use cloud services to launch a site because of the cost-benefit and time savings. Not only does it usually take only one professional to set up, but it can be easily preconfigured and deployed. For this activity, you will launch a site on an EC2 instance.
By applying this knowledge, you can launch a website on a virtual machine. To prepare for this activity, log on to your AWS Academy Learner Lab course and access the AWS Console.
As a friendly reminder, you should strive to use the free-tier services in the console whenever possible (even if you have remaining credits on your account).
For the purposes of this activity, imagine that your project manager has tasked you with setting up a test environment for the new company blog, where the rest of the development team can create a demo for review. Instead of providing a hardware server, they wish to use the cloud. Since you have no prior experience with setting up a WordPress site on an EC2 instance in AWS, they have provided a tutorial (the tutorial is attached below) for you to complete this task. WordPress is a commonly used content management system.
Prompt
For this activity, you will:
Set up an EC2 instance and install all the proper components by following the tutorial. Take screenshots to show your work.
Answer the following questions in a typed reflection:Comparison: How does this process differ from traditional in-house server creation? Consider costs, speed, and security.
Advantages: Given the quick turnaround in technology, how can the company take advantage of EC2 instances in its testing environments?
Improvement: Was the tutorial easy to follow? What issues did you run into? What are some possible improvements you would give for the EC2 setup process?
After installing WordPress on your EC2 instance and working through the setup, take screenshots to show your work, and answer the following:Admin Tools: What are three of the included admin tools (listed on the left side menu in the admin panel) in a base setup, and how can they be used to manage content on your site?
Plug-Ins: How are plug-ins used within WordPress and, other than phpMyAdmin, what plug-in is useful for data management? How is it useful?
*** What to Submit ***
Your submission should be in a Word document (.docx) and should include the following:
Answers to the prompt questions
Screenshots that show the following:Running EC2 Instance: This screenshot should be of your EC2 dashboard listing your current running instances. To make it clearer, right-click and rename your EC2 instance to include your name (for instance, JohnSmith-EC2-34256t).
Running EC2 Instance (Public IP Address): The public IP address of your running EC2 instance. This can be found on your main EC2 dashboard list, after clicking on your EC2 instance on the bottom right of the screen.
WordPress on EC2 Instance: The deployment of a WordPress site on an EC2 instance.
Module Four Activity Rubric
CriteriaExemplaryProficientNeeds ImprovementNot EvidentValue
Running EC2 InstanceN/ALaunches an EC2 Instance on AWS Academy and confirms with screenshot and public IP address (100%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a screenshot, but no IP address (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)25
WordPress on EC2 InstanceN/ADeploys a WordPress site on an EC2 instance and confirms with a screenshot (100%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include errors with the deployment (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)20
ComparisonExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Compares in-house server setup to virtual server setup (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include inadequate comparisons on security, costs, or speed (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)10
AdvantagesExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Reflects on the advantages of EC2 instances in test environments (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include missing key advantages to EC2 instances (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)10
ImprovementExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Analyzes the process of following the tutorial and ways to improve the setup (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include failure to cover all parts of the tutorial or not providing improvements (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)10
Admin ToolsExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Analyzes how admin tools can be used to manage content on a site (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include listing tools without describing how they are used (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)10
Plug-InsExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Analyzes how plug-ins can support data management (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing an overview of plug-ins but no detail on how they support content (55%)Does not attempt criteria (0%)10
Articulation of ResponseExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner (100%)Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose (85%)Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability (55%)Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas (0%)5
Total:100%