FIT9138 IS ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND SYSTEMS THINKING
ASSIGNMENT 2: GROUP REPORT WITH WALKTHROUGH
Your Task
Please read this news article (source: Reuters, 15 July 2025)
Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children
France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday, amid growing global concern about the impact of social media on children's mental health.
The setup for the age verification app is built on the same technical specifications as the European Digital Identity Wallet which will be rolled out next year. The five countries can customise the model according to their requirements, integrate into a national app or keep it separately.
The EU executive also published guidelines for online platforms to take measures to protect minors as part of their compliance with the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA).
The landmark legislation, which became applicable last year, requires Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), Meta. Platforms (META.O), ByteDance's TikTok and other online companies to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content.
Elon Musk's X, TikTok, Meta's Facebook and Instagram and several adult content websites are currently being investigated by EU regulators on whether they comply with the DSA.
EU regulators said the new guidelines would help online platforms to tackle addictive design, cyberbullying, harmful content and unwanted contact from strangers.
"Platforms have no excuse to be continuing practices that put children at risk," EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in a statement.
The effect of social media on children's mental health has become a growing global concern, with dozens of U.S. states suing Meta, while Australia last year banned social media for children under 16.
Assignment 2 is an extension of Assignment 1. Please use the formative feedback you received from Assignment 1 to improve the first four main segments of the Group Report.
The task requires you to design an age verification app for Australia.
This assignment is a group assignment (of four members) where each individual has their own part to play. This assignment consists of six main segments:
● One persona and the corresponding scenario
● Functional and non-functional system requirements
● Use case diagrams
● Service blueprint diagram
● Prototyping
● System testing plan
The persona cannot be an imaginary persona. It must be derived from in-depth interviews with two individuals. You must submit proof of the interviews in the form. of an anonymised typed transcript. of the interviews as an Appendix of your Group Report.
Value
40% of your total marks for the unit
Due Dates
Group report by Week 8, Wednesday 17 September 2025, 23:55.
A group walkthrough interview in Week 9 (In-class, 30 minutes per group)
Submission
● The Group report must be submitted via Moodle Assignment 2 Submission link by only one of the group members.
● File format: pdf
● File name: FIT9138_Assignment 2_Group number.pdf
● Turnitin will be used for similarity checking of all submissions.
Assessment Criteria
● Please refer to the marking rubrics available on the unit’s Moodle site for details.
Late Penalties
● 5% deduction per day for the late submission
● Submissions more than 7 calendar days after the due date will receive a mark of zero (0) and no assessment feedback will be provided.