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Activities guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Academic Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

Unit
Academic Level Profesional

Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común

Course Name Teoria Electromagnética y Ondas

Course Code 203058
Course Type Theoreti Can be yes ☒ No ☐
cal enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Individ Number of

☐ Collaborative ☒ 2
activity: ual weeks
Moment of Unit,
Initial ☐ ☐ Final ☒
evaluation: Intermediate
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 125
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
May 10, 2019 May 23, 2019
Competence to develop:
The student analyzes the wave and medium behavior from the source
of the wave to the reception point.
Topics to develop:
Topics: units 1, 2 and 3.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Step 5 – To make the final activity

The group will have to follow the next steps to accomplish the activity
goals.

Step 1: Make an academic research about the topics defined for this
unit.

Step 3: Each member of the group has to participate solving two of

the given problems, they must choose from different units, trying to
cover all the proposed exercises. The selection must be announced
within the forum.

Step 4: Validated the problems answers and procedures by mean of

the suitable tool.

Step 5: Compile the group contributions from the collaborative forum

and ensure the accomplish of the rubric items.

Step 6: Deliver the work in the monitoring and evaluation

environment.

Activities to develop

In this activity, the group will have to solve some practical problems
using as a reference the following image.

Retrieved from: http://www.scientechworld.com/education-software-training-and-skill-

development/wireless-communication/understanding-wireless-sensor-network
Taking into account the image, solve the following problems:

1. If the signal frequency used to send the sensed parameters from

the water monitoring system to the reception point is 2,8MHz.
how deep could the wireless transmitter be placed? How does
the water behave at this frequency? Find Υ , α , β , λ and v p .
Explain how these values could be used in the practice.

2. If the medium has the following electromagnetic characteristics:

Sm
σ =2 x 10− 4 , ϵ r=1 y μr =1. Find the losses per length unit, take
m
into account the given frequency for the signal, how long must
travel the signal to have more than 3dB of attenuation?

3. In the buildings have an intrinsic impedance of η2=150 Ω and the

signal has a power of 130 mW /m 2. Fin the reflected and
transmitted power to the buildings.

4. A near monitoring station has put 50 Ω coaxial transmission line

with a length of 50m and is terminated with an antenna of
45+ j 75 Ω. If the relative permittivity of the line is 2.8 and the
frequency is 10GHz, find the input impedance to the line, the
reflection coefficient at the load, the reflection coefficient at the
input, and the SWR on the line.

5. In the monitoring station, there is a radio transmitter connected

to an antenna having impedance 75+ j50 Ω with a 60 Ω coaxial
cable. If the 45 Ω transmitter can deliver 50W when connected to
a 45 Ω load, how much power is delivered to the antenna?

Use the software Smith Chart to validate the answer to the fourth and
fifth problems.

Environme Collaborative learning environment: In this

nt for the environment, there is a forum where the student is
developme going to share information with his/her fellow
nt classmates in order to understand the conceptual bases
in Electrodynamic and waves and to solve the proposed
problems.
 Monitoring and evaluation environment: In this
environment, the student will have to deliver the
collaborative activity, according to the course agenda.
Practical learning environment: In this
environment, the student will find information to
develop the proposed practical activities.
Individual:
The student will have to answer the conceptual
questions using academic sources, to solve a chosen
problem and to make a review in the forum about the
delivered problems.

Collaborative:
The collaborative group will have to choose the best
Products to
analyses about the given concepts and to consolidate
deliver by
each part of the proposed activity, including the
student
practical exercises, where everyone has to participate.

The deliver document should contain the following:

- Cover page
- Introduction
- Developed activity
- Conclusions
- References

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Each contribution has to be posted in the forum

associated to this step, one important responsibility is
Planning of
to analyze and to discuss about his/her fellow’s
activities
contributions.
for the
developme
Before the three last days of the activity, the final
nt of
document has to be consolidated according to the
collaborativ
proposed activity and each student has to analyze it
e work
according to the rubric, looking for deliver an excellent
activity.
Roles to Choose the role to perform within the group. Taking
perform by into account, that no matter the role that the student
the student
chooses, it’s very important to evidence significant
in the
contributions.
collaborativ
e group
In this activity, each student in the group will have to
choose a role, but it is important to recognize each of
the following, that will be assumed from the following
step on.

Roles Function
Compiler Consolidate the document, as the final product from the
discussion, taking into account that it will include the contributions
from all participants and that it will only include the members
Roles and whom participate in the progress of the work. To inform the one
responsibili who is in charge of the alerts in order to inform to the students
whom did not make the contributions that they are not going to
ty for the
be include in the product that will be delivered.
delivery of Reviewer Ensure that the document accomplish the presentation required
products by rules.
students Evaluator Ensure that the document contains the established criteria in the
rubric.
To alert the one who are playing that role, to inform the others
members when it is necessary to make some change.
Deliverer Alert about the time on the delivered products and to send the
document in the defined time, using the resources for the delivery
and to inform the other students when the deliver will be made.
Alert Inform the group members about the work news and to inform to
the teacher using the forum course and the internal delivered
message service about the final document deliver.
Use of
Always cite the references using APA style.
references
Plagiarism Students must be aware of severe sanctions in the case
policy of plagiarism.

In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article

99, are considered as faults that violate the academic
order, among others, the following: literal e)
"Plagiarism, that means, to present as his own
authorship all or Part of a work, work, document or
invention made by another person. It also implies the
use of wrong citations or references, or propose
 citations where there is no coincidence between it and
the reference "and liberal f)" Reproducing, or copying
for profit, educational materials or results of research
products, which have Intellectual rights reserved for the
University.

The academic sanctions that the student will face are

the following:
A) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in
academic work or respective evaluation, the grade that
will be imposed will be zero point zero (0.0) without
prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.
B) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in
academic work of any nature, the grade that will be
imposed will be zero point zero (0.0), without prejudice
to the corresponding disciplinary sanction

4. Evaluation rubric
Evaluation rubric
Activity Individual Collaborative
☐ ☒
type: Activity Activity
Moment of
Fina
the Initial ☐ Unit Intermediate: ☐ ☒
l
evaluation:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Sco
Aspects High score Media score Low score re
Analyze the The student Despite, the The student 10
problems in analyzes the student solve does not solve
the given problems any of the given any of the
diagram referred to the problems, the problems or
given diagram. solution is not the solution is
referred to the not correct.
 diagram.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
solves at least The student
The student
one problem, does not solve
solves the
explaining step the problem or
Participate problem but
by step the there is only
solving the there isn’t
procedure and the answer, 50
given analyze in each
analyzing its without the
problems step.
practical procedure.
application.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
limits the The student
The student
analysis to does not make
analyzes the
Analyze the accept the any critical
problems solved
problems procedure analysis about
in the group
presented exposed by the the problems
and gives a 10
by the group member, solved by each
professional
group but there isn’t a member of the
concept.
members critical concept group.
about this.
(up to 15 (up to 7 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student The student The student
develops step develops the does not
by step and chosen develop the
Analyzing clearly the exercises step chosen
15
the results chosen by step and not exercises step
exercises. clearly. by step.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative
Assessed Sco
activity
Aspect re
High score Media score Low score
Consolidate The group The group Despite the 10
the final consolidates a delivers a group have
document document document made
 according to the contribution in
activities to the forum, the
without the
develop and the work wasn’t
given structure
given consolidated or
or the activities
specifications delivered in the
are not
for the Monitoring and
complete.
document to evaluation
deliver. environment.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The
Although the information
The answers to
definition and included in the
the questions
analysis are deliver
and the analysis
suitable to the document is
Use in each activity
proposed not referenced
academic is supported in 10
activities, all the or it does not
references academic
resources are come from
resources.
not academic. academic
resources.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
Despite the The deliver
deliver document is
The deliver
document is not well-
document is
Present a well-organized, organized and
structured
well- it isn’t it is difficult to
according to the 10
structured structured understand the
APA rules.
document according to the given
APA rules. structure.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The ideas and
The ideas and
explanations
explanations The ideas and
Use an have grammar
are clear and explanation are
adequate mistakes,
technically not clear. 10
spelling and changing their
structured.
grammar real sense.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
Final score 125