Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

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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 Teoría Electromagnética y Ondas
Course Code 203058
Course Type Theoretical Can be yes ☒ No ☐
enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Number
Type of the
Individual ☐ Collaborative ☒ of 4
activity:
weeks
Moment of Unit 1
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Evaluative score of the activity: Delivery Environment of the activity:
110 Monitoring and evaluation environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
September 6th 2018 October 3th 2018
Competence to develop:
The student recognizes the transmission characterizes in electromagnetic waves
(transmitted power, losses and attenuation) and its importance at the time of
modeling a communication system, under set parameters, aimed to guarantee
efficient, avoiding over cost.
Topics to develop:
- Electromagnetic waves in perfect dielectrics.
- Waves on good conductors and good insulators.
- Propagation on open mediums.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Step 2 – recognize the electrodynamic and waves applications

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 2: Answer the given questions using academic resources.

Step 3: Each member of the group has to select and solve one problem.

Step 4: Solve the practical exercises in group, taking into account that it is
necessary to explain each value and step.

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

Each student in the group has to answer the following questions using
academic references to support the research:

1. Explain the concept of loss tangent by means of an example.

2. What kind of information give us the propagation velocity in

electromagnetic waves propagation?

3. Explain how an electromagnetic wave behaves in free space, perfect

dielectrics and good conductors.

4. Using the electromagnetic spectrum, explain the practical application of

every type of radiation.

5. What is the refraction index and what kind of information give us about the
electromagnetic waves behavior?

6. What is a plane wave and a non-plane wave and where are they used?
What is a magnetic and a nonmagnetic medium and where are they used?
Choose one of the following problems, solve it and share the solution in
the forum. Perform a critical analysis on the group members’
contributions and reply this in the forum.

1. A dissipative medium has the following parameters:

𝜀𝑟 = 4.5, 𝜇𝑟 = 1.2 and 𝜎 = 1.2 𝑆/𝑚
Find the wavelength and the amount of wavelengths that will penetrate a
6MHz signal.

2. In a medium with the following characteristics, 𝜀𝑟 = 4, 𝜇𝑟 = 1.6 and 𝜎 =

2.3𝑥10−4 𝑆/𝑚 find these parameters for a 300MHz signal:
a. Loss tangent.
b. Propagation constant.
c. Phase velocity.
d. Wavelength.
e. Index of refraction.
Explain the meaning of each found value.

3. An open medium has the following electromagnetic characteristics 𝜀𝑟 = 9,

𝜇𝑟 = 1.6 and 𝜎 = 1.2𝑥10−5 𝑆/𝑚
Find the power transmitted by a 120MHz signal with a maximum electric
field of 200V/m and find the skin depth of the signal.

4. For a medium with the same electromagnetic characteristics than the third
problem, find the losses per length unit for a 80MHz signal. If the original
signal has an electric field of 120Vrms/m. Find the losses in watts when the
signal travels 10m in the medium.

5. For a 1GHz signal, traveling in seawater find the attenuation per length unit.
How long does the signal have to travel, in order to have an attenuation
greater than 3dB?

In group solve the following practical exercise

In an excel document make the following actions:

1. In a sheet put the following table, assigning an average frequency for
every type of radiation.
 Acronym Meaning Selected
frequency
ELF Extra Low Frequency
SLF Super Low Frequency
ULF Ultra Low Frequency
VLF Very Low Frequency
LF Low Frequency
MF Medium Frequency
HF High Frequency
VHF Very High Frequency
UHF Ultra High Frequency
SHF Super High Frequency
EHF Extra High Frequency

In another sheet define 9 different mediums with their electromagnetic

characteristics and let the user to select the medium and automatically graph
the lost tangent for the selected medium.

Collaborative learning environment: In this environment,

there is a forum where the student is going to share
information with his/her fellow classmates in order to
understand the conceptual bases in Electrodynamic and waves
and to solve the proposed problems.

Environment Monitoring and evaluation environment: In this

for the environment, the student will have to deliver the collaborative
development 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
Products to academic sources, to solve a chosen problem and to make a
deliver by review in the forum about the delivered problems.
student
 Collaborative:
The collaborative group will have to choose the best analyses
about the given concepts and to consolidate each part of the
proposed activity, including the practical exercises, where
everyone has to participate.

The deliver document should contain the following:

- Cover page (It contains the title, authors’ name,
course, university and date)
- Introduction (The group will explain the practical
application associate to the unit topics)
- Developed activity (according to the activity guidelines)
- Conclusions
- References

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of Each contribution has to be posted in the forum associated to

activities for this step, one important responsibility is to analyze and to
the discuss about his/her fellow’s contributions.
development Before the three last days of the activity, the final document
of has to be consolidated according to the proposed activity and
collaborative each student has to analyze it according to the rubric, looking
work for deliver an excellent activity.
Roles to
Choose the role to perform within the group. Taking into
perform by the
account, that no matter the role that the student chooses, it’s
student in the
very important to evidence significant contributions.
collaborative
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 and
responsibility Roles Function
for the Compiler Consolidate the document, as the final
delivery of product from the discussion, taking into
products by account that it will include the contributions
students from all participants and that it will only
include the members whom participate in the
progress of the work. To inform the one 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 be
include in the product that will be delivered.
Reviewer Ensure that the document accomplish the
presentation required rules.
Evaluator Ensure that the document contains the
established criteria in the rubric.
To alert the one who is playing the reviewer
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
Students must be aware of severe sanctions in the case 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
Plagiarism
the use of wrong citations or references, or propose citations
policy
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
Collaborative
Activity type: Individual Activity ☐ ☒
Activity
Moment of the Unit 1
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation Intermediate:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity
Score
Aspects High score Media score Low score
The student
The student exposes the The student
analyzes the given answers using does not answer
Explain the
concepts and academic the questions or
proposed
explains these references, but the given answer 15
concepts
using academic there isn’t any doesn’t fit to the
references. analyze about question.
these.
(up to 15 points) (up to 7 points) (up to 0 points)
The student solves
the chosen The student does
problem, The student solves not solve the
Solve the explaining step by the problem but problem or there
chosen step the procedure there isn’t analyze is only the 20
problem and analyzing its in each step. answer, without
practical the procedure.
application.
(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)
Analyze the The student The student limits The student does
problems analyzes the the analysis to not make any
presented by problems solved in accept the critical analysis 15
the group the group and procedure exposed about the
members gives a by the group problems solved
 professional member, but there by each member
concept. isn’t a critical of the group.
concept about this.
(up to 15 points) (up to 7 points) (up to 0 points)
The student does
The student
not make any
The student limits the
Participate contribution to
participates solving participation to
solving the solve the exercise
or analyzing the accept the group 10
practical but guarantee a
practical exercise. members’
exercise deliver according to
participation.
the specifications.
(up to 10 points) (up to 5 points) (up to 0 points)
Assessed Performance levels of the collaborative activity
Score
Aspect High score Media score Low score
The group Despite the
consolidates a group have made
document contribution in
The group delivers
according to the the forum, the
a document without
Consolidate activities to work wasn’t
the given structure
the final develop and the consolidated or 20
or the activities are
document given delivered in the
not complete.
specifications for Monitoring and
the document to evaluation
deliver. environment.
(Up to 20 points) (Up to 10 points) (Up to 0 points)
The information
The answers to Although the
included in the
the questions and definition and
deliver document
the analysis in analysis are
To use is not referenced
each activity is suitable to the
academic or it does not 10
supported in proposed activities,
references come from
academic all the resources
academic
resources. are not academic.
resourses.
(Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
Despite the deliver The deliver
The deliver
Present a document is well- document is not
document is
well- organized, it isn’t well-organized
structured 10
structured structured and it is difficult
according to the
document according to the to understand the
APA rules.
APA rules. given structure.
 (Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
The ideas and The ideas and
Use an explanations are explanations have The ideas and
adequate clear and grammar mistakes, explanation are
10
spelling and technically changing their real not clear.
grammar structured. sense.
(Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
Final score 110