Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

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 enabled yes ☒ No ☐
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Number of

Individual ☐ Collaborative ☒ 4
activity: weeks
Moment of Unit 3,
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Evaluative score of the Delivery Environment of the activity:
activity: 130 Monitoring and evaluation environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
April 12, 2019 May 8, 2019
Competence to develop:
The student characterizes the electromagnetic wave behavior on a guide waved and
identifies the electric parameters in a transmission like, looking for define its
efficient level in a specific application.

Topics to develop:
- Waveguides
- Electric parameters in transmission lines

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Step 4 – To analyze the waves behavior in guided mediums and radiation

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. In the propagation of electromagnetic waves, what are the "transmission

lines"?
2. In a transmission system, what are the appropriate values for the reflection
coefficient and the VSWR?
3. What happens to the coefficient of transmission and reflection when: the line
ends in short circuit and when the line ends in open circuit?
4. What characteristics should be found in a transmission line system to be
considered well coupled?
5. In the Smith chart, identify a Z_L = α, a Z_L = 0, two resistive loads and two
complex loads. assume the characteristic impedance.

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 lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 𝑍0 = 75Ω and the

load at the end of the line has an impedance of 𝑍𝐿 = 45 + 𝑗50Ω. Using the Smith
Chart, find:
a. Reflection coefficient Γ (magnitude and phase), and the VSWR.
b. The input impedance if the line is 0.25𝜆 long.
c. The length of the line, necessary to make the input impedance real and the
value of the impedance in this point.
 2. A transmission line has the following parameters:, 𝐿 = 30𝑚𝐻/𝑘𝑚, 𝐶 = 55 𝑛𝐹/𝑘𝑚,
𝐺 = 4𝜇𝑆/𝑘𝑚 and 𝑅 = 100Ω/𝑘𝑚. It has a generator supplying 120𝑉 𝑟𝑚𝑠 at 𝜔 =
3 𝑥 105 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 and in series with a resistance of 300Ω. The load has an impedance
of 80Ω. Find the input voltage and current.
3.
http://www.waves.utoronto.ca/prof/svhum/ece357/problems/probset2soln.pdf

4. A 50Ω lossless transmission line has a 𝑍𝐿 = 45 − 𝑗75Ω. If it is 22𝑚 long and the
wavelength is 2𝑚. Find and probe with the smith chart:
a. Input impedance.
b. Reflection coefficient.
c. VSWR

5. A transmission line of length 𝑙 = 0.25𝜆 has an input impedance 𝑍𝑖 = 45 + 𝑗60Ω.

Using the Smith Chart, find the load impedance if 𝑍0 = 50Ω.

6. A load 𝑍𝐿 = 45 − 𝑗50Ω is connected to a transmission line with 𝑍0 = 50Ω. The line

is 𝑙 = 0.30𝜆. Find the input impedance and at least two line lengths where the
input impedance is real. Use the Smith Chart to Solve the exercise.

In group solve the following practical exercise

Using the software Smith V4.0, found in the practice learning environment, solve the
next exercises and explain each step of the simulation.

1. For the following input impedance and load impedance, find the wavelength
necessary to get a real input impedance.

a. 𝑍𝐿 = 35 − 𝑗60Ω 𝑍0 = 75Ω.
b. 𝑍𝐿 = 15 − 𝑗50Ω 𝑍0 = 50Ω.
c. 𝑍𝐿 = 45 − 𝑗65Ω 𝑍0 = 30Ω.
d. 𝑍𝐿 = 50 − 𝑗30Ω 𝑍0 = 75Ω.

Collaborative learning environment: In this environment,

Environment there is a forum where the student is going to share information
for the with his/her fellow classmates in order to understand the
development 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 analyses
about the given concepts and to consolidate each part of the
Products to proposed activity, including the practical exercises, where
deliver by everyone has to participate.
student
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

Each contribution has to be posted in the forum associated to this

Planning of
step, one important responsibility is to analyze and to discuss
activities for
about his/her fellow’s contributions.
the
development
Before the three last days of the activity, the final document has
of
to be consolidated according to the proposed activity and each
collaborative
student has to analyze it according to the rubric, looking for
work
deliver an excellent activity.
Roles to Choose the role to perform within the group. Taking into account,
perform by that no matter the role that the student chooses, it’s very
the student in important to evidence significant contributions.
the
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 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 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
Roles and contributions that they are not going to be include in the
responsibility product that will be delivered.
for the Reviewer Ensure that the document accomplish the presentation
delivery of required rules.
products by Evaluator Ensure that the document contains the established criteria
students 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
Students must be aware of severe sanctions in the case of
plagiarism.

In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99, are

Plagiarism
considered as faults that violate the academic order, among
policy
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 type: Individual Activity ☐ Collaborative Activity ☒

Moment of the
Initial ☐ Unit 3, Intermediate ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Sco
Aspects High score Media score Low score re
The student exposes
The student The student does
the answers using
analyzes the given not answer the
Explain the academic
concepts and questions or the
proposed references, but
explains these given answer 35
concepts there isn’t any
using academic doesn’t fit to the
analyze about
references. question.
these.
(up to 15 points) (up to 7 points) (up to 0 points)
The student solves The student does
the chosen The student solves not solve the
Solve the
problem, the problem but problem or there is
chosen 35
explaining step by there isn’t analyze only the answer,
problem
step the procedure in each step. without the
and analyzing its procedure.
 practical
application.
(up to 30 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student limits
The student The student does
the analysis to
analyzes the not make any
Analyze the accept the
problems solved in critical analysis
problems procedure exposed
the group and about the problems
presented by by the group 5
gives a solved by each
the group member, but there
professional member of the
members isn’t a critical
concept. group.
concept about this.
(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)
The student does
not make any The student limits
The student
Participate contribution to solve the participation to
participates solving
solving the the exercise but accept the group
or analyzing the 20
practical guarantee a deliver members’
practical exercise.
exercise according to the participation.
specifications.
(up to 15 points) (up to 7 points) (up to 0 points)
Assessed Performance levels of the collaborative activity Sco
Aspect High score Media score Low score re
The group Despite the group
consolidates a have made
The group delivers
document contribution in the
a document
according to the forum, the work
Consolidate without the given
activities to wasn’t consolidated
the final structure or the 5
develop and the or delivered in the
document activities are not
given specifications Monitoring and
complete.
for the document evaluation
to deliver. environment.
(Up to 20 points) (Up to 10 points) (Up to 0 points)
The answers to Although the
The information
the questions and definition and
included in the
the analysis in analysis are
deliver document is
Use academic each activity is suitable to the
not referenced or it 10
references supported in proposed activities,
does not come from
academic all the resources
academic resourses.
resources. are not academic.
(Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
 Despite the deliver The deliver
The deliver
document is well- document is not
Present a document is
organized, it isn’t well-organized and
well- structured
structured it is difficult to 10
structured according to the
according to the understand the
document 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 not
10
spelling and technically changing their real clear.
grammar structured. sense.
(Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
Final score 130