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 Theoretic Can be ye ☒ N ☒
al enabled s o
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Individu Collaborati Number of 4

☐ ☒
activity: al ve weeks
Unit 1
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermedia ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
te:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 110
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
February 15, 2019 March 14, 2019
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 – To 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" applied to electromagnetic

wave propagation media, and indicate how it is calculated.

2. According to the "tangent of losses", how can the means of

propagation be classified?

3. What concept does each of the means of propagation defined in

the previous point have?

4. On what does the propagation velocity of an electromagnetic

wave depend? What is the relationship between the speed of
propagation and the refractive index of a medium?

5. What is the penetration depth of an electromagnetic wave in a

medium and how can I calculate it?
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:

ε r=3 .5, μr =2.2 and σ =1. 9 S /m
Find the wavelength and the amount of wavelengths that will
penetrate a 10MHz signal.

2. In a medium with the following characteristics, ε r=2,5 , μr =1.3 and

σ =1.8 x 10−3 S/m find these parameters for a 1GHz 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

ε r=5.5, μr =1.9 and σ =14.6 x 10−6 S/m
Find the power transmitted by a 200MHz signal with a maximum
electric field of 127V/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 400MHz
signal. If the original signal has an electric field of 120Vrms/m.
Find the losses in watts when the signal travels 20m in the
medium.

5. For a 400MHz 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
Environment proposed problems.
for the Monitoring and evaluation environment: In this
development 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
Products to
delivered problems.
deliver by
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

Each contribution has to be posted in the forum

Planning of associated to this step, one important responsibility is
activities for to analyze and to discuss about his/her fellow’s
the contributions.
development Before the three last days of the activity, the final
of document has to be consolidated according to the
collaborative proposed activity and each student has to analyze it
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.
collaborative
group
Roles and In this activity, each student in the group will have to
responsibilit choose a role, but it is important to recognize each of
y for the the following, that will be assumed from the following
delivery of step on.
products by Roles Function
students 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
 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
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
Unit 1
the Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate:
evaluation:
Scor
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity
e
Aspects
High score Media score Low score
The student The student
The student
exposes the does not
analyzes the
answers using answer the
given concepts
Explain the academic questions or
and explains
proposed references, but the given
these using 30
concepts there isn’t any answer doesn’t
academic
analyze about fit to the
references.
these. question.
(up to 15 (up to 7 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
solves the
The student
chosen The student
does not solve
problem, solves the
the problem or
explaining step problem but
Solve the there is only
by step the there isn’t
chosen the answer, 30
procedure and analyze in each
problem without the
analyzing its step.
procedure.
practical
application.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Analyze the The student The student The student 5
problems analyzes the limits the does not make
presented problems solved analysis to any critical
by the in the group accept the analysis about
 procedure
exposed by the the problems
and gives a
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
does not make The student
The student
any contribution limits the
participates
to solve the participation to
Participate solving or
exercise but accept the
solving the analyzing the
guarantee a group
practical practical
deliver according members’
exercise exercise.
to the participation.
specifications.
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative Scor
Assessed
activity e
Aspect
High score Media score Low score
The group Despite the
consolidates a group have
The group
document made
delivers a
according to the contribution in
document
activities to the forum, the
without the
Consolidate develop and the work wasn’t
given structure
the final given consolidated or 5
or the activities
document 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)
To use The answers to Although the The 10
academic the questions definition and information
references and the analysis analysis are included in the
in each activity suitable to the deliver
is supported in proposed document is
 not referenced
activities, all the
or it does not
academic
resources are come from
resources.
not academic. academic
resourses.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The deliver
Despite the
document is
The deliver deliver document
not well-
document is is well-
Present a organized and
structured organized, it
well- it is difficult to
according to the isn’t structured 5
structured understand the
APA rules. according to the
document given
APA rules.
structure.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The ideas and
The ideas and
explanations
explanations are The ideas and
Use an have grammar
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 110