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Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Task 3

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

Academic 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

Type of the Individ week

☒ Collaborative ☒ 4
activity: ual s
Unit 3,
Evaluation: Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 130
environment
Starting date of the
Deadline of the activity:
activity:
May 08, 2020
April 09, 2020
Competence to develop:
The student applies the concepts of physics and electromagnetism, to
determine the behavior of electromagnetic wave when propagated in
bounded guided media, using mathematical methods to solve
application exercises.
Topics to develop:
- Lines of transmission.
- Electrical parameters in transmission lines.
- Propagation in bounded transmission lines.
- Smith's letter.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop
This activity called Task 3, is individual and collaborative, for its
development you must follow the 6 acts presented below:
Step 1: Explore the academic resource described in the next section
of this document "Activities to develop".
Step 2: Download the “Annex 4 - Delivery format - Task 3” found
in the collaborative learning environment in the "Activities guide
and evaluation rubric - Task 3 - Electromagnetic waves in
guided media" folder.
Step 3: Individually, based on the exploration performed, answer the
4 questions proposed in the next section "Activities to develop".
Step 4: Individually, based on the exploration performed, solve the 3
proposed application exercises. You must show the procedures. For
the development of exercise 3, you must use the Smith 4.1 software,
its instructions for use and the download link can be found in the
Practical Learning Environment.
Step 5: Each student must complete the application in its individual
delivery format, verifying the requirements of the evaluation rubric.
Step 6: In the 3 days, before the closing of the activity, the group
leader must gather the delivery formats of each student and compress
in a single file, which must be delivered in the Monitoring and
Evaluation Environment.
Activities to develop

For the development of this activity, explore in the Knowledge

Environment, in Unit 3, the bibliographical reference of Chen, W.
(2005), on pages 525-551, Joines, W., Bernhard, J., & Palmer, W.
(2012), on pages 23-45 and supplement with the aids generated by
the tutor within the forum, to solve the following consultation and
application exercises:

Questions: (write with your own words)

1. What do you understand by transmission line? Mention some
types.
2. What is a bounded transmission line?
3. Define the following electrical parameters of transmission lines:
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Stationary wave ratio VSWR .
c. Physical length L and electrical length 𝓁.
4. What is the purpose of Smith's Letter in the study of the
propagation of waves?
Application exercises:
For the development of the following exercises, note that ¿
corresponds to the group number and CCC to the first 3 digits of the
identification number.

1. A coaxial line has the following characteristics:

Geometric parameters: a=0.2 mm b=20 mm t=( ¿+10) μm
8
Conductor properties: (conductivity) σ c =4.3 x 10 Sm/m
Properties of the insulator: σ d=1 x 10 Sm/m ϵ r=2.1 μr =1
−13

Applied signal frequency: f =CCC KHz

a. Calculate the electrical parameters R L C G.
b. Using the distributed model, calculate the propagation
parameters α , β , γ ∧Z 0 .
c. Calculate the propagation velocity V p, the wavelength λ and
the attenuation α dB / Km.

Figure 1: Geometrical parameters in coaxial line.

2. A Z o=75 Ω lossless transmission line has a Z L =35− j75 Ω. If it is ¿ m

long and the wavelength is CCC mm, Calculate:
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Reflection coefficient Γ (magnitude and phase).
c. VSWR.

Figure 2: Graphic representation of the transmission line.

 3. Bearing in mind that Smith's letter is used to determine
parameters of the transmission lines, use the "Smith 4.1"
software found in the Practical Learning Environment to check
the results obtained in point 2.
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Reflection coefficient Γ .
c. VSWR.
d. Find an electrical length 𝓁 where the input impedance Z¿ is
real.

Figure 3: Letter of Smith.

 Collaborative learning environment - Task 3

Environment forum.
for the  Knowledge environment - Unit 3.
development  Monitoring and evaluation environment – Task
3.

Products to Individual:
deliver by Each student, using the Delivery Format - Task 3
student found in the Practical Learning Environment, gradually
 Steps Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Steps 1-2:
09to16/04 16to23/04
Exploration
Steps 3-4:
16to23/04 23to30/04
Practice
Step 5:
23to30/04 30to05/05
Testing
presents the activity in the Task 3 forum until
Step 6:
completing the following structure: 06to08/05
Consolidation
1. Cover.
2. Introduction (indicate what is in the document).
3. Content. (Answer to questions and exercises).
4. 2 conclusions (indicate in them what you learned).
5. 1 reference (in APA format).
The name of the final individual document must be
Task 3 - First Name Last Name.pdf.

Collaborative:
In the 3 days before the closing of the activity,
students must present their final individual work in
pdf format in the Task 3 forum.
The leader must take the final works of each student
and generate a compressed file .rar or .zip with the
name Task 3 and deliver it in the Monitoring and
evaluation environment in the Task 3 space.

Figure 4: Group consolidation example.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning Schedule of activities:

of Table 1: Development Schedule of Task 3:
activities The dates correspond to the year 2020.
for the
develop Table 2: Development environments and resources of the
 steps of the strategy:
Steps Interaction Environment Resources
Individual knowledge Bibliographies
ment of
Individual practical learning Formats
collabora
3-4 Individual collaborative learning Task 3 forum
tive work
Individual collaborative learning Activity guide
Collaborative monitoring and evaluation Delivery space

Leader: He is in charge of assuming the coordination of

the development of the activity in the forum. Within the
Roles to
process, supervises the assignment of tasks and
perform
generates recommendations and clarifications regarding
by the
the activity. In the end, it shares a document that must
student
be fed by the members to generate the final consolidated
in the
group, performs its final revision and delivery.
collabora
Builder: Is responsible for supporting the management of
tive
the leader, contributing to the organization of group work.
group
Select and develop the activity chosen to finally contribute
to the final consolidation process.
It is suggested to use a model of action within teamwork,
Roles
which allows to achieve the expected results through the
and
joint action of all participants.
responsi
The model of Leaders & Builders, allows one of the
bility for
members to take the role of leader (coordinator) and the
the
others of builders, each builder develops in parts his
delivery
chosen or assigned task and contributes it in the forum;
of
within the process, the builders review the contributions
products
of their peers; In the end, the leader shares the
by
consolidated work with the contributions of all the
students
participants, achieving the final product.
The APA standards are the most used style of
organization and presentation of information. These are
published under a manual that allows you to have access
to the ways in which a scientific article should be
Use of
presented. Here you can find the most relevant aspects of
reference
the sixth edition of the APA Standards Manual, such as
s
references, citations, preparation and presentation of
tables and figures, headings and seriation, among others.
You can check how to implement them by going to
http://normasapa.com/
 In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99,
the mistakes that infringe upon the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) “To
plagiarize is to present as your own work the whole or
part of a writing, report, task or document of invention
performed by another person. It also implies the use of
cites or lack of references, or includes cites where there is
no coincidence between them and the reference” and
Plagiaris
paragraph f) ”To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational
m policy
resources or results of research products, which have
intellectual rights reserved for the University”.
The academic punishments that the student will face are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic work
or evaluation, the score achieved will be zero (0.0)
without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic work of
any nature, the score achieved will be zero (0.0), without
leading to disciplinary measures.

4. Evaluation rubric
Evaluation rubric
Activity Collaborative
Individual Activity ☒ ☒
type: Activity
Unit 3,
Evaluation: Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate
Performance levels of the individual activity Sc
Assessed
or
Aspects High score Media score Low score
e
Concepts The student The student The student 2
about understands the understands does not 0
propagatio concepts of some of the understand the
n of waves propagation of concepts of concepts of
in guided waves in guided propagation of means of
media media by writing waves in guided propagation of
answers to the media by waves in
questions asked. incomplete media guided
writing of by the non-
answers to the writing of
 answers to the
questions asked. questions
asked.
(up to 20 (up to 15 (up to 4
points) points) points)
The student The student
The student
incorrectly does not
correctly
calculates the calculate and
calculates the
electrical does not apply
electrical
Electrical parameters of a the electrical
parameters of a
parameters transmission line parameters of
transmission line
in or applies them a transmission 30
and applies them
transmissio with error in the line in the
in the solution of
n lines solution of solution of
physical
physical physical
problems.
problems. problems.
(up to 30 (up to 20 (up to 5
points) points) points)
The student
The student
The student incorrectly
does not
correctly calculates and
calculate or
calculates and simulates the
simulate the
simulates the parameters of a
parameters of
Parameters parameters of a bounded
a bounded
in bounded bounded transmission line 5
transmission
transmissio transmission line or applies them 0
line for the
n lines and applies them with error in the
solution of
to solve physical solution of
physical
problems. physical
problems.
problems.
(up to 50 (up to 30 (up to 10
points) points) points)
Understand The student The student The student 2
ing and writes at least 2 writes 1 does not write 0
application learning conclusion of learning
of the conclusions that learning or does conclusions
characteriz demonstrate the not correctly that
ation of understanding evidence the demonstrate
waves in and application of understanding the
guided the methods of and application of comprehension
 and application
of the methods
the methods of
characterization of
characterization
of the waves in characterizatio
of the waves in
media guided media. n of the waves
guided media.
in guided
media.
(up to 20 (up to 15 (up to 4
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative activity Sc
Assessed
or
Aspect High score Media score Low score
e
Students do
not
Students demonstrate
Students
demonstrate low the ability to
demonstrate
ability to work in work in a
adequate ability
groups or not group, do not
to work in groups
create an create an
and create an
organized organized
organized
collaborative collaborative
collaborative final 1
Teamwork final product or final product
product, meeting 0
meeting the and do not
the delivery
delivery meet the
conditions using
conditions using delivery
the English
the English conditions
language.
language. using the
English
language.
(Up to 10 (Up to 6 (Up to 3
points) points) points)
13
Final score
0