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 Unit Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

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 activity: Individual ☐ Collaborative ☒ Number of weeks 4

Moment of Unit 1
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the activity:
Evaluative score of the activity: 110
Monitoring and evaluation 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:

𝜀𝑟 = 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, 𝜀𝑟 = 2,5, 𝜇𝑟 = 1.3 and 𝜎 =

1.8𝑥10−3 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 𝜀𝑟 = 5.5, 𝜇𝑟 =

1.9 and 𝜎 = 14.6𝑥10−6 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
proposed problems.
Environment for Monitoring and evaluation environment: In this environment,
the development 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

Planning of
this step, one important responsibility is to analyze and to
activities for
discuss about his/her fellow’s contributions.
the
Before the three last days of the activity, the final document has
development 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
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 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
contributions that they are not going to be include in the
Roles and product that will be delivered.
responsibility Reviewer Ensure that the document accomplish the presentation
for the delivery required rules.
of products by Evaluator Ensure that the document contains the established criteria
students 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
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
Plagiarism
materials or results of research products, which have Intellectual
policy
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 1 Intermediate: ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Scor
Aspects High score Media score Low score e
Explain the The student The student The student does
proposed analyzes the given exposes the not answer the 30
concepts concepts and answers using questions or the
 explains these academic given answer
using academic references, but doesn’t fit to the
references. there isn’t any question.
analyze about
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 30
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)
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
presented by by the group 5
gives a problems solved
the group member, but there
professional by each member
members isn’t a critical
concept. 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 solve
participates solving participation to
solving the the exercise but
or analyzing the accept the group 15
practical guarantee a deliver
practical exercise. members’
exercise according to the
participation.
specifications.
(up to 10 points) (up to 5 points) (up to 0 points)
Assessed Performance levels of the collaborative activity Scor
Aspect High score Media score Low score e
The group Despite the group
The group delivers
consolidates a have made
Consolidate a document without
document contribution in the
the final the given structure 5
according to the forum, the work
document or the activities are
activities to wasn’t
not complete.
develop and the consolidated or
 given specifications delivered in the
for the document Monitoring and
to deliver. evaluation
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 suitable
To use is not referenced
each activity is to the proposed
academic or it does not 10
supported in activities, all the
references come from
academic resources are not
academic
resources. academic.
resourses.
(Up to 10 points) (Up to 5 points) (Up to 0 points)
The deliver
The deliver Despite the deliver
document is not
Present a document is document is well-
well-organized
well- structured organized, it isn’t
and it is difficult 5
structured according to the structured according
to understand the
document APA rules. to the 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