Assessment

The evaluation will be carried out continuously. There will be two individual theoretical-practical tests in writing, with a weight of 50% each on the final grade. The first test (Par1) will be done approximately in the middle of the semester and will evaluate the theoretical concepts and management skills and administration of databases treated in the 1st part of the course. The second test (Par2) will be done at the end of the semester and will evaluate the theoretical concepts and management skills and database administration discussed in the 2^nd part of the course.

Second chance exam: In case that the mean of both theoretical-practical exams does not reach the minimal mark to pass, students will have a second-chance exam on all the contents explained during the course.

Most of the weeks there will be the possibility to submit activities done during the week. The submission is optional and can be done up to fixed deadline set in advance in the Virtual Campus. With 50% of the maximum possible score students will be able to achieve the maximum score (1 point) of this activity (NPrb). The score will be obtained from cross-correction activities between students.

Cross-correction problems (CorPr) are also optional and will be made by students who already have submitted the exercises. Students will be able to obtain a maximum of one point in this activity that will be added to the theory score whenever the minimum score has been obtained in all the partial ones.

The score of the project will be obtained from the average of the obtained score in each part. There will be 3 parts: Prj1, Prj2 and Prj3. The score of each part will be computed from a group score and an individual score. Each project part must be passed separately. In the case of failing any of the them, the student will have a second-chance to pass that part. In that case, a 5 will be the maximum possible score for the failed part. 

QUALIFICATION INDICATORS:

The final grade ofthe subject is calculated as follows:

• Partial Score 1 = Par1
• Partial Score 2 = Par2
• Theory Score = 0'5 * Par1 + 0'5 * Par2 + NPrb + CorPr
• Project Score = 1/3 * Prj1 + 1/3 * Prj2 + 1/3 * Prj3
• FINAL GRADE = 0'5 * Theory Score + 0'5 * Project Score

EVALUATION CRITERIA

• In order to take into account the problems score (NPrb) a minimum of 4 is required from the mean of the partial exams: = 0'5 * Par1 + 0'5 * Par2> = 4.
• In order to take into account the project grades (Prj) a score higher or equal to 5 must be obtained in all the project parts.
• In the case of failing any project part, the maximum possible score for the failed part in the second-chance submission is 5.
• In order to pass either of the two parts (theory and project) a minimum of 5 must be obtained in each part.
• The course will be passed if the FINAL GRADE is greater than or equal to 5.
• In case of not reaching the minimum required in any of the assessment activities, the numerical score of the course will be the lowest value between 4.5 and the weighted average of scores.
• NON-APPRAISING: If you do not deliver any evaluation activity.
• REPEATING STUDENT: No passed part (theory, project) is kept from one academic year to another.
• IMPORTANT FOR ALL STUDENTS: It is important to enroll in the virtual campus of the course at Caronte (http://caronte.uab.cat), because the materials of the course, the activities and the final grades of the course are published there.
• Granting an honorific matriculation qualification is a decision of the faculty responsible for the course. The regulations of the UAB indicate that MH can only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade of 9.00 or more. It can be granted up to 5% of MH of the total number of students enrolled.

EVALUATION CALENDAR:

• Partial Exams: schedule announced at the beginning of the semester.
• Second-chance Exam: according to the academic calendar of the Engineering School.
• Deliveries of the activities: date and time fixed in advance to the Caronte.
• Deliveries of the project: date and time fixed in advance to the Caronte.

The delivery dates will be published in Caronte (http://caronte.uab.cat) and may change due to be adapted to any unexpected incidents. Any change will also be announced through Caronte since it is the usual communication channel between teachers and students.

For each assessment activity, a place, date and time of revision will be indicated in which the student will be able to review the activity with the teacher. In this context, claims can be made about the activity score, which will be evaluated by the teachers responsible for the subject. If the student does not submit to this review, this activity will not be reviewed later.

Note about plagiarism:

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the current academic regulations, irregularities committed by a student who may lead to a variation of the qualification in an assessable activity will be graded with zero (0). Assessment activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable. If it is necessary to pass any of these assessment activities to pass the subject, this subject will be suspended directly, without opportunity to recover it in the same course. These irregularities include, among others:

• the total or partial copy of a lab exercise, report, or any other evaluation activity;
• let another student to copy;
• present a group work not done entirely by the members of the group (applied to all members and not only to those who have not worked);
• present as own materials prepared by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and generally works with non-original and exclusive elements of the student;
• have communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, pens with camera, etc.) accessible during theoretical-practical assessment tests (individual exams);
• talk with classmates during the individual theoretical-practice tests (exams);
• copy or attempt to copy from other students during the theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• use or attempt to use written material related to the subject during the theoretical-practical evaluation tests (exams), when these have not been explicitly allowed. 

the numerical official grade will be the lowest value between 3.5 and the average weighted grades in case the student has committed irregularities in an evaluation act (and therefore the subject cannot be passed by compensation). In future editions of this subject, the student who has committed irregularities in an evaluation act will not be validated any of the assessment activities carried out.

In summary: copy, let copy or plagiarize (or attempt) in any of the assessment activities will lead to a FAIL, not compensable and without validations of parts of the subject in subsequent courses.