Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Group project	25%	1	0.04	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Individual written tests	30%	6	0.24	1, 3, 4, 5
Lab validations	45%	2	0.08	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

This class does not allow the unique assessment system. The evaluation is continuous. The student will have information about their progress at all times.

There are two distinct blocks:

Block 1

The grade for Block 1 will be based on the average of the lab grades and the result of a written Midterm exam. The Midterm exam will evaluate both theoretical topics and knowledge about the implementations of the labs. 30% of the Block 1 grade will be from the Midterm Exam. The lab assignments are done in group but will be evaluated individually during control sessions.

Block 2

Deliveries will be made in groups of 4 or 5 students. Each group will prepare and present a topic from the syllabus. In addition to the presentation, the group will have to prepare three test-type questions for the Final Exam and a mini lab for their classmates. The feedback they provide to classmates will also be evaluated. This gorup project is 50% of the grade for Block 2. The grade will be individual as it will be multiplied by a factor based on a co-evaluation among group members. 

The weight of the final exam is 30% of the grade for Block 2, and the submissions of practice tasks are 20% of that grade.

The Final Grade of the class is obtained by combining the assessment of the two blocks

Final Grade = 0.5 * Block 1 Grade + 0.5 Block 2 Grade

There are no minimum grades in any of the assessments except the final grade. The grade to pass the subject is 5.0.

Recovery process: The two exams, as well as 50% of the labs can be recovered. The student can opt for recovery as long as they have submitted assesment tasks that represent a minimum of two-thirds of the total qualification of the class. Of these, students who have an average grade higher than 3.5 may apply for recovery.

Criteria for Honors Grade (MH): Awarding an honors grade is the decisionof the teachingstaff responsible for the class. UAB regulations indicate that MH can only be granted to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or higher than 9.00. Up to 5% of the students can be awarded MH.

Criteria for the grade Not Assessable (NA): A student will be considered not assessable (NA) only if they have not been present for the written exams of Block 1 and Block 2.

Scheduling of assessment activities: The dates of continuous assessment and submission of assignments will be published on the Virtual Campus and may be subject to schedule changes for reasons of adaptation to possible incidents; information will always be provided on the Virtual Campus about these changes, as the Virtual Campus is the usual mechanisms for exchanging information between professors and students

Review procedure: For each assessment activity, a review location, date and time will be indicated in which the student can review the activity with the professor. In this context, claims can be made about the grade of the activity, which will be evaluated by the teaching staff responsible for the class. If the student is not present for this review, this activity will not be reviewed at later time.

Use of AI tools (eg GPT chat): The use of such tools will only be restricted in written tests (theory exams, problem exams and practice validation tests). This means that it is important that you make critical use of these tools, that is, that you use them to learn, not to copy.

Note on plagiarism: Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures that are deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, irregularities committed by a student will be graded with a zero (0). Assessment activities qualified in this way and by this procedure will not be recoverable. Theseirregularities include, among others:

• the total or partial copy of apractice, report, or any otherassessment activity;
• allowing copying;
• present a group work not done entirely by the members of thegroup (applied to all members, not only those who have not worked);
• present as own materials prepared by a third party, even if they are translations or adaptations, and in general works with non-original and exclusive elements of the student;
• have communication devices (such as mobile phones, smart watches, pens with cameras, etc.) accessible during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• talk with colleagues during individual theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• copy or attempt to copy from other students during theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams);
• use or try to use writings related to the subject during the theoretical-practical assessment tests (exams), when these have not been explicitly allowed.

The numerical grade of the course will be the lower value between 3.0 and the weighted average of the grades in the event that the student has committed irregularities in an evaluation act.
In short: copying, allowing copying or plagiarism in any of the assessment activities is equivalent to a SUSPENSION with a grade below 3.0.