Learning is achieved by means of three types of activities.

Directed activities: Directed activities are theoretical and practical lectures in a computer lab. They include solving case studies and practical exercises. Lectures are the common thread of the course. Lectures serve to systematize all the content, to present the state of the art of the different subjects, to provide methods and techniques for specific tasks, and to sum up the knowledge to learn. Lectures organize also the autonomous and complementary work done by the students

Supervised activities: Supervised activities are focused on the execution of a semester project, consisting of a real case study, carried out through workshop hours, autonomous work and tutorials. This semester project allows to apply together all the knowledge and technical skills learnt in all the courses of the semester. The semester project is a milestone for the students and the actual demonstration that they had achieved the learning goals of all the courses of the semester. It is also the main evidence for evaluation as students should have to submit at the end of the semester a report that summarizes the whole project and do an oral presentation.

Autonomous activities: Autonomous work of the students includes personal readings, data and documentation search, complementary exercises and the personal development of the semester project.

The activities that could not be done onsite will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools. Exercises, projects and lectures will be carried out using virtual tools such as tutorials, videos, Teams sessions, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

If the assessment activities cannot be carried out in person, their format will be adapted (while maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB virtual tools. Assignments, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or exercise discussions via Teams, etc. The lecturer will ensure that the student can access them or will offer alternative means that are within their reach.

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT. This course/module does not provide for the single assessment system.

a) Assessment process and activities:

The assessment of the module is mainly based on the completion of the semester project, which is assessed through two activities. On the one hand, the preparation and submission of the project summary report and, on the other, the oral defence of the project carried out. Given the highly technical content of the module, a weighting of 45% is assigned to the project report, as it is the most appropriate means of presenting the technical details in all their complexity, and a weighting of 20% is assigned to the oral defence. The assessment is complemented by 35% corresponding to the completion of practical exercises.

Unless otherwise indicated, the submission of the exercises is compulsory. In order for the exercises to be averaged with the project, they must have an average grade equal to or higher than 5.

Unless otherwise indicated, all assessment activities (semester project report, oral presentation of the semester project and practical exercises of the module) are individual.

The hours allocated to each assessment activity include the time devoted to preparing the assessment materials for each activity (report, presentation, etc.).

b) Scheduling of assessment activities:

1st semester project report: Making during all the semester. Submission at the end of semester, on January 22nd 2027.

1st semester project oral presentation: Making during all the semester. Oral presentation at the end of semester, on January 28th 2027.

Practical exercises of the module: completed and submitted weekly or fortnightly throughout the semester.

c) Assessment review procedure:

Once the grades have been published, students will have one week to request a review by arranging an appointment with the corresponding lecturer(s).

d) Resit process:

First-semester project report: may be resubmitted within a maximum period of 2 weeks after the scheduled submission date. The resit will consist of submitting the full report again in the event of a negative assessment of the first submitted report.

Oral defence of the first-semester project: may be retaken within a maximum period of 1 week after the scheduled date. The resit will consist of carrying out the oral defence again in the event of a negative assessment of the first oral defence.

Practical exercises of the module: not recoverable.

In order to take part in the resit process, the student must previously have been assessed in a set of activities whose weighting is equivalent to at least two thirds of the total assessment of the module. Therefore, the student must necessarily have been assessed on the scheduled date of the project report (45%) and the oral defence (20%) of the semester project.

Only students who have not passed the module assessment (minimum overall grade of 5.0) and who have obtained a minimum overall module grade higher than 3.5 may take part in the resit process.

e) Conditions for the grade “Not assessable”:

The student will receive the grade “Not assessable” instead of “Fail” provided that they have not submitted the first-semester project report nor completed the oral defence of the first-semester project. The student will receive the grade “Not assessable” whenever they have not submitted more than one third of the assessment activities.

f) UAB regulations on plagiarism and other irregularities in the assessment process:

If the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment activity, that assessment activity will be graded 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated. If several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0.

Assessment activities graded 0 due to irregularities committed by the student may not be reassessed.

At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the lecturer will inform students of the procedure and date for reviewing the grades.

At the time of each evaluative activity, the teacher will inform the students (Moodle) of the procedure and the date for reviewing the grades.

USE OF AI

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the development of the work, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution by the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a penalty in the grade for the activity, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.