Learning outcomes (RA)¶

When you start a city-builder game, the first thing you look for is the list of goals. What do I have to build? What counts as "done"? How many points is each goal worth? Nobody enjoys finding out the rules after the city has gone bankrupt.

This module has a list of goals too: six of them. Every class, every activity and every mark you get this year hangs from one of them. Read this page once and you will always know why we are doing what we are doing, and how you are graded.

What is a learning outcome?¶

A learning outcome is one thing you must be able to do by the end of the module. In Catalan it is a resultat d'aprenentatge, and everybody shortens it to RA.

Notice the verbs: "analyses", "characterises", "identifies", "evaluates", "develops". An RA is not a list of topics to memorise. It is a skill you show with your work.

An RA on its own is too big to grade. "Identifies cloud-based systems": how well? With what? So each RA is split into smaller, checkable statements:

An assessment criterion is one concrete check inside an RA. If the RA is a goal of the game, the criteria are the boxes you tick to complete it.

And you do not train for a goal all at once. The course is cut into blocks of sessions:

A work unit (unitat de treball, UT) is a block of sessions on one topic. In this module each UT trains exactly one RA.

The map: six outcomes, three evaluations¶

The module goes from the idea of digitalisation to a full transformation plan. Units 1 to 5 each give you one piece; Unit 6 puts every piece together in your group's project.

flowchart LR
  subgraph EV1["1st evaluation · 9 h"]
    RA1["<b>RA1 · Digitalisation and IT/OT</b><br>(the city hall and the power station)<br>UT1 · 3 h"]
    RA2["<b>RA2 · Enabling technologies</b><br>(the tech tree)<br>UT2 · 6 h"]
  end
  subgraph EV2["2nd evaluation · 10 h"]
    RA3["<b>RA3 · Cloud systems</b><br>(renting from the utility)<br>UT3 · 5 h"]
    RA4["<b>RA4 · Artificial intelligence</b><br>(the automatic advisor)<br>UT4 · 5 h"]
  end
  subgraph EV3["3rd evaluation · 10 h"]
    RA5["<b>RA5 · Data and cybersecurity</b><br>(info views and police)<br>UT5 · 5 h"]
    RA6["<b>RA6 · Transformation project</b><br>(the master plan)<br>UT6 · 5 h"]
  end
  RA1 --> RA2 --> RA3 --> RA4 --> RA5 --> RA6

The module runs for 30 hours: one 55-minute session a week, on Mondays, from 28 September 2026 to 7 June 2027. The programme gives UT1 4 hours; one of them was lost on 19 October 2026 (no class because of the DANA storm), so UT1 has 3. See the Calendar for every date.

RA1 · Digitalisation and IT/OT environments¶

Official wording: Analyses the concept of digitalisation and its impact on productive sectors, taking into account the company's activity and identifying characteristic IT (information technology) and OT (operation technology) environments.

Every company has two worlds. The IT side is the city hall: records, invoices, customers, emails. The OT side is the infrastructure that physically works: ovens, pumps, cranes, air conditioning. RA1 asks you to see both, and to explain why connecting them matters.

All seven criteria are assessed in Deliverable 1 · IT/OT X-ray.

RA2 · Enabling digital technologies¶

Official wording: Characterises the enabling digital technologies needed to adapt or transform companies into digital environments, describing their characteristics and applications.

The enabling digital technologies (THD in Catalan) are the upgrades in the tech tree: IoT, cloud, AI, big data, cybersecurity, blockchain, robotics, additive manufacturing, augmented and virtual reality, 5G and digital twins. RA2 is not about memorising the list: it is about knowing what each one is good for in a real company.

All seven criteria are assessed in Deliverable 2 · Technology report.

RA3 · Cloud systems¶

Official wording: Identifies cloud-based systems and their influence on the development of digital systems.

The cloud is renting water and electricity from a utility instead of building your own power station. RA3 asks you to know what can be rented, at what level, where the computing should happen (in a data centre far away or next to the machine) and what the company gains.

All five criteria are assessed in Deliverable 3 · Cloud architecture, which includes a real cost estimate made with a provider's pricing calculator.

RA4 · Artificial intelligence¶

Official wording: Identifies applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in environments of the sector the qualification belongs to, describing the improvements its implementation brings.

AI is the automatic advisor that tunes the traffic lights of your city. RA4 asks where an advisor like that really helps a company, what data it needs, whether it pays for itself, and how it affects your own future job as a developer.

All six criteria are assessed in Deliverable 4 · AI plan.

RA5 · Data and cybersecurity¶

Official wording: Evaluates the importance of data, and of its protection, in a globalised digital economy, defining security and cybersecurity systems both at device or system level and globally.

Data are the info-view overlays of your city: traffic, pollution, happiness. Without them you steer blind. Cybersecurity is the police, the walls and the locks. RA5 is the longest outcome, with nine criteria: what data is worth, how it is turned into decisions, where it is stored and how it is protected.

All nine criteria are assessed in Deliverable 5 · Data and security.

RA6 · Digital transformation project¶

Official wording: Develops a digital transformation project for a company in a sector related to the qualification, taking into account the changes that must be made according to the company's objectives.

The transformation project is the master plan of the city. It starts from what the company wants to achieve, not from the technology you like most. RA6 has eleven criteria because it reuses everything: areas, technologies, cloud, AI, data, security and people.

All eleven criteria are assessed in the final dossier and the group presentation: Final presentation.

How your mark is calculated¶

There are no written exams in this module. Your mark comes from the cooperative project and from the activities you do in class. Three steps, from the smallest piece to the final number.

Step 1 — the mark of each RA. Every RA is marked the same way:

In other words, of every 10 points of an RA:

So 7.2 of every 10 points depend only on you: your section, your defence and your class activities.

For D6 the "individual defence" is your own part of the final presentation and your answers to the questions.

Step 2 — pass every RA. You need at least a 5 in each RA. This is the rule that surprises people:

You cannot pass the module with a failed RA. A 9 in RA6 does not rescue a 4 in RA3.

Step 3 — the final mark. Once all six are passed, they are combined by weight: RA1 to RA5 count 15% each, RA6 counts 25%.

When an evaluation mark is rounded, anything above .5 goes up and the rest goes down, with one exception: any mark between 4 and 5 is rounded down to 4.

If you fail an RA¶

A recovered RA is capped at 5. Recovery gets you through; it does not improve your average. The cheapest strategy is to pass each RA the first time.

Rules that cost marks¶

In a group deliverable, plagiarism or unauthorised AI in your section gives a 0 to your section; the rest of the group keeps the marks of their own sections.

Key takeaways¶

• The module has six learning outcomes (RA), one per work unit (UT): digitalisation and IT/OT, enabling technologies, cloud, AI, data and cybersecurity, and the transformation project.
• Each RA has several assessment criteria, 45 in total, and each deliverable checks every criterion of its RA.
• Each RA mark is 70% deliverable + 30% class activities. Inside the deliverable, 60% is individual (section 40% + defence 20%) and 40% is group.
• The final mark weighs RA1–RA5 at 15% each and RA6 at 25%.
• You must pass every RA with at least a 5. A high average does not cover a failed one.
• A recovered RA is capped at 5; late work is capped at 5 (0 after 48 hours); plagiarism or unauthorised AI scores 0.

Quick check¶

Now you know the goals. How you will reach them, with your group and one real company, is on The project page.