How’s it going? How are you all doing

? Can you hear me?

Yes. Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Hello. Hi there.

Well, let's wait for a few more to join

and we'll start. Good.

Yes. Hi, how are things? How are you?

Everything good?

Can you hear me?

Yes, professor, everything's fine. Is

it coming through

well? Perfect. Well, there are quite a

few of us now, so let's get started,

okay? Well, welcome to this course on

testing methodologies. Right, uh, this

semester, uh, well, I'll be guiding you

throughout the course, okay? I mean,

we’re going to start from scratch,

okay? Meaning, we’ll start from

testing concepts until, well, we finish

with automation and artificial

intelligence, which I'll touch upon a

little at the end of the course. Uh,

something that always comes up, well,

as I’ve been here at the institute

for five years. Uh, what they ask me is

, are we going to automate? No,

you’ll realize by the end of the

course why not. Uh, because that would

be an automation course. Right, it's

completely different. What I’m going

to teach you is testing methodologies,

as the subject name implies, the

concepts, how to design test cases, how

to report a bug. Right, we’re going

to see different methods, right, for

testing, test plans, uh, but well,

it’s mostly about the basics. Then,

obviously, today generally the first

day doesn't usually go perfectly,

because well, look, today we are 32,

there are 45 in the class, so some

students are missing. So, well, the

idea for today is, uh, I’ll tell you

a little bit about where I work, what I

do, uh, and well, each of you can

introduce yourselves. Right, then on

Wednesday we’ll continue with this

subject. Right, so we can start fully

into it, and well, any doubts you want

to clear up today, any questions you

want to ask, so there's no problem, we

can talk about those. So, well, first

of all, for those who don’t know me,

let me introduce myself. My name is

Claudio Fian, I am a systems engineer

graduated from the Universidad Abierta

Interamericana. Uh, the truth is I love

sharing knowledge, right, but I also

love to learn. I learn a lot from you,

really, even though you might say no,

but the truth is I do. Uh, I like the

course to be dynamic, okay, don't stay

silent if you have any questions,

because my goal is for you to

understand everything I'm going to

explain. I'm not coming in with a

mindset of making things difficult.

Actually, what I want is for it to be

as understandable as possible. Right,

so well, throughout my career I've gone

through different roles, okay, I worked

as a manual QA, I worked as an

automation QA, I worked as a functional

analyst, and as a PM. Right. A and

today I am in charge of a COE. Right.

where I integrate the entire QA area; I

have manual QAs and automation QAs

under my responsibility. Many years ago

, I started as a tester at Citibank.

Right, I learned from scratch there.

Then I worked at Telefónica; I worked

there as a functional QA, then as a

functional lead. After that, I moved to

a company based in England, where I was

a functional lead, and then I was

promoted to QA manager for all of Latin

America, and now I'm at a company that

has several business units, and the

most well-known one you'll recognize is

Rapipago. the ones you see on the

street. Right, so well, before we

continue, I would like to hear from you

, okay, go ahead and introduce

yourselves: name, if you are working,

fine, if not, no problem at all. if you

are working, where you work, what work

experience you've had, okay, what you

expect from this course on test

methodologies, and well, if you know

anything about QA or not? Right, so

well, I'm listening, guys. Introduce

yourselves, feel free, don't be afraid

because you're going to have to speak

throughout the entire course. Who wants

to start? Hello, how are you? Good

evening. Ah, good, uh, professor, my

name is Santiago and well, uh, I don't

know what else I should say, I'm sorry.

Uh, where, let's see if you are working

, what work experience you have had, if

, I mean, what you expect from the

course and what you know about QA?

Ah, no, about QA, I don't know almost

anything. Uh, I didn't know, I didn't

even know if it involved, uh, anything

about QA. That's all; I'm currently not

working, and I'm a student now at the

11, that's all.

Okay, good, perfect. Who else? Hi, my

name is Bruno. Uh, I currently work as

a teacher at a technical high school.

Uh,

that is my only work experience for now

in the Capital.

Yes, at a school in San Cristóbal.

Look, good.

Uh, regarding testing, I took a testing

course at a vocational school, uh, so I

have more or less some ideas.

Uh, nothing, and I hope the course is

quiet, relaxed, and that everything

goes well and I can pass.

Good, good, perfect. Well, who else?

Hello, good afternoon. Uh, my name is

Jessica. Uh, I currently work in

another field, I am a registered nurse,

I don't have experience in development

and well, what I hope is to keep adding

knowledge. The truth is that I've heard

little to nothing about testing, yes,

but I don't have knowledge yet, so

nothing,

you'll learn from scratch here, no

problem. Good,

I start from scratch, that is, I start

from the base. Well, that's why they

tell me, "And why not there?", I mean,

I tend to repeat things a lot, guys,

and in several ways, so, I mean, you'll

hear me talk about the theory. The

first part, I tell you now, is heavy,

even if you don't like it, I mean, it's

theory and you have to learn it, you

have to see the differences. Good, it

will be done in another way later, but

many tell me, "And why don't we learn

automation?" To teach automation I tell

them, "Guys, just take a course and

that's it." But you have to know, for

example, the minimum programming base,

okay? If, I mean, if you are

programming, I don't know, in C#, in

Java, in whatever, you have to know

what each thing is. Good. Because

otherwise, I mean, you're going to take

a course where you'll understand less

than half of the things. Uh, I would

like to teach automation, but I have to

focus on, I mean, what the subject

syllabus covers regarding automation.

We are going to look at automation, we

are going to look at frameworks, but

obviously we aren't going to go to the

machines. Good, good. Who else? I'm

Eleonora, I work in labor competency

certification, I took the programmer

course at the vocational school and

continued with this degree, and about

testing, also, very little, almost

nothing, so I'm starting from scratch.

Good, perfect, thanks. Who else?

Well, hello, professor. My name is Jean

Luca,

I'm 30 years old. Uh, I'm currently a

system administrator at a company

called Verifarma. Uh, before that, I

was level one technical support for 4

years. I'm ready for the course, I hope

to pass it and

yes, obviously. I have some notions of

testing, uh, because well, the

environment I'm in, I work near the QA

team, so I more or less squeeze

knowledge out of them. Right, perfect.

That's great. Well, thank you very much

. Who's next? Hi, how are you? My name

is Joana. Uh, I work in a training

center, meaning in the administrative

side, so as for experience in

programming and all these things, right

? Beyond the courses or things I've

done and what I learned here in tech.

Right. Well, good.

That's fine, perfect. That's great.

Who's next?

Come on, there are a lot of you. Hello,

professor. I'm I'm Facundo. Uh, from

this subject, I hope I like it because

the previous ones seemed very

interesting to me and this and this one

I think I'll like a lot too, or I think

it will hook me. Uh, most of my work

experience is in gastronomy, it has

nothing to do with programming, that's

why I'm very interested in this little

world. And nothing else, uh, just that.

Who's next? Hi, uh, I'm Agustina, I

work as a cleaning assistant in public

schools, uh, dependent on the province,

besides that, I have no work experience

. And for the course, I hope to be able

to keep up because the truth is that in

my case, I've been struggling quite a

bit to keep up, but, well, let's hope I

can, very little testing knowledge,

only what was talked about in the last

course and I hope to understand.

Okay, right. Well, who's next? Hi, can

you hear me?

Hello. Yes, I can hear you.

How's it going? Well, I'm Lucía, I'm

29 years old. I've always uh worked in

customer service. Currently, I work at

a health food store and I don't have

any testing knowledge, but, well,

nothing, eager to learn and, uh, well,

that a nice team is formed, a nice

group.

Right, perfect. That's great.

Thank you. Could it be that you have

another last name? Lucías,

uh, no, I am listed as Lucía Vázquez

in the

Lucía Vázquez.

Lucía Campos Vázquez if you want.

Oh, let it be Campos.

I'll change it now and put Luc.

No, no, no, there's no problem at all.

Since you weren't on the list, I'll see

what

because later on there might be several

people missing, even if they aren't

here, I'll let them know just in case.

Good,

good. Or if not, there's no problem.

No, no, no. That's perfect, that's

perfect. I found you. Thanks.

Thanks.

Who else?

Hi, Professor.

Hi. Uh, I'm Gonzalo. Uh, I went to a

technical school, I have no experience

in anything,

I didn't even have an internship, at

least I didn't. I hope I can understand

the course. C programming, but nothing

about testing.

Okay, good, no problem. Perfect. No

problem learning. Good. Who else?

Tomás Cruz,

how's it going? Yes, well, that. My

name is Tomás Cruz, uh, I work in

retail, I don't have work experience in

IT nor do I know much about testing.

What do I expect from this course? Not

to repeat it, because I am a repeater,

but I only took the first midterm. Ah,

well, it happens.

No, no, it was a time issue. Yes,

because not your subject, but another

one we had last semester took a lot of

time and I decided to take it easier

last semester.

Were you here in the first semester?

Yes, yes, but I only took the first

midterm.

That's fine. Well, very good. Who else?

Come on, guys. I have a ton. Paladini

Gabriel, I'm listening. Hello. Yes. How

are you? Well, I'm Paladini Gabriel. I

work in the fast food industry and that

was my first job and I'm still working

there.

Well,

about testing, I don't have any

knowledge yet, just the name, nothing

more. And what do I expect, what do I

hope for from the course is to really

understand because sometimes there are

topics that are hard for me, but I end

up catching on one way or another.

Well, good, perfect, great. Well, who

else?

Hello, hi. Uh, my name is Ezequiel.

Uh, I don't have any work experience in

the IT field. Uh, and what do I expect

from the course? Uh, to learn. And

about testing, the only thing I know is

the concept, I mean, little to nothing,

basically.

Okay. Good, very good. Good. Who else?

Come on, let's make it more dynamic,

guys. Who else? Otherwise I'll start

looking at the list and start calling,

but I don't want to. Come on, who else?

Someone speak up.

Hello,

hi.

Hello. I'm Paola. Uh, I’m a

radiologist, so I have absolutely

nothing at all in this field.

Right.

And currently, I have a shop in the

capital, I work with that.

Well, very good. Who else? Uh, well, if

you want, hi, I'm K. Uh, I just

finished the CFP course, so I skipped

almost the second semester of the first

year because I got equivalencies, so

I’m here with Elio. We are two of the

ones who skipped ahead, let’s say,

and I’m working for a furniture store

in the social media side, all that

stuff. Also, I'm a carpenter and I've

worked intermittently with this. I had

some jobs during the pandemic and in

2024 with some Mercosur companies and

everything as a developer. And the last

thing I did last year was video game

development. Ah,

I did the diploma at UNKI, a whole year

developing video games in Godot and at

the CFP with Unity. So the latest thing

I have in my portfolio is all video

games.

About testing. Do you have any

testing background? I didn't want to

take the course, but the thing with

short courses is that I find them too,

uh, summarized.

Right.

That’s why I signed up here, since it

was 9 academic hours, let's say.

Yes, yes,

because I signed up for one recently

and it was one hour a week and it

seemed like too little. It was like

And it's very slow.

Exactly.

Right. Who else? Thanks.

Hi. I'll go if you want. Uh, well, my

name is Isios, I'm 27 years old,

currently I'm working as a software

developer for the city government. And

about testing, uh, I only know what my

colleagues do, I don't know in great

depth how it's done, but that's

no problem.

Who else? Let's go. Let's keep

introducing ourselves, guys.

Hello, how’s it going? Daniel Duran

here.

How are you?

How are things? I am 43 years old. Uh,

well, I started working in technology a

year ago. My first job, uh, was level

two support in an observability company

and I automate the bots that monitor

the applications, let's say, with

Selenium and Appium. I see.

And I'm studying. I started the

technical degree in 2024. I'm doing it

slowly, uh, so well, I'm about, about

halfway through.

And where are you working?

At Atentus. It's a company from Chile

that is also here in Argentina, in

Mexico, and in Peru. Very good, that

monitoring is more on the user's side,

let's say, on the front end where we

have racks with phones that simulate

the entire user journey, let's say. And

well, both mobile applications and web.

Well, you're the most advanced one so

far.

Yes, yes. up until last year. I got

this first job a year ago, but I don't

come from this field, I've been getting

into it for a while now, but I came

from a sales background, selling shoes.

That's fine, no problem. Well, thank

you. Who else? Hello, Professor. I'm

Agustín Vera, I'm 19 years old and I'm

currently not working. As for work

experience, I had an internship last

year in high school at the company Exo

as technical support. I wasn't there

very long, though, but anyway, that's

what I have so far after this course. I

just hope to learn everything you teach

us and pass the course well. And about

testing, I don't know much more than

what I saw in high school, but that

wasn't much either, so I'm at your

mercy.

Good, who else, guys? Hello, Professor.

Can you hear me well?

Yes.

I'm Bautista Carratú, I'm 19 years old

. I currently work at a company that

mainly sells skates in Saavedra, called

Vale, regarding IT experience, as many

were saying, I only had two internships

, one as technical support at Exo, like

Agustín. And another at a hardware

wholesaler, which was also in high

school, but for the course, I wouldn't

know what to say; because the area of

testing is the least I've seen in

general. In my 6 years of high school

as a computer technician, it's what I

saw the least, knowing about testing is

basically zero. Good, it doesn't matter

. Everyone has to start somewhere, guys

. Right. Who else?

Martínez,

hello.

How's it going?

My name is Juan. Currently, I'm not

working, I'm searching. Regarding work

experience. I have about 9 months of

manual testing. Anyway, what I hope for

this course is to refresh all the

concepts, learn something new, and

learn something that helps me move

toward automation.

Good, perfect, no problem. Everyone

starts from zero, guys. That's how some

of us started. Who else?

Hello, my name is Mariana and I don't

work, I don't have experience either,

and what I hope from this course is to

learn everything that encompasses

testing because I don't know anything.

Alright, no problem. Who else? Let's

keep going so we get ahead, guys. Can

you hear me, professor?

Yes, yes, I hear you. How's it going?

Hi, my name is John. I currently work

in a tobacco shop. My work experience

is all in the public sector. I don't

know much about testing, I just know

the name, nothing more. Hmm.

I’ve seen a couple of videos

explained simply, but beyond that, I

don't know much.

Very well.

Who else?

Can I go, professor?

Yes,

yes. My name is Ignacio. I am 29 years

old. I've been working as a developer

for about 5 years and with testing,

different methodologies, technologies,

and procedures. I've never done testing

, well, only very circumstantially. And

from this course, I hope to validate my

knowledge a bit and gain some academic

experience regarding testing.

Okay, good, perfect. Thanks. Who else?

César. Arévalos isn't here. Gabriel

Bergamini isn't here either. Yes,

professor, I'm here.

Well, I'm listening.

Hey, professor. All good. Yes, good.

I work at the Coast Guard in the

systems department

and yes, the systems side, programming,

and after that, the course and learning

. And what do you know about testing?

The only thing I know about testing is

that you have to press buttons to break

the system and see what happens. That's

not exactly it,

huh? Well,

it's not just pressing, touching, and

seeing if it breaks. There's a whole

subject behind it, but anyway. Eh, well

, very good. Thank you very much. Lucas

Pongio, where is he? Hello, professor,

can you hear me?

Yes, I'm Lucas. Well, the truth is I

don't currently have a job, but I have

a bit of knowledge about testing, the

basics, let's say.

Okay.

So I hope to be able to deepen that

knowledge and finish the course well.

Good, perfect. Thanks, Esteban Cantero.

He's not here, Mario Báñez. He's not

here either. Lucian Insua isn't here

either. Camilo Márquez, Santiago

Martínez. Nobody there.

Hello, professor. Hi.

Good thing someone appeared. Yes, I

hear you. How are you? All good. My

name is Santiago, I'm 21 years old. For

now, I'm not working. The only work

experience I have is that I worked in a

clothing store

and about testing. I don't know,

nothing. And

no problem. Just say it, guys, don't be

afraid. We all start from zero.

and what is accused here is learning

something about the witness.

Great. Thank you very much. Who else?

Is there anyone else? Hi, professor,

can you hear me well? There.

Good.

I'm Ulises. Uh, I already took the

course and we saw each other recently

because I tried to pass it by exam only

, but, well, I couldn't. So now

Ah, you're the one who took the exam.

the other day. Yes, but well, last year

when I took the course, the second

stage got complicated because there

were subjects, many exams together and,

well,

well,

and now when I took the exam I also had

another subject to take and, well, it

was kind of like that,

but well, especially what cost me was

the last part, so I hope now this

course

you're already ahead, that's fine. Yes,

yes, I have some knowledge of what you

taught.

And well, I currently work in radio,

I'm a radio operator, right now I'm at

Indalo at La Mega. I work.

Good for those taking the exam only, I

mean, the exam is different from the

final. Right, if you want, Ulises can

tell you later, he didn't do well, I

mean, I have to test him on everything

and expect them to know it and more.

Right. I mean, it's theoretical

questions, then practical, and then

oral. I mean, that's the methodology,

because "free" students are expected to

know everything perfectly. Right. Uh,

that's why sometimes, for now "free"

students, I mean, from the questions

they asked, I mean, no one made it.

That's why the thing is that you have

to come, if you want to take the exam

only, very, very well prepared. Right,

anyone else? I have more. Insúa,

Lucián. Ah, I already saw him. Uh,

Márquez Camilo. Martín Julio César.

Professor, good evening.

Good evening.

Well, as I said, my name is Martín. Uh

, I currently work in the contracting

department, which would be part of

public administration. Uh, what I know

about testing, which can be manual or

automated. And what I expect from the

course is to be able to implement what

I learn uh to use it with the

Right. Great. Perfect.

Right. Who else? Masa María. Not here.

Núñez Alex? Neither.

Hello. Hello. Yes, how are you,

professor? Good evening.

Good evening.

Uh, well, yes, I am Alexander Meléndez

. Uh, I am almost 40 years old. Uh.

Uh, some time ago I took a testing

course, but I don't remember very well

if I did some tests uh. let's say with

I think with Selenium, I don't remember

very well, uh a while ago, quite a

while, about 5 years ago I took the

course, but I never finished it,

right? What I know is what I saw in the

course here at the institute.

Okay, good. Well, that's fine. It will

be useful to you.

Well,

something will be useful. You would be

missing the theoretical part, which is

what I'm going to give you at the

beginning, but something will be useful

to you.

Perfect. Thanks.

Well, thanks to you, Cristiano Ocampo,

Ríos Gastón, Ríos Lucía, there's no

one. Claudio Romanuc perhaps. Tolosa

Carlos they aren't here, guys. I have a

Villegas and I think it has the ID

number after. That I think I'm going to

have to change. Is Villegas here? I

don't know if it's, I don't know who it

is, but I only have the last name

Villegas. Elías chat.

Okay, you are going to have to change

it because Good. Well, with no one uh

else. So well, let's start then. Uh,

before starting this, I'll give it to

you Wednesday because the idea isn't to

start today. Good, although we are

quite a few today, there's quite a lot,

sometimes it's not my idea to start

today. Good, but uh let's start

Wednesday. Good. Uh, more than anything

today to see uh enter the virtual

classroom, good, inside the virtual

classroom, you look at that yourselves.

It's already uploaded, the syllabus is

uploaded. That yes, the syllabus now

I'm going to share it with you, so this

way later if you have any type of doubt

uh we will look at it. Wait for me to

open the syllabus, so I can present it

to you. Uh, go entering the virtual

classroom so you can see it well. Uh,

if you have any questions or something.

Well, here what it tells you is what

things we are going to see, the

objectives of the course. Good, what

things we are, concepts we will be

seeing, the contents that later I will

be talking about on Wednesday. Good,

that is, it is divided into blocks of

what is the management and the

execution of the tests. This in broad

strokes. Good, I here what I leave you

well are these uh if you want to see

something of what is this introduction

to quality, good, they are YouTube

videos that will serve as additional

input to what I give you within the

subject. Good, at least these first

three which is the introduction, what

we are going to talk a lot about is in

Agile. Now we are going to dive in a

little bit, I'm going to tell you about

something briefly. Testing general

concepts. Right. And this one, yes,

this one on automation. Uh, sometimes,

what happens? Sometimes, guys, I have a

lot of holidays like this semester, and

sometimes I can go over it with you,

and if not, I'll tell you to watch it

yourselves. Right, once I've taught you

all about automation, you'll be able to

watch this video. Don't start watching

it now, okay, because honestly you'll

only understand half of it. And the one

on APIs, too. Right. Uh, well, here is

how the course and the evaluations will

work. Regarding evaluations, obviously

to pass you need to get a seven.

Between four and seven you go to the

final, less than four you fail. "I

already got this..." we'll discuss this

because, well, it always happens. I got

a seven on the first one and a five on

the second. Can I retake it if you show

up on the makeup date? And obviously

I'll test you to see if you can pass.

But be careful, because obviously, I

always say the same thing: I erase that

grade and put in the grade you get that

very day. Right, if you got an eight,

congratulations, you're passing, you

can get the same grade or not, or you

could end up failing. Right, watch out

for that. Right, I respect that, but

we'll talk about this in the second

stage after the first midterm. Right,

but this is general. I imagine that for

all the the courses it must be the same

. Uh, how is this subject taught? Here

you have the dates. Right, we are going

to have this. I'm giving you this; it

is generally followed, but it is

tentative. Right, to start looking at

class one. You will see later in the

virtual classroom where you have this,

and you can see, I'm treating it as

week, week one. Right, the presentation

will be there. Also, week two you will

have this, and so on. If you want, go

into the virtual classroom now, later

when I let you, we'll see. The thing is

, I see it differently than you do.

Right, uh, you'll see it differently

where it says week one. If you click it

, you will open that day's presentation

. Right. Uh, we will be looking at

quality attributes, the seven

principles, test levels. We will have

three assignments throughout the course

. The assignments will help you with

the practical part of the midterm exam.

It is important that you complete them.

Right, how do we start the assignments?

I base the assignments on everyday life

. The first one is so you can start to

understand what testing is about. So,

don't worry, because we are starting

from scratch. Uh, we are going to look

at the software development process and

methodologies. Something I will be

talking to you about is agile

methodologies. I took a course many

years ago in England about that

methodology. I'll tell you, in 2011, a

long time ago, when it was the

beginning of how agile methodology

started to be treated in development.

So I have many years of experience.

From then on, I always worked with the

methodology, and what I always say is

that agile methodology isn't just

what's written down, but what each team

adapts to without breaking the

methodology's rules. Uh, I will be

presenting that to you, and we will

also look at methodologies, obviously

for the testing area. Here, obviously,

I have the dates of what we will be

covering. Well, you can see it later in

the virtual classroom, but anyway, we

will have assignment 2 before the first

midterm. Right, the idea is for us to

have the first midterm on September

30th, and obviously, the exam is in

person. Good. Uh, well, we talked a

little bit, we'll talk more about the

midterm later because surely you will

have questions. And well, obviously

later we have the life cycle, final

test report, types, uh, test plan,

white box, black box techniques, and

obviously we finish with the subject of

automation. After that, we have the

second midterm, which is on November

16th. Right. And then we have the

make-up exams on the 18th. Right. Uh, I

haven't uploaded the updated one yet,

because the idea is to have it on

Wednesday, well, I'll change it later.

But, uh, I uploaded a PDF indicating

that I was going to give it to you on

Mondays, but it's better on Wednesdays.

Right, because I coordinated with

Viviana, who is from the other. Later,

you check the issue of what the other

subject you have on Wednesdays is

called, communication. Could be. Are

you taking it? Communication Workshop.

Many of you here are taking that one. I

am.

Yes.

Well,

perfect. Well, talk to them. I will set

things up to coordinate that same day.

I told Ana, I think her name is Ana. I

will leave the information about when

I'm testing her in the chat, so you can

also coordinate with her to go on the

same day for her part, I don't know how

she tests. Right, but that would be the

idea. Okay, any questions so far? No,

no, professor,

no.

Not for now.

Good. Well, uh, what else? Did you go

into the virtual classroom?

Yes. No, well,

yes, professor, but for example, about

the weeks you mentioned the block would

arrive, it didn't arrive,

you know? You said there was a section

in the syllabus, I think, for week one

and it takes you to the side. No,

either I can't find it or it's not

working.

It says, it says presentation. I

already looked for it, I see it now. Uh

, expand it.

Ah,

there it is. I'm presenting it now. I

don't know if you see it exactly like

this.

Good. So, what you have here is the

link to join the Meet. Another thing I

was going to tell you is to join

Telegram. Right, you click here and it

will automatically join you. Because

later I'll tell you about the Telegram

thing. Telegram is for us to

communicate, and if you want, you can

also ask questions among yourselves,

that's no problem, but generally, what

happens? Why do I do it? I mean, on

Telegram, obviously those of us who

work, well, those who don't work, but I

always respect people's schedules. What

happens? Because it happened to me in a

lot of courses until I started changing

this. I start the classes at 7:00 PM,

right, I don't start at 4:30 PM. For

one, I might end up running late. There

are people who told me, "I'm traveling

on the bus." There were people who told

me they were, I mean, students who were

on the train. So, half an hour isn't

going to change the outlook for me,

guys. I prefer you to be sitting down

watching it because otherwise, on your

phone on the street, your phone could

get stolen. Right, even that. So the

idea is the following, that we start at

7:00 PM. I will be logging in at 6:50

PM. In case I have any kind of issue,

I'll tell you, "Guys, we're starting at

7:30 PM because I was delayed by

something at work, for X reason." Right

, but I'll log on at 6:50 PM, and we'll

start at 7:00 PM. Right, at 7:00, don't

join at 7:05 because, I mean, I'll be

left hanging, right? Please be

responsible and join at 7:00 because I

start right at 7:00. A That's one thing

. So join the Telegram, right, and you

can see it there easily, besides, I'll

be telling you, "Hey, remember that

such-and-such day is the first midterm

so you don't forget, and everything

else." Like I told you, here is the

syllabus; I have to update it with the

new dates. Uh, and here we have the

weekly presentations. Right. Uh, where

we have week one here. If you click on

week one, it will automatically open

and take you to the presentation. Right

.

Yes. Yes. Perfect. Is that clear to you

, or not? And so on, obviously with all

the weeks, week two, week 2.1. Why?

Because there are two presentations. We

have week 3, week 4, week 4.1, and so

on, you have them here for each one of

them. Uh, some people keep them open,

and I just tell you, but I generally

present the slides and talk you through

them so you can take notes. Right. What

do I put on the midterms? What I told

you in class, guys. I mean, I don't go

off on tangents, I don't give you

random stuff like, "Hey, you have to

read this book," we see it all in class

and I test you on things from class.

Right. Uh, what else? Well, any

questions so far? The Telegram link

tells me it's expired, if it's updated.

Don't tell me.

It let me in just now, eh?

Yes, I already joined. Uh,

who spoke to me saying they couldn't

get in?

Me, Ulises.

Mm. Maybe it's because I always use the

same one.

Yes, professor, the same thing is

happening to me.

Yes, but maybe Ulises, since I removed

you, it won't let you in, eh? What's

your username, Ulises?

What? The email.

No, no, wait, I see a bunch of you are

adding yourselves. We're getting more

and more. It didn't let you in.

No, it says something like the link, it

says join group, and when I want to

join the group, it tells me the link is

broken. Try this: add members. How are

you on Telegram? Like this, you

Oh, let me check, I forgot, I don't

know. Let me check. I'll find you

anyway. Message me if you messaged me

privately before.

Yes, but I think it deleted me because

I don't see any chats from that. Uh,

actually, I hadn't deleted it because I

planned to sign up, so I don't know

what happened now. I don't have it.

Well, let me see. Send it by mail to

see how I can add you and I'll check to

see, let's see. Auto-nations. Uh, you

talked to me, you told me, "No, but I

don't have you."

I think I do. I am Ulises MG on

Telegram. @ulises MG

Ulises MG. I'll try to see how I can

add you. Well, any questions, guys?

For now.

Okay. Good. No, one question.

Good, perfect. You saw the virtual

classroom. You don't have any questions

about that? Everything is fine. I have

to upload the new stuff. Good. Like

that. Kevin Puentes. Good.

Yes. I have a question. Are we going to

work individually or together? You know

, there are subjects where they form

groups and you work like that, with

groups or

uh the thing is this. The first and

second assignments are individual. The

third one, I mean, the level of

complexity keeps increasing. The third

one, you will do in groups, okay? Uh,

so don't worry, you'll get to do it.

So, for the first midterm, it's mostly

individual, and for the second, it's

better if we have work groups set up?

For the third, not the second. Right,

for the third, yes. No, no, I'm talking

about midterms, because I think the

first midterm covers the first and

second assignments, right?

Uh, yes, but since the midterm isn't a

group one,

right? I know, but I mean for studying

or focusing

because I was asked that once, that's

why.

No, I don't know, the midterms are

individual,

eh? Yes, yes, yes. I mean, the first

assignment is individual, the second

one too, and the third one is actually

for you to uh, do it in groups. Right.

I was mostly thinking for study

purposes, you know? If it's more

complex, it’s also good to have study

groups ready.

Right. Yes. Uh, what’s more, the

thing is that sometimes, let’s see,

people drop out during the course and I

can't tell you now, hey, it will be

groups of six or seven people.

Sometimes I’ve had 55 students and

few dropped out, so I see as the course

progresses. Exactly. Good.

Perfect.

Uh, well. Anyone else, guys? Any

questions? I have a question, Professor

, about the schedule. You said it

started at 7 in general and from there

not in general. Uh, it will always be

like that.

Right, right, always

good.

Uh, and from there until 10:30, or does

it end earlier? Because we had subjects

where it wasn't all the hours the

school said, but less. Uh, yes, fine.

Uh, let’s see, uh, the idea is the

following, I mean, uh, we start at 7:00

PM. Right, I’m going to give you, uh,

everything related to the theory. The,

the idea is this, that you on

Wednesdays, right, can can you hear me?

Yes, we were listening. Good, good. No,

no, because I disconnected something

and I thought, maybe it uh, the idea is

that on Wednesdays you can also do the

assignments, or sometimes what I do is

review well to, uh I tell you to review

all the theory. But why do I do that?

Because, uh, I’ll tell you this right

now. Uh, keep in mind that the first

part is heavy, guys. It’s theory, you

have to know it. So, if you wait until

the last day, you won’t do well on

the midterm, guys, because there will

be a lot of theory. Right, I’m

telling you this so you know, because

otherwise it will get complicated, it

won't be simple. I mean, you’ll be

pulling your hair out and you won’t

have a good time. So, what is the

I, on Wednesdays

we can't hear you well. Hello.

Now yes.

Ah, well, the idea is that on

Wednesdays you can review yourselves or

do the assignments. Why? Because in the

midterms, both the first and the second

, I test you on, uh, theory and

practice. Right, so, and you must have

the practice down, no matter what, to

reach a passing grade. Right. I'll

likely explain that part later when we

get to the bar, but you'll need to have

the theory part as well. So, with all

this, uh the idea is for you to take

advantage, right, we have a synchronous

class, synchronous, uh, on Mondays and

Wednesdays, right, and you can work on

it. Right. More than anything, I do

this, guys, for you and to help you

because, I mean, the first part is

heavy, it has a lot of theory, and the

second part too. Right, the second part

, I mean, it’s different, but a lot

of things are added. Right. Uh,

any questions, anything you want to ask

?

Uh, yes. So, the Wednesday schedule is

more of a review, let's say, of what

was seen on Monday. So, Mondays from 7

to 10:30 straight through,

both Mondays and Wednesdays will be the

same. Right, at 7 PM because, I mean,

whoever works doesn't work on Monday

and Wednesday, no.

Yes. No, I'm thinking about the

question the classmate had about the

closing time, let's say, because maybe

10:30 and there’s someone...

No, I’m going to tell you the truth,

guys. 10:30, no, I'll cut it. Right,

I’ll cut it earlier. Right. The idea

is to do it at the beginning and, uh,

not suffer as much. Right, because yes,

I mean, my idea is to start Mondays at

7 and give you all the theory. Right.

And finish and that's it. If I see that

—let me repeat—this semester we

have a ton of holidays on Mondays, more

than usual. Why? Because September 21st

falls on a Monday, so we don't have

that day. Right, so that's already one

day less. Besides, we have next week,

Monday is a holiday, and then we have

the Monday of October 12th. So, it

means, I mean, we have a lot of

holidays, but I’ll repeat, I won't

test you on anything I didn't teach you

. Right. Uh, another thing I’m

remembering is, guys, I don't record

the classes. Right. The idea is for you

to be here. Why? Because sometimes, uh,

things come up during the course, in

class, and we start discussing things,

and well, I mean,

it's cutting out for you.

Again. It's cutting out.

Like, sometimes I can hear you.

Yes, can you hear me?

Now, yes.

M,

now it’s not audible.

Now

no,

not now.

Hello.

Goodbye.

Good. Uh, so, uh, as I was saying, I

mean, guys, we aren't going to be here

until 10:30 at night, rest assured.

Perfect.

Good. Uh, any other questions you might

have?

Yes, a classmate in the chat was asking

if the midterms are on a computer or

with paper and pen. Paper and pencil.

No computers, guys.

Okay, thanks.

Anyone else?

No, no. We got a classroom, luckily.

No, no,

no.

Not for now. Okay,

they'll come up soon.

Okay, good. Uh, let's see if I can,

well, we'll start later, but I wanted

to see if I can add myself to t the two

I'm missing. Let me send them a little

message and then Ulises, can you tell

me if you get Ulises MG? Are you there,

Ulises? Can you add yourself there?

Yes, professor. Uh, sorry, but it

wouldn't open for me, I don't know why.

Yes, I got it.

And were you able to add yourself to

the methodology group? Let me check.

And the other person, who was it? C

Nicolás T. And you can't talk to me

either, right?

Uh, professor, I still can't join. I

saw the message, but no. Let's see, let

me try to add you. Members. I can't add

you either,

professor. What if you make a new one

and paste the link here and we send the

new link to the same methodology group?

Yes, I didn't want to set it up. Sure,

but so no one is left out, because

there's another classmate, John

Escalante, who said he can't either

because they are I deleted them for

that reason, because I always use the

same one, that's why. Uh, well, there.

And let's see, add to contacts.

He thought we weren't coming back.

Yes,

there you are, Ulises.

Let me check.

I have to add him that way. Uh, let's

see, who else? You were able to good.

Yes, I'm there. Perfect. Thanks.

Okay. Good. And I'm still missing uh C

Nicolás T. No, no, only the ones who

were inside before. Yes. Ezequiel

Delgadillo. Were you ever in it because

yes, last term.

The previous one,

yes.

I have to add you. And now I'll be able

to add you. Wait, uh, because this is a

process. I don't want to dismantle the

group, that's why, uh. There Ezequiel,

I've added you. Wait guys, because I

have to do it. I have no choice. To do

it manually. Check if you can get in

now, Ezequiel.

Sure. Let me check. Who else couldn't

get in?

Me, professor. I just sent it in the

chat. Escalante John.

Yes. Uh, it won't let me. It lets you.

No, no, it won't let me. Well, let me

look into it and because otherwise I'll

have to set up a new one. Uh, I'll see

about setting up a new one and let you

know. Fine,

sure. Right. Well, well, if you don't

have any more questions, we'll see you

on Wednesday, remember, at 7:00 PM.

Right, so I can start giving you

everything on Wednesday. I need to give

you this, usually today and what's

today, Monday, because Monday is a

holiday. If we don't meet until next

Wednesday, I don't think I'll make it,

but we'll see, guys. Um, wait, I'm

going to write it down before I'm

missing Escalante. I'll see if I can

add you guys now. Uh, I'll see how I

can Escalante, Ezequiel, Delgadillo.

I'm going to have to make a new group,

okay? And I don't know how to send it

to you, but I'll let you know on

Wednesday. Right, or for those who are

already in, I'll notify you through the

new group, so we can set up a new group

. Right. Well, very good. If there are

no more questions,

I have a quick one.

Yes, Kevin.

Uh, do you need...What do you recommend

we look at between now and Wednesday?

Nothing on Wednesday, nothing today?

Today was to let you know what the

course is like, what the methodology is

that we are going to be looking at.

Right,

perfect.

Well, very good. I'll see about setting

up a new group and in any case, I'll

pass it on to you on Wednesday. If I

can put it on the virtual classroom,

even better. Right, I'll let you know

here anyway. Right, I'll let you know

on Wednesday anyway. Right,

very good.

Thank you. Thanks. My

bye. Bye, see you later. Bye. Bye. See

you later, professor.