The aim of this article is to introduce an experience in continuous evaluation applied to a course of Mathematics taken by students pursuing a career in the Humanities; in other words, students that won’t use Mathematics in their future professions. Even though the concept of continuous evaluation is not often heard in higher education, we decided to incorporate this evaluation system in our course as we think it may have a positive impact on the students’ learning process –specially of those pursuing a career in the Humanities. As this kind of evaluation is a continuous and interactive process, it stimulates the development of mathematical skills, and allows students to succeed when facing problems related to every-day life or to their employments.

Se presenta una actividad colaborativa de Matemática en la que los alumnos determinan las ecuaciones y las gráficas de cónicas y rectas; y reconocen las ventajas de usar un software como Winplot o Geogebra para obtener las gráficas, así como para realizar cambios de forma rápida.