Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação móvel para gerenciamento de atividades complementares em instituições de ensino superior

Abstract

Complementary activities play an essential role in academic education, allowing students to expand their knowledge beyond regular courses. These activities can include participation in extension projects, internships, social projects, events, among others. These activities are required by some higher education institutions as they are part of the academic curriculum and are important for students’ education, as they enable the development of skills and competencies, as well as providing real-life work experiences. Each institution may have its own strategies to encourage and ensure compliance with these complementary activities by students. It is common for students to face difficulties in fulfilling these activities due to the lack of a system that facilitates their tracking and management. Given the current global scenario, where mobile technology is increasingly prevalent, the development of a mobile application to manage these activities could be a solution to alleviate the challenges faced by students in complying with and tracking these activities. In this context, the objective of this study is to develop a mobile application that enables the tracking and management of complementary activities, providing students with greater control over the activities they are completing, including both complementary activities and extension activities, and that can be used by any student from any higher education institution. To develop the mobile application, software engineering techniques were applied, along with agile Scrum Solo development models, using weekly sprints. After the development phase, the application was deployed in an app store and made available to users. Finally, the application was validated by the target audience through a survey, where usability and user experience were evaluated. This demonstrated that the application delivered what was proposed with satisfactory results.