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A Web-based Tool for Supporting the Management of Outreach Projects and Programs in the University: A Group-based Expert Walkthrough Evaluation

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Due to Resolution Nº 7 of 2018 by the National Council of Education (CNE) of Brazil, outreach curricularization is mandatory since 2023. This study aims to evaluate the usability of our tool, which is designed to support the management of academic outreach activities, projects and programs. A Groupbased Expert Walkthrough was conducted with potential users from our university’s academic community. The goal is present our proposal web-based tool as well as how we evaluating the usability in our tool, while allowing subjects to offer suggestions for improvements and new ideas. Valuable qualitative feedback was obtained, guiding the development of the tool, prioritizing and validating requirements. The usability evaluation provided insights to enhance the tool’s learnability and user-friendliness for the academic community.

DOI: 10.5753/sbie.2024.242265

Authors: Igor Dalepiane, Lucas Fell, Matheus Fialho, Aline Mello, Fábio Basso, Maicon Bernardino

Institution: Universidade Federal do Pampa

Language: English

Topic: Usability and User Interface Design

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Award: G5081980432