Proposta de um sistema para o monitoramento das atividades de programação para alunos iniciantes - CFACIL +

Abstract

This work presents a proposal of support for attending the beginner students’ learning difficulties in the subject of Algorithms and Programing at the Federal University of Pampa (Universidade Federal do Pampa). A monitoring system, CFacil+, was developed after an integration of the tool CFacil in a network (client and server). In order to accomplish this goal, both bibliographic researches and an improvement of the application CFacil were carried out. Later on, functioning tests were executed in the monitoring tool (CFacil+), as well as a satisfaction survey conducted among the professors of Algorithms and Programing. The results reached after the use of CFacil+ by the professors show that it helps classes become more productive. This is due to the fact that the system eases an immediate visualization of the learners’ activities. Moreover, the participants representing the faculty members, after making use of the application, claimed to have accomplished the monitoring of the students in an effective way through a simple and intuitive interface. Finally, the survey portrayed CFacil+ as an alternate type of collaboration to the teaching of Algorithm and Programming.