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- e-Mentoring: a web platform to support mentoring programsPublication . Andrade, Cassiano de Brito; Alves, Paulo; Fernandes, José Eduardo; Coutinho, FlávioMentoring programs are becoming more common in higher education to support student’s integration and reduce the risk of drop put. In Instituto Politécnico de Bragança has been implemented the Mentoring Academy program through peer mentoring and peer tutoring, to contribute to the student's socio-academic inclusion. Motivated by this demand, we aimed at proposing a web application that complies with the Mentoring Academy requirements. Based on the literature review, we opted for the technologies ASP.NET Core and MySQL, for the backend, and Angular 6, for the frontend. The system was deployed on a Linux server located at the institution. The main challenge encountered was to design a system that would attend the routine of each one of the system's six personas. It was overcome using the SCRUM methodology, which was used in the application development, with biweekly meetings with the stakeholders to evaluate what was done and to define the efforts for the following fortnight. This interactive development process helped to guide the system's development to an early acceptance state by the stakeholders. The system supports connection between mentors and mentees, meetings, documents sharing, email and other management tasks. It provides graphs about the connection between mentors or tutors with mentees or tutees and the quantity of meetings held over time between them. It is expected in the future to be able to evaluate the academic success of the mentees enrolled in the program.
- Web application for the Mentoring academy programPublication . Andrade, Cassiano de Brito; Alves, Paulo; Fernandes, José Eduardo; Coutinho, Flávio Roberto dos SantosMentoring Academy is a program which aims to integrate students of Instituto Politécnico de Bragança in the academy through peer mentoring and peer tutoring. This program needed an application that permits its execution. Motivated by this demand, we aimed at proposing a web application that complies with the Mentoring Academy requirements. The system requirements were defined together with the program stakeholders. Based on the literature review, we opted for the technologies ASP.NET Core and MySQL, for the backend, and Angular 6, for the frontend. Subsequently, the system architecture was planned. SCRUM methodology was used in the application development, with biweekly meetings with the stakeholders to evaluate what was done and to define the efforts for the following fortnight. Eighteen features were developed and presented, including assigning mentors and tutors to new students, scheduling meetings, generating graphics with information about the students, notifications made by the system and importing new users. Finally, the system was deployed on a Linux server provided by the Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Bragança, allowing it to be tested and later used by the Mentoring Academy users. Approximately 61% of the functional requirements defined in the system modeling were developed (44 out of 72) and some functionalities not previously defined were also implemented. The units tests developed for the web application proved promising in terms of components generation and HTTP request services, both exception-free. That said, the system provides students’ integration, permitting them to have socio-academic inclusion and support in curricular units.
- A web platform to support mentoring programs in higher educationPublication . Andrade, Cassiano de Brito; Alves, Paulo; Fernandes, José Eduardo; Coutinho, FlávioMentoring Academy is a program which aims to integrate students of the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança in the academy through peer mentoring and peer tutoring. This program needed an application that permits its execution. Motivated by this demand, we aimed at proposing a web application that complies with the Mentoring Academy requirements. The system requirements were defined together with the program stakeholders. Based on the literature review, we opted for the technologies ASP.NET Core and MySQL, for the backend, and Angular 6, for the frontend. Subsequently, the system architecture was planned. SCRUM methodology was used in the application development, with biweekly meetings with the stakeholders to evaluate what was done and to define the efforts for the following fortnight. Eighteen features were developed and four were presented in this paper. Finally, the system was deployed on a Linux server provided by the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, allowing it to be tested and later used by the Mentoring Academy users. Approximately 61% of the functional requirements defined in the system modeling were developed (23 out of 38) and some functionalities not previously defined were also implemented. The units tests developed for the web application proved promising in terms of components generation and HTTP request services, both exception-free. That said, the system provides students’ integration, permitting them to have socio-academic inclusion and support in curricular units.