Gestic: uma ferramenta para gestão de atividades extensionistas

Abstract

It is understood that organizational excellence can be achieved through the exercise of knowledge, guiding decision-making and dynamic management techniques to maximize corporate development and understanding of internal and external process flows. Aligned with this, information management proves to be a fundamental foundation for an organization, as it fosters the ability to promote the strategic use of data, operational efficiency, and technological modernization, since digital systems play the role of structuring and managing information effectively. The Computer Science course at the Federal University of Alagoas includes Extension Curricular Activities in its curriculum, representing 10% of the total curriculum hours of the course, promoting educational interdisciplinarity in the training process of the students at the Computing Institute. In this context, the Integrated System for Academic Activities Management is used as the main software to support general and extension activities management, but it does not provide updated information about the projects. Similarly, the Computing Institute's website, in the extension section, lacks updated information about the projects and presents incomplete contexts to support the knowledge of the student body, which promotes institutional disorganization; difficulty in monitoring activities and internal improvement processes. Thus, this work aims to create GestIC, a tool to support the management of extension activities capable of managing extension projects and generating knowledge to assist the administrative, teaching, and student body of the Computing Institute and other courses at the Federal University of Alagoas.