iFMS: aplicativo de comunicações para o IFMS

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, several challenges emerged in managing communication at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Mato Grosso do Sul (IFMS). Among the observed issues, the difficulty in distinguishing important information from non-important ones stood out, as well as the lack of control by administrators and faculty over who received such information. This situation highlighted the urgent need for a more effective approach to disseminating relevant information to the academic community. Given this scenario, this work proposes the partial development of an application aimed at improving communication at the IFMS Três Lagoas campus and, subsequently, at other campuses of the institution. The development process of the application, named iFMS, began with bibliographic and field research, which served as a basis for gathering requirements and identifying the specific demands of the campus. This was followed by the creation of diagrams, screen and functionality planning, and, finally, implementation. As a result, the iFMS prototype, developed using the Dart programming language and the Flutter development kit, demonstrates potential to enhance institutional communication by centralizing important information and promoting more efficient interaction within the academic community.