The (ramification Encouraging Access to Information and Academic Interaction

摘要

Institutional websites are available for a large amount of data hindering the access of scholars to information relevant to their academic journey. As the university is also a space of opportunities, it is necessary that the student is aware of all the possibilities that can support his professional and human growth, such as, monitoring, projects of scientific initiation, cultural activities, among others. So, considering the massive use of smartphones by students, this paper proposes a mobile application that provides the information of interest to academics in a more simplified way, using the resources of gamification. In order to investigate the most interesting contents of the students of the State University of the North of Parana (UENP), a questionnaire containing questions related to university contents was applied a 220 students. The investigation allowed to verify that the students have a high level of difficulty to access the contents of their interest, pointing out as main reason the organization and the great amount of information available. The most interesting contents of the students were their scores, class schedule and the availability of the teachers. For the application, only the most interesting subjects pointed out by the students. All these subjects usually have a long way to their access, due to the structuring of the university website and the large amount of information already mentioned.