Techaprender: uma plataforma digital de apoio e direcionamento ao ensino em tecnologia da informação

Abstract

This work presents the development of TechAprender, a digital platform for educational support and career guidance aimed at students of the Systems Analysis and Development program at the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) – Picos Campus. The research was based on the identification of recurring difficulties among students related to information overload, dispersion caused by the excess of available content, and the lack of clear guidance regarding areas of specialization in Information Technology. To support the development process, a structured questionnaire was applied via Google Forms to 18 students of the program, and the collected data guided the definition of the system's functional and non-functional requirements. The platform was built with React.js on the frontend and Firebase (Authentication and Cloud Firestore) on the backend, hosted on Vercel, and organizes the learning process into six thematic tracks, Frontend, Backend, Database, Artificial Intelligence, Information Security, and Mobile, each structured into three progressive knowledge levels, with content gradually unlocked as the user advances. The system, which exceeded the scope initially planned as a minimum viable product, was evaluated with seven users through acceptance testing, obtaining predominantly positive ratings regarding usability, the relevance of the recommended track, and future usage intention, reinforcing its contribution to students' study organization and academic engagement.