Aplicación web para la gestión académica de la dirección de educación continua de la UTMACH

Abstract

The Continuing Education Center (CEC) of the Technical University of Machala (UTMACH) was created in response to the growing demand for continuing education in the region. With the commitment to provide flexible and updated educational opportunities, the department was established with the objective of being a reference in continuing education and professional development. Currently, the CEC offers various academic programs implemented in a system that requires automating manually executed processes, such as enrollment validation and generation of transcripts. In order to address the problems raised, the creation of a web application for academic management is presented. The objective of the project is to manage CEC's academic processes related to enrollment and grade reports granted in the programs offered, using microservices and PHP and Laravel development tools. The XP methodology was used to develop the web application, due to its hybrid and iterative approach, providing a solid framework capable of satisfying the users' needs. Subsequently, the functionality of each academic module was evaluated through acceptance tests, obtaining satisfactory results that met the established requirements. The load and performance evaluation applied to the microservices showed that 75% of the application is ready to be implemented; however, it requires certain adjustments in latency and response time. In conclusion, the application of a satisfaction survey showed a significant improvement of 80% in the user experience, validating the initial hypothesis of the project.