Desenvolvimento de uma plataforma on-line de submissão e execução em lotes de rotinas computacionais desenvolvidas em Octave

Abstract

Numerical Calculus is present in the grade of several undergraduate courses, such as bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics, in engineering courses and related areas. The course studies numerical methods for solving general problems. Some authors approach the teaching of the subject in the traditional way, approaching purely the mathematical side of the subject; others understand that such numerical methods have limited applicability if not implemented as computer programs. Thus, defend the teaching of numerical calculation using software, however, this practice can generate an additional workload for the professor. Among the challenges of performing the correction of an algorithm submitted by the student, the execution of the code stands out in this paper, which is traditionally done manually, where the professor needs to run each of the submissions in several different cases, in order to test the behavior of the algorithm. This work aims to present the process of developing a platform that allows the execution in batches of algorithms developed in the Octave language, speeding up the correction of the activity by the professor, and consequently generating faster feedback for the student. The developed tool allows the management of classes, exercises and tests, which are executed by the platform, and the data is presented for the professor to perform the correction without the need to manually run the submitted algorithms. The platform also allows scale, where exercises can run in parallel, improving the response time for the professor and the student. Tests were simulated in fictitious classes in three different scenarios, in order to test the stability and collect initial feedback of the system, which was able to perform the exercises for all registered tests, fulfilling the objective proposed by the work.