Modern educational environments increasingly rely on digital platforms to facilitate interaction between students and educators. Discord has emerged as a popular communication platform in academic settings, offering a combination of messaging and support for chatbot development. However, most existing Discord bots lack specialized educational functionalities and mobile-friendly interfaces, limiting their effectiveness for instructional use. This paper presents InsightEdu, an innovative iOS application that provides a touch-centric interface for managing a custom Discord bot designed for educational contexts. The system enables educators to conduct surveys, collect feedback, and track attendance through an intuitive mobile interface. The architecture combines a SwiftUI-based iOS client application with a Python-based Discord bot server. User evaluation with educators demonstrated significant usability improvements compared to traditional Discord interfaces, with 92% of participants (n = 20) reporting enhanced efficiency in managing educational interactions. This study demonstrates that mobile-first, instructor-friendly design can significantly enhance the utility of existing communication platforms for academic purposes.
翻译:现代教育环境日益依赖数字平台来促进师生互动。Discord已成为学术场景中广受欢迎的交流平台,它结合了即时通讯功能并支持聊天机器人开发。然而,现有的大多数Discord机器人缺乏专门的教育功能与移动友好的界面,限制了其在教学应用中的有效性。本文提出InsightEdu,这是一款创新的iOS应用程序,为教育场景定制的Discord机器人提供了以触控为中心的管理界面。该系统使教育工作者能够通过直观的移动界面开展问卷调查、收集反馈并跟踪出勤情况。其架构结合了基于SwiftUI的iOS客户端应用与基于Python的Discord机器人服务器。针对教育工作者的用户评估表明,相较于传统的Discord界面,该系统在可用性方面有显著提升,92%的参与者(n = 20)报告其在管理教学互动方面的效率得到提高。本研究表明,以移动优先、面向教师的设计能显著提升现有交流平台在学术用途中的实用性。