Development of an Interface for Visualizing Engagement Profiles Created from Educational Data Grouping

The distance learning modality faces challenges in improving teaching efficiency, reducing student isolation, and enhancing support technologies. Research focuses on student engagement, but large class sizes make individual tracking difficult. This study aimed to develop an interface for visualizing engagement profiles based on clustered educational data. The Design Science Research (DSR) methodology was used, which involved: 1) problem investigation through interviews with teachers; 2) development, selecting engagement variables, clustering algorithms, and visualization metaphors; 3) evaluations, with feedback from teachers and data visualization experts. Key findings include: 1) the need for tracking tools and the importance of forums, as mentioned by teachers; 2) the “what-why-how” structure for selecting the appropriate visualization; 3) features to ensure greater usability in dashboards, such as reducing scroll and grouping visualizations by information type, as pointed out by experts. Keywords: Distance education. Engagement. Data visualization. Usability.