CVChatbot: A Chatbot for the Facebook Messenger App Integrated with the Moodle LMS

• Paulo Dehon C. Cedro Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)
• Alexandre J. Carvalho Silva Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)
• Ana Carolina Inocêncio Federal University of Jataí (UFJ)
• Cleber C. Castro Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)
• Heitor A. X. Costa Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)
• Paulo A. Parreira Júnior Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbie.sbie.2018.1623

Abstract

This paper proposes an integration of the LMS Moodle with the Facebook Messenger app, in order to improve the process of communication among students and teachers in a virtual learning environment. Hence, a chatbot was developed for this app, called CVChatbot, which is able to send notifications to the users on modules created by the teachers in the virtual rooms of the LMS, as well as on messages posted in forums of these rooms. The developed chatbot was evaluated by 17 (seventeen) undergraduate students from a university and the results were considered promising.

Keywords: CVChatbot, Facebook Messenger, Moodle, notifications, virtual classrooms

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