Scoring games?

[Mark Blagdon]

Hello, Can anyone tell me if the built-in games such as Golf, Hangman, Million Dollar Question, can be set to record and report the scores as tests do. Thank you. Mark

[benpitman]

Not exactly BUT you can do something. You can use actions to retrieve the scores from the games. I can't remember where that is but maybe see the Help button or video on the first tab for an animation. Once you have the score from the game, you can add an action to Modify Variable to set AICC_Score for AICC or SCIRMK 1.2. I haven't figured out yet how to set that score for SCORM 2004.


While games sound cool, consider this from page 175 of my book on Designing Effective e-Learning.

Guideline 1: Make the Type of Game Job-related
Make sure you make your game relevant to the content and context in which the learners will be using the content. “Don’t let the ‘coolness’ of the game overpower what you are trying to accomplish [usually a change in behavior on the job]” (Ward & Elkins, 2009. p. 123). For example, a “Jeopardy™ game exercise might be perceived as fun, but it risks storing the facts in memory without job context. These facts, lacking contextual hooks needed for retrieval, often fail to transfer [to the job]. In contrast, a troubleshooting exercise asks technicians to apply the new facts to a job-realistic situation” (Clark, 2003, p. 40). If you were teaching safe driving practices for pizza delivery drivers, a game where a delivery car moved some for each correct question would be better than a Jeopardy™ game. In fact, you could even design it so that the best answer moved it more than okay answers and poor answers either don’t move it at all or even moved it backwards. You could also show delivery time in minutes.