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Gamification with Moodle

By : Natalie Denmeade
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Gamification with Moodle

By: Natalie Denmeade

Overview of this book

This book describes how teachers can use Gamification design within the Moodle Learning Management System. Game elements can be included in course design by using, badges, rubrics, custom grading scales, forums, and conditional activities. Moodle courses do not have to be solo-learning experiences that replicate Distance Education models. The Gamification design process starts by profiling players and creating levels of achievement towards meeting learning outcomes. Each task is defined, valued, and sequenced. Motivation loops are devised to keep the momentum going. In a gaming studio, this approach would require a team of specialists with a large budget and time frames. Preparing for a class rarely has these optimal conditions. The approach used in this book is to introduce game elements into the course design gradually. First, apply gamification to just one lesson and then build up to gamifying a series of lessons over a term. Each example will indicate the difficulty level and time investment. Try it out to see what is most effective with your learners and choose wisely in your use of technology. By the end of this book, you will be able to create Moodle courses that incorporate choice, communication, challenge, and creativity.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Gamification with Moodle
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
6
Mastery Achieved (Badges and Motivation)
8
Completing the Quest (Reporting Activities)
Index

Custom scales


Forum posts can be marked numerically out of 1-3 by setting the maximum score in your forum settings to 3. The later versions of Moodle have other options to rate on a scale of 1-3 stars that feels more like other social media websites.

You can also add your own custom scale. In the gradebook, select Scales and at the bottom of the screen, select "Add Scale". Moodle 2.8 now allows single rating scales as in the one choice of eg 'Useful' as in Moodle.org forums. Read this next sentence carefully. Always place the lowest score first. For example, D, C, B, A as scales are converted to numeric scores in the gradebook. Note that there is no comma at the end. The stars are not images, rather they are a type of font that you won't find on your keyboard. Copy and paste the HTML stars from a webpage to Moodle. Try making up your own custom scale and add it to your test course. You can then select this scale for grades in an activity, as a Grade category, or for the overall course total...