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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

Completion tracking


You already may have Activity completion in the settings of any Moodle activity. If not, the Moodle administrator can enable course completion for the site:

  1. Navigate to Administration | Site administration | Advanced features:

    Figure 4:3: Moodle admins can enable advanced features for your Moodle site

  2. Tick the Enable completion tracking checkbox and Enable conditional access:

    Figure 4.4: Change the Moodle site settings to track completion

  3. A teacher can then enable or disable course completion for their course by setting Enable completion tracking to Yes in Administration | Course administration | Edit settings. (This enables the use of Activity completion too.)

  4. Course creators can choose to enable completion tracking:

    Figure 4.5: If you don't see the last Activity completion section in an activity, then completion tracking must first be enabled in the Moodle course, or site, settings.

Completion requirements

In Chapter 2, Communication and Collaboration (Labels and Forums) we...