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Originally I set out to solve the problem of bland and un-engaging courses at Amway. The plan was to solve the problem by using game theory to redesign the courses, making them rewarding, engaging and increase retention.
Being that I am only at the foot of the latter at Amway, I have no legal rights to use Amway content or imagery.
So to demonstrate game theory I created a course with safe content and ...no imagery really.
I started with a software called Lectora. I felt fairly comfortable with the tool but I did not realize how many steps would be involved. I ended up using a software called Articulate Storyline. I am familiar with the original software suite Articulate but I have had limited experience using Storyline. I was surprised that it was not as intuitive as its 'mother software' Articulate.
The biggest bump of all is not being able to truly implement my solution. I do not have the rights to Amway owned content or imagery. I also do not hold a position in which I can freely implement or test my solution.
Actual creation of my solution went quite smooth. However, I wasted quite a bit of time working with Lectora, but I just realized the time and effort it would take to program my game there would not be very efficient.
I am pretty happy with my outcome but if I had to revise I would maybe add more categories or questions. I would also, depending on time and content, pick a different game. Because of the topic, my game is not true Jeopardy You do not wager and you really shouldn't have multiple choice answers to pick from. However designing a course that can check typed in answers from the user is over my head and way over my budget.
Once I started getting the hang of Storyline and could see my product it was pretty smooth sailing. The backbone of Articulate in PowerPoint, which is what I like to call "Comfort Software".
A minor surprise occurred when I realized I had to create the same screen for each box 5 times to work logistically. As seen below. Question & Answers for each wrong selection and each correct, and then also for the original screen when the category was chosen. TGFCP!!! (Thank Gosh for Copy and Paste!!!)
In a perfect world at Amway, I would make a lot of money. Also we would hire a vendor to build us a secure system that interprets data such as courses accessed by individual users, scores, and "badges" earned based on a point system. There would also be a feature that would analyze the data for each learner and provide them with a dashboard where they would find their rankings, history, personal profile and suggested courses for them to take.
I was able to get a few friends to give my Jeopardy a run. They are not educators and really have no use or need for the Web 2.0 tools being presented, however it was nice to have them be new eyes for testing it. They did appreciate the visual aesthetic of the game. They also commented on its ease of use and found the scoring a cool feature.
Overall, I know I worked hard and did the best I could do with the time and resources I had. I am proud of my game and its fun to show off. In the meantime I can sit back and learn from what Amway decides to do, good or bad. It will only help me in future roles I will have. I will have first hand suggestions and input for implementing solutions when I have my own department.
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