Share Paper: Design a game-based course using your LMS

  1. Janna Kellinger, University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

Abstract: This fun-filled workshop guides participants through using a Learning Management System (LMS) to design a game-based course. Participants will work through a game-design process to build the basics of a game-based course, be introduced to different game structures, and then and then will be grouped by LMS to play around with ways to create a game-based course including creating gates via groups, test pools, assignments, and discussion boards; creating choices via selective release; creating progress bars via course links; as well as other tips and tricks. This workshop emphasizes designing curricular games that teach instead of test, that derive from ...