Getting Started: Planning

Getting Started: Planning, Levels, Quests, XP

Start small - begin with one unit

Quests:

Map out your unit- what lessons do you currently use? What activities are students responsible for completing? See Map of Science : Volcanos & Mt. St. Helens below.

Levels:

Define Levels, assign tasks/quests/challenges. How many XP points do they need to move to the next level?
determine XP points for each activity completed, quiz taken etc.

Completion Target:

Provide Due Date for specific levels or set of quests must be completed to keep students moving forward at pace needed.

Levels serve two important roles in gamification systems:

progress: Students proceed from one level to the next, providing satisfaction and success measures.
status: A player at a higher level can be considered more of an expert, or a student who has mastered certain units, or developed certain skills.

The goal is to define the levels, name them, and determine what has to be completed for each level. Badges will be ene and give the level a tag/badge name or simply number the badge as we have done:

Level 100. “Newbie”
Level 200. “Beginner”
Level 300. “Intermediate”
Level 400. “Expert”

Identify/define tasks, quests, challenges assigned to each level, the xp points assigned and provide rubric, where needed.

Provide choice by allowing tasks and quests to be completed in random order when possible.
Provide multiple quests (easy, medium, hard) with XP points based on difficulty.

Keep quests or challenges hidden until a specific goal has been met:

Leveling Up should have a level of surprise with access to new challenges, quests or activities. Consider completion of a specific quest to open another quest or group of quests.

6th Grade Science Gamified Curriculum: Al Gonzalez

Map it out - Volcanoes & Mount St Helen's

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