Now that I have posted this query, I suddenly get some links about leaderboards. (My earlier searches had resulted in "No results".) I see one is from Tom. Looks promising.
I'm happy to see you were able to find some information on leaderboards! Along with the information from Tom, check out this link from another discussion in E-Learning Heroes!
A better question might be "Why would you want to create a leader board?" Research shows that they are an incentive only to the very few four or five at the top, and a huge disincentive to every body else.
If you just want to retain who played and the scores for your own purpose, and not make it public, that is a different discussion.
My learning "game" is mainly for the player to compete against themself and improve their score each time. It is also partly diagnostic so it will be useful for some players to see that they are not yet ready to move on to higher level "games". Additionally, it will only take 2-3 times for most players to be scoring top or near-top scores - so their names will usually appear in the "Top Three". For all these reasons I still think the leaderboard might be a good idea.
Having said that, I'm having a bit of trouble getting the wigit to function correctly so I might eventually need to use your point about limited motivation to justify dropping the leaderboard from the "game" altogether... ho hum. (Incidently, the wigit's design options are very limited.)
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Now that I have posted this query, I suddenly get some links about leaderboards. (My earlier searches had resulted in "No results".) I see one is from Tom. Looks promising.
Hi, Mark!
I'm happy to see you were able to find some information on leaderboards! Along with the information from Tom, check out this link from another discussion in E-Learning Heroes!
Leaderboard/High Scores eLearning Widget
If there's anything else you need, please reach out!
A better question might be "Why would you want to create a leader board?" Research shows that they are an incentive only to the very few four or five at the top, and a huge disincentive to every body else.
If you just want to retain who played and the scores for your own purpose, and not make it public, that is a different discussion.
Hi Walt.
Excellent feedback. You've got me thinking.
My learning "game" is mainly for the player to compete against themself and improve their score each time. It is also partly diagnostic so it will be useful for some players to see that they are not yet ready to move on to higher level "games". Additionally, it will only take 2-3 times for most players to be scoring top or near-top scores - so their names will usually appear in the "Top Three". For all these reasons I still think the leaderboard might be a good idea.
Having said that, I'm having a bit of trouble getting the wigit to function correctly so I might eventually need to use your point about limited motivation to justify dropping the leaderboard from the "game" altogether... ho hum. (Incidently, the wigit's design options are very limited.)
Thanks again, Walt.
Best wishes
Mark
Hi John
Thanks for the link.
Do you mind sharing the information from Tom
Hi Shakiyla!
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