E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games #98

David Anderson
By David Anderson

Instructionally Sound Buzzword Bingo Games for Engaging E-Learning #98

E-Learning Buzzword Bingo #98: Challenge | Recap

Buzzword bingo games offer a playful way to poke fun at one’s industry by highlighting overused buzzwords and catchphrases. Not only do the games give insiders a chance to commiserate over the misuse of meaningful concepts, they also help newbies identify general terms and areas they should learn more about. It’s a win-win for everyone!

Since our industry’s largest conference is just around the corner, it’s a perfect time to create our E-Learning Buzzword Bingo cards. But first, let's look at some examples of interactive bingo games.

Interactive Office Bingo Game

Here’s a randomized bingo game around common office buzzwords and interactions. This project has some interesting features to inspire your own Bingo card.

Interactive Office Bingo Game

View the Office Bingo Game

Academy Awards Bingo Game

Could there be a better way to highlight the Academy’s cliches than a bingo card? I like how the bingo card includes a sidebar for each square.

Academy Awards Bingo Game

View Academy Award Bingo!

Kitchen Nightmares Bingo Card

I like the use of typography and simple illustrations in this example. It’s not interactive, but it is really well designed.

Kitchen Nightmares Bingo Card

View the Kitchen Nightmares BINGO Game Card

E-Learning Buzzword Bingo 2009

Here’s an example of a buzzword bingo card Jane Bozarth shared a few years ago. Not only is this a great starter card, it’s also a time capsule of e-learning in 2009.

E-Learning Buzzword Bingo

View E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Card

Party Conference Bingo E-Learning Game

Here’s a bingo game interaction created in Articulate Storyline. It uses custom states and variables to mark off the numbers. You can grab this template from our downloads gallery.

Party Conference Bingo E-Learning Game

View Party Conference Bingo | Download Storyline Template

Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to create an e-learning buzzword bingo card or interaction.

Your bingo card doesn’t need to be interactive — static is totally fine if you’d rather work on your graphics skills this week. Just share your bingo card in .pdf format so others can print and play.

Possible game themes and ideas

  • SME Bingo
  • Course Review Bingo
  • Freelance Bingo
  • Instructional Design Bingo
  • Conference Bingo
  • Project Management Bingo
  • Gamification Bingo
  • Princess Bingo (My kid’s idea. I promised her I’d include it. You’re under no obligation to take this seriously.)

Last Week’s Challenge:

Before you call “E-Learning Bingo!” on this week’s challenge, check out the super cool sliders, switches, and toggle buttons your fellow community members shared in last week’s challenge:

Toggle, Switch, and Slider Buttons Recap

Toggle, Switch, and Slider Buttons Recap #97: Challenge | Recap

 

Wishing you a game-tastic week, E-Learning Heroes!

New to E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

 

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125 Comments
Jane Maduke
4 years ago09/13/15 at 4:34 pm (UTC)
Here is my slightly interactive bingo card: http://goo.gl/G4MRzc Blog post: http://www.larchlearning.com/bingo-98/ PDF: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9350043/BingoCard.pdf One stunning thing to mention: it's Sunday morning. I press Publish in Wordpress, then go back to tweak images and text, so I'm not even finished yet, and David "likes" and shares my post on LinkedIn. How about a round of applause for David? The most dedicated and enthusiastic community manager on the web! :D
David Anderson
4 years ago09/13/15 at 4:44 pm (UTC)
I really like this example, Jane! The buzzword bingo "flashcard approach" is a nice way to help clarify terms and concepts for newer users. And thanks for the kind words! I really try to keep up with all the cool stuff the community shares each week. Sometimes I'm quick on the draw while other times I'm running to catch up. Either way, I hope you all know how much I appreciate everything you share and contribute week after week.
Bob Kaart
4 years ago09/14/15 at 5:16 pm (UTC)
Just participated with the webinar that you guys held. Thanks for that. I actually got done quicker than I thought!(Started building during) I might update the demo along the way, but the link will remain the same. http://clients.healthcare-learning.com.s3.amazonaws.com/challenge_of_the_week/BuzzwordResumeBingo/story.html I only just stumbled upon this weekly challenge thing, I will definitely participate more frequently. Any feedback is appreciated. ------------- Changelog v1.1 - Added more animations to the bingo game - Added variable tracker to see how many resumes you've done in the process(Resume #1). Click on Restart to see it change to #2,#3 etc. *Images are from freepik.com
Bob Kaart
4 years ago09/15/15 at 1:09 pm (UTC)

Looking very princess like ;) Regarding to your array question on twitter(yes i snoop like that), it's certainly possible with some javascript something like this: var princessArray = [field1,field2,field3,field4,field5,field6,field7,field8,field9]; If you want to use some JS on a trigger it should look something like this var player = GetPlayer(); var field1 = player.GetVar("princess_01"); //princess_01 etc are variables that you have set in articulate var field2 = player.GetVar("princess_02"); var field3 = player.GetVar("princess_03"); var field4 = player.GetVar("princess_04"); var field5 = player.GetVar("princess_05"); var field6 = player.GetVar("princess_06"); var field7 = player.GetVar("princess_07"); var field8 = player.GetVar("princess_08"); var field9 = player.... Expand

Melissa Milloway
4 years ago09/15/15 at 1:34 pm (UTC)

I wasn't sure if I could use Arrays, so I didn't. You probably can't tell what I did from my code but here it is. I know I don't need the else part LOL. It works perfectly fine. (Randomizes the princess layers and only goes through them once. The only issue that I have is that if you click the button again it sometimes will reroll the same number so you have to keep clicking until you get a number it didn't roll yet. :X So, I am thinking now I need to do arrays instead. var player = GetPlayer(); player.SetVar("RandNum",Math.floor((Math.random()*9)+1)); player.GetVar("Belle"); player.GetVar("Cinderella"); player.GetVar("Tiana"); player.GetVar("Pocahantas"); player.GetVar("Merida"); player.GetVar("Jasmine"); player.GetVar("SnowWhite"); player.GetVar("Ariel"); player.GetVar("Ra... Expand

Melissa Milloway
4 years ago09/15/15 at 1:46 pm (UTC)
Part 2 of my response. So you have to hit play to load each layer: http://melslearninglab.com/ELH/bingo/story.html Each layer has one of the princess variables (i.e. Belle) that sets from false to true. When you are on the main layer the trigger says Show Layer Belle if RandNum is equal to 1 and Belle is Equal to False. The JS executes every time you hit the play button. Therefore it checks if the princesses layers have been visited (i.e. changed from false to true). So, I am thinking that the only way to get it to stop rerolling the number is Arrays?
Bob Kaart
4 years ago09/15/15 at 2:36 pm (UTC)
Yes that would be the easiest I think! It's hard to judge without seeing the actual story build, but maybe try something along the lines of the following: var player = GetPlayer(); var princessArray = new Array[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; princessArray.sort(function() { return 0.5 - Math.random();}) var RandNumJS = princessArray.pop(); player.SetVar("RandNum",RandNumJS); Not sure if this works, but it should be in the right direction. It fills your array with numbers, shuffles them, and with the pop function you remove and return an element from your array. You could repeat this untill your array is empty and thus having completed all numbers.
Tom Kuhlmann
almost 4 years ago09/15/15 at 11:36 pm (UTC)
I was too lazy to come up with content so I used images from this site. http://www.custommade.com/blog/regrow-food-from-scraps/ It's a slightly different in that it's not a Bingo-style board. It's just a board with tiled images. But it is an alternative to creating a lot of extra triggers. I guess this could come in handy for content where you want to display it all on one screen and let the user click in to get more. The construction is easy because it's just an image with a zoom on it. http://articulate-heroes-authoring.s3.amazonaws.com/Examples/Storyline/SL2/Bingo-Foods/story.html
Joanne Chen
almost 4 years ago09/18/15 at 5:24 am (UTC)
Hi, this is my first time for the challenge. I made a bingo game that can be used in the end of a course/module to have learners check out what they have learned. And it could be extent to a 4*4 or 5*5 bingo game if need. https://www.facebook.com/notes/joannes-elearning-ideas/bingo-game_interaction-demos-created-with-articulate-storyline/929716137070793
David Anderson
almost 4 years ago09/18/15 at 11:07 am (UTC)
Welcome to the challenges, Joanne! I really like the way you combined Storyline's built-in quiz slides with your game board start screen. That's a really easy way to gamify pretty much any screen! I just updated the recap to include your example: https://community.articulate.com/articles/instructionally-sound-games-for-meaningful-elearning#JoanneChen Thanks again for jumping into this week's challenge. I hope to see you around in future (or past) challenges:-)
David Anderson
almost 4 years ago09/18/15 at 11:05 am (UTC)
Welcome to the challenges, Heather! Wow you have some really neat ideas going on in this example! I absolutely dig the self-evaluation options for reviewing each square's terms. Because you shared your source file in the forums, I was able to re-publish your file and upload to our server: https://community.articulate.com/articles/instructionally-sound-games-for-meaningful-elearning#HeatherHaskett Thanks again for sharing this week, Heather!
Lisa Morris
almost 4 years ago09/21/15 at 4:26 am (UTC)
Here is my entry. I've been lurking and learning from you all for about a year and decided to finally jump in with this one. I don't have Storyline, so it is in Powerpoint. One of the courses I just started this semester is Mobile Learning, so I went with Mobile Learning buzzwords and in the spirit of pumpkin spice everything which is appearing much too early, I used a Fall theme, but avoided the temptation to have my markers be leaves or pumpkins. http://tinyurl.com/LAMBingo-98
David Anderson
almost 4 years ago09/21/15 at 12:32 pm (UTC)
Welcome to the challenges, Lisa! You totally captured the best buzzwords in our industry. Thanks for sharing your source PowerPoint file. I liked looking at some of the graphics and gradient effects. I just updated the recap to include your entry: https://community.articulate.com/articles/instructionally-sound-games-for-meaningful-elearning#LisaMorris Thanks again for participating this week!
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