E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games #98

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 #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.

125 Comments

Jackie Van Nice
Hero

4 years ago09/11/15 at 3:45 pm (UTC)

Bingo! Yet another great challenge idea!

4 years ago09/11/15 at 3:52 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Jackie. I hope you'll have time for some bingo magic before you leave for vacation.

4 years ago09/11/15 at 3:57 pm (UTC)

I hope so! Still planning to play along in the toggle/switch challenge, too. Just need to come up with a fabulous new idea for a client first. (Perhaps a course centered around a bingo card that uses creative little switches? Hmm...)

4 years ago09/11/15 at 4:06 pm (UTC)

Didn't you once propose a challenge to see how many challenges could be wrapped into a single entry? Sounds like this would make a fun April 1 challenge!

Alexander Salas

4 years ago09/11/15 at 8:08 pm (UTC)

OOOOOOOH yeah! Time to get a bingovative idea! David, did you go into the ELH Oracle for this one? An Awesome Concept for sure.

4 years ago09/11/15 at 8:44 pm (UTC)

Glad to hear you're psyched about this one! It's probably a little bigger challenge than we usually see. Excited to see what folks come up with this week. BTW I just noticed you've submitted around 36 challenges! That's 1/3 of the challenges! Way to go, Alexander!

Alexander Salas

4 years ago09/11/15 at 9:31 pm (UTC)

Yes my friend, my New Year's Resolution is not to miss one this year. I think I'm one behind and then I have all the other ones to catch up to. And to think that I look at that with pleasure and enthusiasm... I wish all of my work was like that ; )

Matthew Guyan
Partner

4 years ago09/13/15 at 5:51 am (UTC)

Hi everyone, Here's a quick one from me with a DevLearn theme. Instead of using terms I used people to look out for and as I'm not going, I chose folks who I'd like to see if I was going (BTW there were loads more people I could have included!) http://mattguyan.com/ELH_Challenges/bingo_game/story.html

4 years ago09/13/15 at 2:49 pm (UTC)

Cool idea, Matt! Each of those DevLearn peeps could fill a dozen cards with buzzwords. And great idea for the selfies!

4 years ago09/13/15 at 4:26 pm (UTC)

Great idea, Matt! Beautifully executed! Alas, I am not going this year. But I've pencilled it in for 2016.

Alexander Salas

4 years ago09/13/15 at 1:19 pm (UTC)

Cool Matt, interesting approach.

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

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.

4 years ago09/14/15 at 12:32 pm (UTC)

Clap, clap, clap, clap ; )

4 years ago09/15/15 at 7:07 am (UTC)

Nicely done Jane and love the blog post that goes with it!

Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/13/15 at 10:45 pm (UTC)

No offense to you David, but I think your daughter's idea is at the top of my list LOL.

4 years ago09/14/15 at 12:46 pm (UTC)

None taken! My kid asks me each week what the challenge is and then showers me with ways to include princesses, Legos, and American Girl Doll ideas. I told her I'd share one idea this week. If you do the princess bingo game I can assure you'll have a little best friend for life.

Matthew Lee

4 years ago09/14/15 at 4:10 pm (UTC)

Okay guys... I must admit I broke the rules a little bit. I didn't stick to the e-learning theme. However, in light of football season I figured some of you fans might get a kick out of this... http://googledrive.com/host/0B6eIamzVUj_mUVpvemthSGMyLUk Feedback is appreciated... Enjoy!

4 years ago09/14/15 at 5:11 pm (UTC)

Hi Matthew - Do you mind checking your Google link real quick? I'm getting a 404 not found error. Looking forward to your demo!

4 years ago09/14/15 at 5:30 pm (UTC)

oops forgot to make my folder public. It should work now :)

4 years ago09/14/15 at 9:49 pm (UTC)

I really like this Matthew! Nice interaction!

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:42 pm (UTC)

Thanks Monica!

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:38 am (UTC)

Absolutely love it! Although I had a heart attack when the music started. Very slick.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 3:41 pm (UTC)

Yeah sorry about that... perhaps I should tone down the volume a little bit.

4 years ago09/21/15 at 5:30 pm (UTC)

This is great!

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

4 years ago09/14/15 at 9:03 pm (UTC)

Clever. I love it.

4 years ago09/14/15 at 9:39 pm (UTC)

Thank you Rachel!

4 years ago09/15/15 at 1:03 am (UTC)

Love the font choice and notepad. Now to check my resume!

4 years ago09/15/15 at 2:52 am (UTC)

It's the Kuhltom font!

4 years ago09/15/15 at 10:10 am (UTC)

Updated the Demo. V1.1 Thanks for all the kind words thus far.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:35 am (UTC)

Love it Bob. Is that just a motion path moving the pen?

Bob Kaart
Steven McAneney

4 years ago09/17/15 at 7:48 am (UTC)

That's indeed a scribble motion path Steven!

Monica Speer

4 years ago09/14/15 at 9:20 pm (UTC)

Yep, I couldn't pass up an opportunity to make a Princess Bingo card! I will work on something e-learning themed shortly. (Unless I have to go with Legos. :) my boys would love that!) http://googledrive.com/host/0B5x13Qdk-QVmMEM2MjAySDk5OHM/Princess_Bingo.pdf

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:32 am (UTC)

Very nice and girly girly, but that header looks a little lost with the current background. I would love to be able to build content that is so perfect for its intended audience. Its an art, I can only produce what I think is good, and find it very hard to stand in my audience's shoes. Well done!

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:51 pm (UTC)

Super girly (which shockingly is not something I excel in)! I agree with the header for sure. I wanted glittery but couldn't get the effect I wanted. Thanks Steven!

Steven McAneney

4 years ago09/15/15 at 1:44 am (UTC)

Hi. Great challenge, and I'm up for it. But... I've encountered a bit of a holdup. Details are in the below post. Thanks. https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/bingo-e-learning-challenge-help

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:28 am (UTC)

Hi Steven! Welcome to the challenges. I just posted an example in the discussion you started. Can you take a look and let me know if I'm getting close?

Rachel Barnum

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:10 am (UTC)

I will update later with a blog post and include the PowerPoint download link, but for now - here's mine! http://i.imgur.com/tjQeSbA.jpg

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:29 am (UTC)

What a positively uplifting bingo card, Rachel! Glad to see you back in the challenges:-)

4 years ago09/15/15 at 12:48 pm (UTC)

Thanks David :)

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:28 am (UTC)

I like it too. We need more positiveness in this world!

blair parkin

4 years ago09/15/15 at 4:18 am (UTC)

As a "local" I thought I'd quickly put together what will happen to everyone when they come to town for DevLearn: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Vm_9o4A2xSaFAzOFRwTXhvSm8/view?usp=sharing

4 years ago09/17/15 at 1:27 pm (UTC)

Hilarious!

Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/15/15 at 4:22 am (UTC)

I'm dying you guys, dying... LOL. ;,D My regards to David's daughter who expected more from me probably. https://twitter.com/MelMilloway/status/643639159207301120

Bob Kaart
Melissa Milloway

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

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

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
Melissa Milloway

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.

4 years ago09/15/15 at 2:51 pm (UTC)

Sweet would I then change the field1, field2, field3 to just 1,2,3? or vice versa or just keep as is? I think I am confused because princessArray is defined a two different things then.

Bob Kaart
Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:21 pm (UTC)

var princessArray = new Array[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; This will fill your array named princessArray with the numbers 1 to 9. field1 was just a random word to represent whatever you want to put into your array, but in your example it would have to be the numbers that you want to randomize.

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:35 pm (UTC)

I feel like I have it set up right but it's not executing would you mind if I share the source file over GDrive? It'd be a good learning experience if I can get it right LOL.

Bob Kaart
Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:37 pm (UTC)

Sure! I'm not a programmer genius but i'm pretty sure you're close to the answer anyway. Sometimes it just needs a second pair of eyes :)

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:41 pm (UTC)

Would be great! What is your email? I commented out the part that I was unsure about.

Bob Kaart
Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/15/15 at 3:54 pm (UTC)

Check your PM!

Tom Kuhlmann
Staff

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

4 years ago09/16/15 at 12:20 am (UTC)

Lazy? Not a chance! We like to call that "working smart" around here!

4 years ago09/16/15 at 1:17 pm (UTC)

Lovely graphics, Tom! I also like how easy it would be to build this course with the zoom regions. -Rachel

Dongxue Sun

4 years ago09/16/15 at 3:50 pm (UTC)

Here is my entry: http://googledrive.com/host/0ByzbBVnpwyISdmxZS1Qwclo1MlU/ I'm recently picking up my readings again, so I think it would be nice to collect some key concepts here. Sorry for putting so many texts on screen :)

4 years ago09/17/15 at 1:02 am (UTC)

This one is great for cramming! I love the flashcard concept.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:25 pm (UTC)

Great study aid, I learned a couple of new ones too.

Megan Neff

4 years ago09/16/15 at 9:27 pm (UTC)

Excellent examples so far. Here is my entry for the week: http://googledrive.com/host/0B0fJcsxbjQiXWEtURzZSb0s1M00/story.html

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:57 am (UTC)

Great concept Megan, very functional and nice design.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:19 am (UTC)

I like the clean design Megan. The different layers work well together.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 7:50 am (UTC)

Hi Megan! I really like the Keep playing aspect, really clever :)

Steven McAneney

4 years ago09/16/15 at 10:18 pm (UTC)

Finally, here's my slightly macabre entry. Thanks for all you help. Please forgive the poor graphics. http://s3.amazonaws.com/BINGO/BINGO_SM%20-%20Storyline%20output/story.html

4 years ago09/17/15 at 1:01 am (UTC)

Great sense of humor, we should work together Steve! I'm thinking we can have video of a great white shark surging out of the water and snapping our friend in half... Did I write that out loud? LOL

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:46 am (UTC)

Thanks Alexander. I remember watching a cartoon show called Happy Tree Friends when I lived in Europe which used similarly black themes, but was strangely funny. That's where I got my inspiration. Maybe you and I are just "different" to the rest of them.....

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:23 pm (UTC)

I like the graphics and the idea, it was fun!

4 years ago11/14/15 at 1:48 pm (UTC)

steve-absolutely fabulous..i am big into making learning fun and really remembering what you learnt. good job.. can you share the story file with me. thanks

Elizabeth Dalton

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:23 am (UTC)

Here's a little bingo board: http://googledrive.com/host/0B6RS6rJjRvfQMnp4cGV3VTUtQzA

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:56 am (UTC)

Nicely played with the states Elizabeth.

4 years ago09/17/15 at 1:03 am (UTC)

Thanks!

Alexander Salas

4 years ago09/17/15 at 12:51 am (UTC)

Alright Heroes! The hardest part of this challenge was coming up with 25 elearning buzzwords LOL Here's my contribution this week: http://bit.ly/1KnWqU8

4 years ago09/17/15 at 5:41 am (UTC)

Very nice Alexander. I like that the bingo is actually a challenge in its own right. A proper game! Cool.

4 years ago11/14/15 at 1:54 pm (UTC)

alexander, as always your answer to the challenge is way way cool. can you share the story file. did you use gifs in some of the images since they are moving?

Bob Kaart

4 years ago09/17/15 at 7:59 am (UTC)

Loving all the entries, it's a great way of generating ideas.

Joanne Chen
Hero

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

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:-)

heather haskett

4 years ago09/18/15 at 5:24 am (UTC)

Ok, here's my first challenge share. Thanks everyone for sharing all of your inspiring and informative creations with us newbies! It's on tempshare, so unfortunately it will disappear in 10 days - still working out the sharing bugs:-) http://s3.amazonaws.com/tempshare-stage.storyline.articulate.com/stp19vfecq3u46m10o52e4vah1dcp4/story.html

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!

4 years ago09/18/15 at 7:07 pm (UTC)

Hi David. Not sure if it's me or the links but when I try to view both mine and Joanne Chen's submissions on the actual challenge page they display as either a google error-(Joanne's)- or a white screen-(mine). It does play in the post though.....with the original temp link I submitted ...strange

4 years ago09/20/15 at 11:30 pm (UTC)

Hi Heather - I just updated the links to make sure there weren't any spaces or other characters added in the links. Do you mind trying the links one more time to verify they're working correctly on your end? I'm not seeing any issues but I'd like to get a second pair of eyes on the links.

4 years ago09/18/15 at 4:29 pm (UTC)

That's a delightful inaugurative (maybe not a word LOL) entry Heather!

Melissa Milloway

4 years ago09/18/15 at 7:48 am (UTC)

Sooo now I only have to disable the button in between turns, so you can't skip: http://melslearninglab.com/ELH/bingo/story.html

4 years ago09/18/15 at 4:26 pm (UTC)

Closer, it works great!

4 years ago09/18/15 at 4:35 pm (UTC)

It is done! If you delete history and cookies it plays well.

4 years ago09/21/15 at 12:03 pm (UTC)

I'm so glad you stuck with this one, Melissa! It turned out really well. the frying pan (aka upside down mirror) tripped me up, but I didn't give up! I reached Queen Bee status: http://d.pr/i/10OHf and now off to print and frame my achievement.

Lisa Morris

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

4 years ago09/21/15 at 4:32 am (UTC)

Nice graphics on your card. Welcome-I'm a newbie to the challenges too👍👍 well done! Heather Sent from my iPhone

4 years ago09/21/15 at 3:26 pm (UTC)

Hi Heather, thanks. and it is good to know I'm not the only newcomer. I just noticed that my board downloads looking differently than the final I created. In my version only a few of the terms have text wrapping to the next line and that was intentional. I will need to play with it so it looks neater. Not sure why that happened.

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!