Gamification

The i – CONTENT INTERACTIVITY toolkit includes  a)a selection of open source software, freeware and low cost software, plugins for the creation of interactive content and teaching and classification based on the software’s capabilities b)a set of comprehensive training guides on their usage c) links to download and d) examples on how various software may be combined in an LMS or CMS platform to achieve desired results (for example to deliver a course through both synchronous and asynchronous routes would require a software within an LMS platform for webinars as well as other software to develop the asynchronous part of the course) and compatibility guidelines.

Gamification

Make it fun

Overview of Software and Plugins for Gamification

* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: The goal of the Block Game plugin is to apply gamification techniques to the Moodle platform in a simple and uncomplicated way. With the plugin it is possible to apply several gamification techniques. Use Avatar: allows the user to choose or change their …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: BookWidgets is a tool that helps to develop interactive educational resources for your classroom. BookWidgets enables you to easily create custom material that will work for your class. It allows teachers to create interactive exercises and automatically graded tests in minutes. You can …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Class Dojo is an online behavior management system intended to foster positive student behaviors and classroom culture. Students earn ‘Dojo Points’ based on their classroom conduct. Class Dojo’s primary goal is to encourage positive student behaviors and to provide a means for teachers …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: This is a moodle plugin that gets input from quiz, glossary or questions and converts them into games automatically. The games are:
  • Hangman
  • Crossword
  • Cryptex
  • Millionaire
  • Sudoku
  • Snakes and Ladders
  • The hidden picture
  • Book with questions
Features GAME plugin …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: GamiPress is a free WordPress gamification plugin. It enables you to incorporate features common in gameplay into websites, such as point systems and competition between users. GamiPress is the easiest and the most effective WordPress plugin to gamify whatever you want and need …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: HD Quiz is a very easy to use plug-in to create an unlimited number of quizzes and embed them onto any page or post. HD Quiz is equally perfect for building professional questionnaires or fun Buzzfeed-style quizzes. Main features:
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Jigsaw Planet is a website which contains free digital jigsaw puzzles that can be assembled using any device with a web browser. With the website users can upload their own images and create a digital jigsaw puzzle that can be shared with others …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play learning games or trivia quizzes, and carry out assessments in minutes. Kahoot! is available as an online platform and an application for tablets and smartphones (it works on …
Short Description Features Guidelines for Installation Official Website and link to download Platform for Development Generated Content Short Description: What is Level up! ?
  • Level up! is a customizable block which a teacher can add to a course to give experience points to students as they progress through a course.
  • It displays their current level and progress towards the next level.
  • It adds an element of gamification to …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Quiz Cat is the easiest way to build viral and engaging quizzes for WordPress sites. It takes just a few minutes to set up a knowledge test, trivia quiz or viral personality quiz. Main features:
  • Multiple choice answers can be added to …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Each student receives each question at the same time with a time limit to answer it (default 30 seconds). In between each question the correct answer is displayed, along with the number of students giving each answer, This allows each question to be …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: The stash block is a good way to encourage more interaction with activities and is invaluable for teachers looking to gamify their course. This plugin introduces a block that shows students items that they have picked up through the course. The teacher can …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: Sticky Notes is a plugin for moodle. It is an easy-to-use activity to build a post-it wall for your brainstorming, pedagogic uses, ranking, meeting, ideas organization…. You can create, update and move sticky notes in different columns as a kanban, change background color …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Platform for Development * Generated Content * Short Description: StudentQuiz enables students to collaboratively create their own question pools in Moodle. Students can filter these questions into quizzes, and they can rate and comment questions while working through the quizzes. StudentQuiz computes each students contribution and learning progress and compares this with …
* Short Description * Features * Guidelines for Installation * Official Website and link to download * Compatibility with the LMS and CMS platforms * Short Description: WPAchievements is a powerful WordPress Achievements, Quests & Ranks Plugins. It is a perfect extension for your WordPress powered website to improve your user’s experiences and increase user interactivity. With WPAchievements you can create and manage user achievements, quests and ranks with ease. WordPress Gamification has …