As if it wasn’t enough that we’ve given you the best Learning Management System in the world (as ranked by renowned expert Craig Weiss), we’ve also branched out into the exciting realm of authoring tools.
We’ve been beavering away behind the scenes to bring you Genie – a content authoring tool like no other! Genie is a magical being that will grant all your eLearning wishes by creating fun, engaging and motivating game-based eLearning.
Genie is obsessed with making learning fun. He’s passionate about engaging learners and really has all their best interests at heart.
Let’s take a look at what Genie has to offer:
THE DASHBOARD
This is where eLearning wizards can see all their eLearning projects at a glance, from what projects are active to who is contributing the most and which badges are up for grabs or have been achieved.
PROJECT ACTIVITY STREAM
This is the place to keep up to date with everything that your team is doing – automatic and shared posts on the Dashboard show who is doing what and how each project is progressing.
When it comes to actually creating awesome game-based eLearning, there are five steps:
1. Upload your assets
‘Assets’ are images, videos, sound bites, badges etc that will make your eLearning stand out and be more interesting and captivating for learners. Genie hates reams of text on slideshows, so images and videos make the learning much more enjoyable for learners.
2. Build your question bank
Some of the games you can select (see #3) will require Genie to wave his magic wand and randomly pull questions from your question bank into the eLearning. It’s always a good idea to create more questions than you need, as this ensures learners see different questions and won’t be able to cheat by asking others what they put!
3. Choose a game template
Genie has a few inbuilt game templates, such as Around the World, Pole Position (left) and Crossing the Chasm. But there is no limit to Genie’s abilities, so if you have your own idea for a game, let us know and we can get it created.
The game you choose will depend on your specific eLearning needs and what you think will work best with the content. If you’re creating an assessment, then Crossing the Chasm will work really well – Genie will populate the game from the question bank, and learners will have to answer questions correctly in order to make it across the board.
4. Let Genie work his magic!
Once you press ‘create’, Genie will set to work. He’ll hop on his magic carpet, wave his wand and get busy creating the best piece of game-based learning you’ll have ever seen!
5. Delight your learners!
Picture this: learners start their eLearning unit expecting the same old yawn-inducing slideshow. But instead, they’re instantly surprised and thrilled to find something entirely different! Badges, images and games, oh my!
If that’s not enough to excite you, well how about this: we’re offering lucky eLearning aficionados the chance to sign up for a Genie Beta Account to try Genie out before he’s officially launched into the big, bad world! Just click here and fill out the form to be on the list!
