Enterprise software with gamification tools to increase student engagement and retention. Built-in gamification creates a familiar learning environment with tools that grow community, like recognition for participation and teamwork, level awards, badges, and more. Improved skills and strong community lead to increased student retention.

1. How Enterprise Software Gamification Tools
Increase Student Engagement and Retention
Build Community, Motivate Participation &
Boost Learning Outcomes

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Gamification is Built into Social Enterprise Software
Gaming tools create a familiar learning environment.
o Students come to campus
with years of experience in
a virtual world that
develops specific skills and
techniques.
o They are accustomed to
the opportunities and
rewards of a gaming
environment.
o College is a high stakes
game with a long feedback
cycle. Gamification offers
learning experiences with
low stakes and rapid
feedback.

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Gamification Develops Multiple Dimensions of Learning
Emotional learning – games stimulate
emotional reactions of joy at success, or
frustration at failure. Games require
repeated failure to achieve ultimate success.
The lesson is: how to overcome failure.
Cognitive learning – complex rules and
levels engage players, guiding them through
to mastery.
The lesson is: mastering complex systems to
accomplish difficult tasks.
Social learning – players assume varying
roles, seeing their options from different
viewpoints.
The lesson is: students can try on different
roles as they explore new subjects and
develop their future academic and life
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Gamification Tools Engage and Motivate Students
Students earn points and rewards for ongoing participation.
Award students points
for:
o Posting information
on their student
profile;
o Visiting a community
discussion board daily;
o Commenting on other
posts.

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Apply Gamification in the Classroom
Use the institution’s social
enterprise software to:
Award achievement
badges for projects or
course outcomes;
Post achievement badges
on student profile pages;
Replace grading with
gaming rewards, or
implement a gaming
points system to feed into
grading.

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Build Community by Facilitating Connection
Enterprise software helps students connect, learn, and earn rewards
o Students become part of
a larger, even global
virtual campus;
o Easy, quick access to
experts in a field
enriches their learning
experience;
o Recognize research
acquired through their
own outreach efforts;
o Motivate and reward
interest in research and
continued participation
in linked communities
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Motivate and Reward Students with Gaming Quests
Offer course-related
quests that allow
students to
demonstrate
expertise and share
challenges.
Reward
achievements with a
mix of badges, game
cards, coupons, or
other prizes.
Create new
incentives to
achieve; incent and
track participation
with customized
initiatives.

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Level-based Reward Structures
Recognize and Encourage Mastery of Skills
Structured Rewards Motivate
Students to “Level Up”
o Use the natural gaming process of
completing levels to lead students
to mastery.
o Recognize achievements on
leaderboards with certificates or
ratings that point to skills
mastered.
o Award students badges to collect,
acknowledging their success as a
“Strategic Thinker,” or “IT Expert,”
or “Fastest Gamer.”

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Enterprise Software Gamification Tools Work for
Colleges and Universities
Link all communities into a
networked global campus,
with private social enterprise
software.
Use powerful gamification
tools to engage students
accustomed to the mechanics
and skills of the gaming
world.
Incent participation through
structured levels and
rewards, to achieve increased
student retention and
superior learning outcomes.

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