To create a valid Drive game, you need at least three topics in your game. The maximum number of topics we recommend is seven.

Quick Steps to Create Topics

1. Select Develop from the left-hand navigation pane.
2. Expand Develop to reveal sub-menu options and select Create or Edit Topics.
3. When the wizard appears, enter a topic name in the field labeled Add your new topic here.
4. Click SUBMIT NEW TOPIC.
5. Your new topic will appear. You can do one of two things: 1) Click GO TO OBJECTIVES to create objectives for that specific topic, or 2) Create another game topic using the New Topic field that has been created for you.

Quick Steps to Edit or Remove Topics

1. Select Develop from the left-hand navigation pane.
2. Expand Develop to reveal sub-menu options and select Create or Edit Topics.
3. To edit a topic, simply change the text for that topic and click SAVE.
4. To remove a topic, click REMOVE under the topic you want to delete. Removing a topic will also remove any objectives and mini-games associated with it.
5. If you’re sure you want to proceed, click REMOVE TOPIC.

Drive currently has eight mini-games available to you with more mini-games available in future releases. Key things to know or do before authoring a single mini-game:

• Each of the eight mini-games has unique content requirements that will align with the learning objective you created. Consequently, each wizard provides you with different prompts to follow and fields to complete.
• Before you can create a mini-game, you need to define a topic and a learning objective associated with that topic.
• A mini-game can only be associated with a single learning objective. If your topic requires more than one learning objective, you must create a mini-game for EACH learning objective within the topic.
• Play each mini-game before authoring a Drive game experience. Doing so ensures you understand the player experience and the kind of content you will see within a particular type of mini-game.
• As you create your game, use the Preview Mini Game functionality within each mini-game authoring wizard to check out your game and verify that it works and looks as you envisioned it would. Do not make your Drive game experience live without previewing all the games you have created.

Creating a New Mini-Game

Assuming you have created a topic and a learning objective, here’s the process for creating a mini-game:

1. Select Develop from the left-hand navigation pane, expanding this option to reveal sub-menu choices.
2. Select Create or Edit Mini Games.
3. Review the topic and objectives listed on the screen. Click CREATE next to the one for which you want to create a mini-game. A screen labeled Choose Mini Game will appear.
4. The mini-games available will be highlighted. The choices available depend on the behavior you specified within your learning objective.
5. From the mini-games available to you, click the one you want. This action opens the wizard for that mini-game.
6. Proceed to input content, using the wizard associated with the mini-game you selected.

FAQs – Game Creation

• I chose a mini-game and then realized it wasn’t the one I wanted. How do I change it?
  • Go back to Develop in left-hand navigation, expand it, and then select Create or Edit Mini Games. Choose REMOVE next to the topic/objective combination whose mini-game you want to delete. You will be asked to confirm your decision. Once you do so, you will once again see CREATE. You can then proceed through the process of selecting another mini-game.
• I only have one mini-game available to me based on the behavior I specified in the objective, and it is not the one I wanted. What do I do?
  • Most of the time you should have two options available to you. However, there are a handful of behaviors for which only one mini-game is appropriate. The list of behaviors that are associated with each mini game is available here. You may want to review this list and consider how you can re-phrase your objective.
• I entered content, but it disappeared. What happened?
  • Because of the logic required within the mini-games, one content entry must be saved before you move to a new field. Failure to use the SAVE button next to each field where one appears is the typical cause of content seeming to get “lost” or failing to be retained. Watch carefully for SAVE buttons and click them wherever you see them to avoid losing content you create.

Edit an Existing Mini-Game

1. Expand Develop option within left-hand navigation pane, and select Create or Edit Mini Games.
2. Find the topic, objective, and corresponding mini-game you want to edit.
3. Click EDIT (listed under Actions column on the screen).
4. Within the wizard, enter your desired changes, being sure to click SAVE wherever a SAVE button is provided. Failing to do so may result in loss of content changes as many of the fields in the authoring wizards require a SAVE action after each entry.

Remove a Mini-Game

1. Expand Develop option within left-hand navigation pane, and select Create or Edit Mini Games.
2. Find the topic, objective, and corresponding mini-game you want to remove.
3. Under Actions, click REMOVE. Be aware that selecting this option removes all content associated with the mini game.

Balloon Burst enables learners to compare one fixed item or category to up to five other items or categories in some fashion. Balloon Burst is a great game for comparing your product to competitor products.

• Example: You have Product A and you want to compare it to Products B and C. In every game, the player will always compare Product A to either Product B or Product C. Players will not compare B to C.

For you to use Balloon Burst, you must have created a learning objective that includes a behavior where Balloon Burst is a mini-game option. Use of these verbs within your learning objective means Balloon Burst will be available to you as a mini game option:

• Compare
• Contrast
• Distinguish
• Identify
• Match
• Select

Here’s how to create a game.

Steps to Create a Balloon Burst Game

(NOTE: These steps assume you have already created a game topic and an associated learning objective.)

1. Expand Develop option within left-hand navigation pane, and select the Create or Edit Mini Games.
2. Find a topic that uses Balloon Burst as its mini-game and click EDIT.
3. In the Provide a context section, type a description or context for what your learners will be doing. (For example: Compare Product A to Product B.)
4. Click SAVE. NOTE: It is critical that you click SAVE whenever you see a SAVE button. You will lose content if you proceed without saving it.
5. In the field labeled Provide a fixed category and comparator categories, enter a Fixed Category and click SAVE. This is what you’re comparing to all other categories. (For example, your fixed category might be your product. Comparator categories might be the names of your competitors’ products.)
6. Enter a Comparator Category and click SAVE.
7. To add another Comparator Category, click ADD NEW COMPETITOR CATEGORY.
8. Once you’ve added all your competitor categories, click CONTINUE TO GAME STATEMENTS.
9. Provide statements for your Fixed Category by typing in true statements that are unique to your Fixed Category where it says Placeholder Statement. You do not want any of the statements to apply to anything other than the Fixed Category.
10. After you enter each statement, click the SAVE button next to it.
11. To add additional statements, click ADD NEW STATEMENT.
12. Repeat steps 9-11 for each of your Comparator Categories. The same requirement for your content applies here: the content you include must be unique to the category for which you are creating it.
13. When you finish adding content, preview what your game by clicking PREVIEW GAME at the bottom left of your screen.

Click through the slideshow below to see the steps in action.

Best Practices

The best games will have sufficient unique content to create multiple play-throughs that let players see some new content on each play-through. Optimally, each category should have at least five statements associated with it so repeat game play ensures players see a mix of statements each time and not the exact same ones repeatedly.

Knowledge Knight, Sharp Chef, and Fast Facts support the broadest array of learning objectives within Drive. These minigames utilize a similar structure, while each using its own game goal and graphics. They allow game authors to offer players a wide variety of experiences while presenting game content that is not a good fit for the other minigame options. The game goals are as follows:

Knowledge Knight: Scare away the dragon!

Sharp Chef: Cook a delicious dish!

Fast Facts: Win the race!

Their quiz-style format ensures easy play for your learners, but you can make the games as challenging as you need to depending on the content used. The authoring tool for each of these minigames lets you create a variety of multiple-choice style questions including true/false, select all that apply, fill-in-the-blank and ranking. You can incorporate images, video, or resources into a question.

Each daily play of Knowledge Knight, Sharp Chef, and Fast Facts will present learners with three questions to answer, making it quick to play and easy to do. The number of times a player will play a single Knowledge Knight game to fully master it, depends on the total number of questions you include in your game – and how well they perform on the questions.

Use of these verbs within your learning objective means Knowledge Knight will be available to you as a mini-game option:

analyze, categorize, choose, combine, compare, conclude, critique, decide, demonstrate, determine, distinguish, estimate, evaluate, identify, infer, justify, organize, prioritize, respond, rank, solve, use

Here’s how to create a game.

Steps to Create a Knowledge Knight, Sharp Chef, or Fast Facts Game

(NOTE: These steps assume you have already created a game topic and an associated learning objective.)

1. Expand Develop option within left-hand navigation pane, and select Create or Edit Mini Games.
2. Select the topic and learning objective for which you want to create a Knowledge Knight, Sharp Chef, or Fast Facts mini-game and click CREATE to launch the appropriate game creation wizard.
3. Under Question 1, select your question type from the Question Type drop down menu on the right. (Multiple choice is the default type.)
4. Enter your question or statement in the Question Stem field. Use the other fields to enter a correct response and distractor responses. In the case of an “Answer in order” question type, enter the ranking order.
5. Enter positive feedback for correct responses in the Correct Feedback field.
6. Enter negative feedback for incorrect responses in the Distractor Feedback field.
7. If you want to include media, select which type (image, video, or URL) you want to include and either upload an image or copy and paste the URL for your video or web resource.
8. Click SAVE. If you fail to click SAVE and leave this screen, you will lose your data.
9. Repeat steps 3-8 for each question you include.
10. For a game to be complete, you must create six questions, but you can have more. To add additional questions, click ADD NEW QUESTION at the bottom right of your screen.
11. When you finish adding content, preview your game by clicking PREVIEW GAME at the bottom right of your screen.

Click through the slideshow below to see the steps in action.

Best Practices

Games require at least six questions. This ensures a minimum of two play-throughs of the game. We recommend creating nine questions. This ensures variety, but keeps the number of play-throughs required for mastery to a reasonable amount.

An ideal series of three questions includes one question that encourages recall of knowledge coupled with two questions that require application of that knowledge in a job context the learner will encounter in the job.

True/False questions tend to be the easiest to answer, so limit your use of them.