Educational Game and Activity Engines |
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| Engine name with link to sample | description | pedagogy | ease of use | type |
| Respondus StudyMate (available at the WebCT depot) |
Quickly create 10 different games based on a single set of terms and
definitions. Contact the Present if you want this and do not use WebCT. |
drill and practice | very good | III:local creation, local access |
| GSU game tools | A collection that includes Jeopary, a timeline, hangman, matching pictures to definitions, case study. | drill and practice | unknown | III:local creation, local access |
| Eclipse Crossword | crossword puzzle creator. Download editor, then re-upload puzzles to the web. | drill and practice | very good |
III: local creation, local access |
| Quiz Master | Concentration, tic-tac-toe, battleship, millionaire | drill and practice | very good | II: online creation, local acces (registration required) |
| PRS to Web | Re-deploy your PRS quizzes as self-tests on the web | review | very good, but you must own Dreamweaver | III:Local creation (using Dreamweaver) local access |
| UD Test Out Template | Simple way to create an online multiple-choices exam with images. | online testing. results sent to author via email. | good - currently you must ask for help to use this, but if demand increases, a self-help tool will be written | local creation, online or local access |
| Annotated Video | Add bookmarks and commentary to cuepoints within your video | add your comments to existing video | good | II: online creation, local access |
| FlashPower | Create online slideshows enhanced with (optional) glossary, narration and self-tests. | open-ended | good | II: online creation, local access |
| UD TileSorter | Study a sequence of events, then shuffle and see if you can restore the correct sequence. Events come from a flat text file. Relatively easy to update, but no editor is provided. | event sequencing | good |
III: local creation, local access |
| WebCT discussion compiler | Not a game. This takes exported WebCT discussions and creates an online archive and (optional) RSS ready xml file. | archive creation | good, but you have to know how to
export discussions from WebCT |
II: online creation, local access |
| UBC Timeline Creator | timeline that can include video. Online creation interface. No tabs or embedded timelines. Designer interface is good, but timelines expire if they are unused. | presentation of content | good, but student interface is hard
to control |
I or II: Use optional package and download feature to host your timeline locally
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| Johns Hopkins Timeline Creator | text and images associated with timeline are presented. Tabs allow users to focus on events of different types. Detail timelines can be embedded within larger scale one. | multi-tracked presentation of content | Installed creation interface requires
java. User interface not intuitive, documentation poor. |
III: local creation, local access |
| Problem Set Worksheet | Practice solving complex mathematical problems, with hints, randomly selected values. This is great drill and practice for multi-step problems. Problems must be written in xml (not for the faint of heart). | true problem solving with embedded feedback | hand edit xml |
III: local creation, local access |
| PowerPoint CreateViews macro | Use one ppt file to create multiple slideshows | provide customized version for student viewing on the web | One-time set up to add provided macros to your toolbar | III: local creation, local access |