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Gamification: Creating Addictive User Experience

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How this course will help your career

Gamification, the process of adding game-like elements to real-world or productive activities, is a growing market. By making a product or service fit into the lives of users, and doing so in an engaging manner, gamification promises to create unique, competition-beating experiences that deliver immense value. In fact, Markets and Markets estimates that $11.1 billion will be spent on gamification efforts by 2020.

Venture capitalists, industry analysts, and academics alike see gamification as an industry with huge growth potential. It is transforming business models by creating new ways to ensure longer-term engagement, extending relationships, and driving customer and employee loyalty. As it’s a young industry, it should be easier to get a foot in the door with gamification companies. With demand for experienced designers far outstripping supply, businesses are going to be keen to take a chance on less-experienced but well-qualified designers.

This course is designed to give you the confidence and skills to undertake gamification design projects. It contains all you need to know about player-centered design and the skills that enable it. It has been developed by Janaki Kumar of SAP, one of the world’s foremost authorities on gamification in an enterprise context.

What you will learn

  • The difference between gamification and game design
  • How to use player-centered design processes for gamification
  • How to create player experiences that drive business missions
  • The management, monitoring, and measurement of the impact of gamification work
  • How to ensure that your gamification projects produce work which is legally compliant and ethically sound
  • Specific gamification projects that have been used in enterprise settings in order to help explain the benefits of gamification to corporate sponsors and decision makers

Who should take this course

This is an intermediate-level course recommended for anyone involved or interested in product design and development:

  • UX, UI, and web designers looking to incorporate gamification elements into their designs so as to increase user engagement
  • Project managers and marketers keen on understanding how gamification might help a product or service
  • Software engineers interested in rolling out game-like features in their products
  • Entrepreneurs looking to create apps or products that reward customer loyalty
  • Newcomers to design who are considering making a switch to UX, UI, or web design

Courses in the Interaction Design Foundation are designed to contain comprehensive, evidence-based content, while ensuring that the learning curve is never too steep. All participants will have the opportunity to share ideas, seek help with tests, and enjoy the social aspects afforded by our open and friendly forum.

Learn and work with a global team of designers

When you take part in this course, you will join a global multidisciplinary team working on the course and the exercises at the same time as you. You will work together to improve your skills and understanding. Your course group will be made up of an incredibly diverse group of professionals, all of whom have the same objective—to become successful designers. It’s your chance to learn, grow, and network with your peers across the planet.

Gain an industry-trusted UX Course Certificate

You earn a verifiable and industry-trusted Course Certificate once you complete the course. You can highlight them on your resume, CV, LinkedIn profile or your website.

Course Certificate

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Lessons in this course

  • Lessons become available at a schedule of one lesson per week.
  • Lessons remain open for you forever and have no deadlines.
  • There is no time limit to finish a course.
  • You have permanent access to your course material, answers, and classmates for the entire duration of your membership.
  • Estimated time to complete: 7 hours 15 mins spread over 10 weeks.

Lesson 0: Welcome and Introduction

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 42 mins.

  • 0.1: Welcome to "Gamification - Creating Addictive User Experience" (2 mins)
  • 0.2: An introduction to IDF courses (14 mins)
  • 0.3: Let our community help you (1 min)
  • 0.4: Meet your peers online in our discussion forums (6 mins)
  • 0.5: Meet and learn from design professionals in your area (1 min)
  • 0.6: Gain Timeless Knowledge Through IDF Courses (11 mins)
  • 0.7: How to earn your Course Certificate (4 mins)
  • 0.8: Mandatory lessons vs. Optional lessons (2 mins)
  • 0.9: A mix between video-based and text-based lesson content (2 mins)

Lesson 1: What is Gamification?

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 36 mins.

  • 1.1: A Brief History of Games (6 mins)
  • 1.2: Gamification Defined (1 min)
  • 1.3: Myth-Busting - Some Home Truths About Games (9 mins)
  • 1.4: Gamification in Your Life Now (6 mins)
  • 1.5: Clarifying Your Expectations of Gamification (8 mins)
  • 1.6: Learning from Games (1 min)
  • 1.7: Aspects of Gamification (5 mins)

Lesson 2: What Makes a Game Fun?

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 46 mins.

  • 2.1: Defining the traits that make a game fun (1 min)
  • 2.2: Obstacles (6 mins)
  • 2.3: A Game Explained (an example of a single game and how it meets the rules of fun) (8 mins)
  • 2.4: Emotional Rewards (8 mins)
  • 2.5: Work in Games (8 mins)
  • 2.6: Pride (2 mins)
  • 2.7: Happiness (8 mins)
  • 2.8: Share your Ideas (5 mins)

Lesson 3: Player Centered Design

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 31 mins.

  • 3.1: User Centered Design (3 mins)
  • 3.2: Beyond User Centered Design (8 mins)
  • 3.3: Know Your Audience (6 mins)
  • 3.4: Keeping an Eye on Things (1 min)
  • 3.5: Enterprise Level Player Centered Design (8 mins)
  • 3.6: How to Ensure Player-Centered Design? (5 mins)

Lesson 4: It's all About the Player

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 45 mins.

  • 4.1: Get to Know Your Players (3 mins)
  • 4.2: Understanding the Person in Terms of Design (8 mins)
  • 4.3: Demographics and the Player Persona (6 mins)
  • 4.4: Professional Information and the Player Persona (6 mins)
  • 4.5: Player Types (8 mins)
  • 4.6: The Persona Template (8 mins)
  • 4.7: Implementing Player Personas (5 mins)

Lesson 5: The Mission Possible

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 36 mins.

  • 5.1: The Building Blocks of Great Missions (6 mins)
  • 5.2: Analysis for a Gamification Mission (3 mins)
  • 5.3: Business Outcomes (8 mins)
  • 5.4: SMART Missions (6 mins)
  • 5.5: Tips for Mission Selection (3 mins)
  • 5.6: Examples of Great Missions in Real Life (5 mins)
  • 5.7: SMART Mission: Share your Ideas (5 mins)

Lesson 6: Motivating Your Players

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 36 mins.

  • 6.1: The Platinum Rule of Gaming (3 mins)
  • 6.2: Motivation (Intrinsic and Extrinsic Revisited) (8 mins)
  • 6.3: Types of Fun (6 mins)
  • 6.4: The Model of Behavior (9 mins)
  • 6.5: Motivational Drivers (6 mins)
  • 6.6: Share Your Strategy (5 mins)

Lesson 7: Game Mechanics - Reasons to Play

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 42 mins.

  • 7.1: Introducing Game Mechanics (7 mins)
  • 7.2: Points, Badges and Leaderboards (6 mins)
  • 7.3: Relationships (3 mins)
  • 7.4: Epic Challenges (2 mins)
  • 7.5: Constraints - Urgency and Optimism (8 mins)
  • 7.6: The Journey (2 mins)
  • 7.7: The Story and Emotions (8 mins)
  • 7.8: The Game Plan Economy, Rules and Engagement (1 min)
  • 7.9: Gamification Mechanics (5 mins)

Lesson 8: Getting It Right' - Managing, Monitoring and Measuring

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 53 mins.

  • 8.1: Sustainability (8 mins)
  • 8.2: Managing Missions (1 min)
  • 8.3: Monitoring Player Motivation (9 mins)
  • 8.4: Measuring the Mechanics (8 mins)
  • 8.5: Succeeding in an Enterprise (8 mins)
  • 8.6: Rollout Strategies (6 mins)
  • 8.7: Technical Support (8 mins)
  • 8.8: Share your Ideas (5 mins)

Lesson 9: The Law and Ethics of Gamification

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 35 mins.

  • 9.1: Labor Laws (8 mins)
  • 9.2: Data Protection Laws (8 mins)
  • 9.3: Virtual Currencies (1 min)
  • 9.4: Ethics: Grey Areas of Gamification, Manipulation and Nudging (5 mins)
  • 9.5: Cheats! (8 mins)
  • 9.6: Legal and Ethical Responsibilities (5 mins)

Lesson 10: Gamification and the Enterprise (Real World Examples)

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 33 mins.

  • 10.1: Vampire Hunter Walkthrough (5 mins)
  • 10.2: SAP Roadwarrior (7 mins)
  • 10.3: Time Recording (2 mins)
  • 10.4: SmartGate (6 mins)
  • 10.5: Compliance Training (7 mins)
  • 10.6: Discussion Forum (5 mins)

Lesson 11: Course Certificate, Final Networking, and Course Wrap-up

To be scheduled.

  • 11.1: Course Evaluation (1 min)

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We’ll re-schedule the course and make it available for sign-up on https://www.interaction-design.org/courses in only about a week (or perhaps a little bit longer). The actual start date of the course will be a few weeks after sign-ups begin too. We’ve found that this is the best way to maximize flexibility and convenience for everyone, especially you as you put your course program together.

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Please note: If you have a student membership, you can take a maximum of three courses at the same time. As a student, you can thus still take all the courses you would like – free of extra charges – just as long as you finish them (or drop them) so that you don’t have more than three ongoing courses at the same time.

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Thus, once you are enrolled, you can take all the time you want to complete a given course. Every "classroom" in each course will never close, so you’ll have permanent access to your classmates and your course material (as well as your own answers).

Will I receive a Course Certificate?

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You can see an example of a Course Certificate at the bottom of the Course Catalogue.

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We do this because it is much more efficient than doing one little step every day. It's part of our lean/agile work philosophy, and that approach to efficiency is one of the factors that keeps our membership prices so incredibly low.
We are doing it to save you money and as part of our mission to lower the cost of high-quality design education.
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We will be marking answers for as long as there are active members. Therefore, even if you are the only person taking a lesson at that particular time, your answers will still be marked.

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All we recommend is that you try to stick to the same schedule as other participants. The reason is they may have moved on to other lessons, thereby meaning you could miss out on the social aspects of the course(s). However, we anticipate that there will be a constant flow of participants working through different lessons and courses, so overall you are unlikely to miss out. We will also be running all courses again — so there really is no rush.

Are course certificates awarded on a specific date?

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There is no specified time that certificates will be awarded — instead, they are given to participants as and when they have answered all questions, even if this is long after the official end date.

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