Create Games

In the Learning solution, you can build games to add motivation and fun to learning. Administrators create different levels and choose which populations in the Academy can unlock levels of the game.

Note: 
Points awarded through games or any activity that awards points are not applied retroactively. Points are only awarded when the activity or game is set up as described in this article.

Activate Games in Your Academy

Navigation: UKG Learning > Academy Workspace > Settings > Social > Gamification

1. Turn the Gamification toggle on.
2. Select Save.

Now Admins can create games in the Academy.

Create a Game

Navigation: UKG Learning > Social Workspace > Game Center > Games

1. Select + Create game.
2. Fill in the basic information for your game; a Game title, Description, and thumbnail.
3. Select the Next button.
4. Decide on how many levels you want in the game. The default is three levels, but you can add more by selecting the Add Level button. Give them a name, a separate image to make them stand out, and the amount of points users need to reach to get to this level. Select Next when finished.
5. Set an end-date for the game. If you do not set an end-date, the game goes on indefinitely.
6. Select + Add activity to set the activities that will score points for this game.
   1. Select an Activity from the drop-down list.
   2. Set the points values.
      1. Instructor Points: When a user completes the activity, the instructor of said training - learning paths in this case - will also receive points.
      2. Learner Points: The points the learner receives for completing the activity.
      3. Advanced Options: You can decide whether the points are given for all training, or only selected training.
   3. Select Next.
7. Decide who in your organization is partaking in this game, using the organizational filters and select Next when finished.
8. Decide if you want to Activate now (go live), save as draft (edit later), or schedule for later (go live on a selected date). Select Next.
9. If you want users to get a badge after the game ends, you can create a badge for the game using the badge builder or upload your own image. Select Next.
10. Confirm the details of your game and select Activate (or Save as draft or Schedule).

Note:

• Points in Games are not given retroactively. They are awarded only to actively participating users. Users joining a game after it has already begun, start accumulating points when they begin participating.
• Games exist in four statuses: Draft, Ended, Scheduled and Active. Points are recorded exclusively while a game is Active.
• Activities completed by an admin will not reward any points to the user.

Each user can see their active games as well as the current progress on these games in their ePortfolio (UKG Learning > Learner Workspace > ePortfolio) under the Badges tab.

Note: 
Administrators can enable an in-app notification that will inform the user about the points earned for each one of the activities. Go to UKG Learning > Academy Workspace > Notifications > Academy. Under the Social type, select Games. 

Edit a Game's End Date

1. Navigate to the Games page and locate the active game, then select Edit.
   
   

2. Within the game, select the Settings icon and select Activities.
   

3. On the Activities tab, update the End Date field with your desired date.
   
   

4. Select Save to apply your changes.

Notes

• Points in Games are are not given retroactively. They are awarded only to actively participating users. If a user joins a game after it has already begun, they will start accumulating points from the time they begin participating.
• Games exist in four statuses: Draft, Ended, Scheduled and Active. Points are recorded exclusively while a game is Active.
• Activities completed by an admin will not reward any points to the user.