(A4) Create Game Teams

To enable Team Leaderboard, you will first have to create Game Teams.

Note: Game Teams are different from Activity Teams. The former exists only in Gamified lessons and is used for the calculation of points. The latter can exist in any assignment and is used to allow for differentiated access and/or group learning.

Navigate to Game Teams

Game Teams can be created from the Assignment Settings subpage. There are two ways to access the Assignment Settings subpage - when assigning a Lesson and when managing an Assignment

Note: Please ensure that Gamification has been turned on for the Lesson.

In the Assignment Settings subpage, click the Gamification tab, followed by Go to Game Teams.
You can select either Apply Subgroups As Teams to use existing subgroups or Add Team to create new teams.
The total number of Teams and Assigned Students are shown in the Game Teams subpage.

Apply Subgroups as Teams

On the Game Teams subpage, click Apply Subgroups as Teams.
Select the checkbox beside the Subgroup you wish to add to Game Teams.
Click Add to proceed.
Your selected Subgroups will be shown on the Game Teams subpage.
You can view or edit the students in the Game Team by clicking View / Edit.
To delete a Team, click Overflow (3-dot icon), followed by Delete. Click OK to confirm.
Click Back to Assignment Settings to return to the Assignment subpage.
Click Save, followed by X to return to the Assignment Summary page.

Add Team

On the Game Teams subpage, click Add Team.
Enter a Team Name, followed by Add Students to add students to Team.
Select the checkbox beside the student’s Form Class to include the student in Team.
When you are done, click Add.
Click Save to confirm your action and Back to Game Teams to return to the Game Teams subpage.
You can view or edit the Team by clicking View / Edit.
To delete a Team, click Overflow (3-dot icon), followed by Delete. Click OK to confirm.
Click Back to Assignment Settings to return to the Assignment subpage.
Click Save, followed by X to return to the Assignment Summary page.

Manage Game Teams

From the Monitor Assignment page, select the Game Experience tab, followed by Team tab.
Just above the first Team card, click Manage Game Teams.
You can make add more Game Teams by select either Apply Subgroups As Teams to use existing subgroups or Add Team to create new teams.
You can also view or edit the current Game Teams by clicking View / Edit.
To delete a Team, click Overflow (3-dot icon), followed by Delete. Click OK to confirm.
Click X to close the subpage and return to the Monitor Assignment page.