I've got database update error with version 1.3.2.
I installed new version 1.3.2 but that made a problem in updating the module by visiting admin page. I am using moodle 1.8.2 and I could not get finish the database update process.
Thanks.
Great job, Vasilis... I love it.
Haven't had a chance to try everything out, but I like what I see so far.
Just tried out the hangman game. Here's a couple suggestions that might or might not be helpful (it's more of an opinion, than a real problem)
? I don't think it would take anything away from the game and I think it would be better suited for elementary school students. You could use a pie chart, for example. Anyway, like I said, these are minor items so feel free to ignore. Just thinking about trying to keep the message positive.
Cheers,
Fernando
Hi!
We still have problems after installing game module. Professors and studnts have trouble in editing their courses.
I tried to uninstall the module but the problems persist. I wonder how I clean the game database.
I also get windows errors.
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}
An expert in windows server told me that the error was caused by apache which executed php codes.
Please let me know how I can remove the module cleanly.
Thanks.
Jong-Dae Park
If I delete the game module, I can only see one section or one block only.
I wonder what causes the problem. If I delete the module, I should get the previous moodle environment. But the game module changed something which make the installing and uninstalling process irreversable.
Thanks.
Thanks for your reply.
If I delete the game module, I can get only one section of the course. I am using Korean language. The OS is english version of small business server. I cloned the moodle system to another server to solve the problem.
I can give the admin access to the cloned server if you are interested in the problem.
I can send infomation if you send an email to me.
My email address is jdpark7@gmail.com
Thanks very much.
JD Park
Hi!
I managed to solve the problem. The problem was due to
1) my inexperience of how to uninstall activity module.
2) improper setting of my windows server.
Thanks.
Hi Vasilis,
Thanks again for your work in this area. I hope to incorporate all of these games into my courses soon (I work with elementary school students).
I've attached a mock-up for an alternative format to the crossword game. Not sure if you find it helpful, but I thought I'd send it along in case you want to use it.
Fernando
Hello Vasilis,
I have been following the discussions regarding your new module with interest as I am in the process of launching a new Moodle site and your module has a lot to offer.
I remember a discussion regarding the "hang man" game and the suggestion that there may be a better metaphor to use than a hanging, this set me thinking.
Rather than revealing something on an incorrect answer how about revealing something as a reward for a correct answer? Imagine being able to upload an image which the software was able to cover with number of tessalating shapes, e.g. squares. On giving a correct answer one square of the picture would be revealed. This could offer a number of challenges e.g.
Which square to reveal could be either sequential or random or dependent on the question answered, as appropriate to the game type.
I have not had the opportunity to run your module yet, so if this facility already exists then please ignore this posting.
Kind regards
Johnathan
Hello Vasilis,
I'm glad you liked the picture game idea. Your percentage approach sounds good for scoring
There are a number of alternative ways the scoring might be handled, that come to mind, to provide variations on the game.
1. Have one question per square, for example have say 25 questions to give a 5 by 5 grid of squares. If you displayed a 5 by 5 grid the player could then select which question to answer based on its position over the picture, so they had some control over which part of the picture was revealed first. The user scores 1 point for each square answered correctly (an incorrect answer leaves that part of the picture covered over) at any time the player can attempt to answer the question related to the whole picture, at which time they score a bonus of 2 times every question they have not yet attempted to answer. So if someone asked one square question, and got it right and then correctly answered the main picture question they would score 1 for the square question and a further 48 for the remaining 24 questions not attempted. An incorrect guess might be penalised by locking one of the remaining picture squares by removing its related question. Final score would be assigned when all questions had been attempted.
In principle the scoring would be x for each correct square question plus 2x for every question that had not been attempted when the picture was correctly guessed. So that would give an absolute score rather than a percentage.
2. Scoring for another game could be for a game where there are more questions than squares. You start with a score of 0 and score x for every right answer and lose y for every wrong answer. You play until you reveal the whole picture, (revealed automatically if you use up all the questions) and then get asked the question for the whole picture for a bonus score. This way you could weight the game by giving more for a correct answer than you take away for a wrong answer, or even set y to 0 so wrong answers are not penalised.
If you are keen to provide answers always as percentages then let me know and I will give the matter some more thought.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
Johnathan
Hello Vasilis,
OK I have been giving the whole picture game some thought.
There are a number of possible variables that would define a number of different games all on the same basic principle, these would be
There is also the issue of whether the scoring system should in some way take in to account incorrect answers, so that particularly in games where many attempts can be made to reveal a square that someone who gets the correct answer the first time receives a higher score than someone who takes several attempts before they are successful in revealing the square.
What then is needed is a scoring system that will return a percentage figure that can accomodate all these variations.
I have modelled this on a spread sheet and it seems to me to give acceptable results, so can I suggest the following two formulas for scoring, which I believe could be applied to all variants of the game.
Definitions:
Number of attempts = count of all questions attempted whether answered incorrectly or correctly to include both questions asked to reveal squares and questions asked to identify the big picture.
Number of correct answers = count of all correct answers given to questions asked to reveal squares and correct answers given to question asked to reveal the big picture.
Remaining squares = The count of squares that have not been revealed at this point in the game.
If there is a Big picture question and it has been guessed correctly the score is given by
(number of correct answers + remaining squares not exposed) / (Number of attempts + remaining squares to be exposed)
If there is no big picture question or there is a big picture question but it has not yet been answered correctly then the score is given by
(number of correct answers) / (Number of attempts + remaining squares to be exposed)
See what you think.
Kind regards
Johnathan
Hi, We built something similar to what you are describing at aquiretraining.com/training (you can log in as demo/demo) using flash quiz components and the flash activity module. It pulls in a random image and with each right answer, more of the image is revealed. After figuring out how to deal with varying amounts of questions, it was pretty easy, due in large part to being built in flash. Thought I'd mention it. Tom
