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Challenges: what they are and how they work
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What a Challenge is
A Challenge is a competition in which several players take part in a series of Educaplay games to get the best score. Each Challenge has a ranking that updates every time a player finishes a game. It's the way to gamify practice and motivate your students, colleagues or friends.
Creating a Challenge
- In your Educaplay account, go to My challenges.
- Click New challenge.
- Select the games you want to include and add them.
- Set the order in which the activities will be played.
- Click Publish.
Educaplay generates a Game Pin: a unique code you have to share with players so they can join.
Shortcut: creating a Challenge from a single game
If you're only going to use one game, you can create the Challenge directly from the game:
- Go to My games.
- Click the game's Options menu (···).
- Select Create challenge. Educaplay generates the Game Pin automatically.
How players join
Players join the Challenge by entering the Game Pin from:
- game.educaplay.com, the page dedicated to joining Challenges.
- The Have a Game Pin? section of the Educaplay homepage.
Before starting they have to identify themselves: with a temporary nickname, with a guest code you created, or by logging in with their Educaplay account. In Challenges, identification is always required.
How the competition works
Once inside, players complete the games one after another in the order you set. Scores add up and feed the Challenge's overall ranking.
They don't all need to play at the same time: each one joins when they can, as long as the Challenge is still active. The ranking updates with every entry.
Managing your Challenges
In My challenges you have the list of your Challenges. Each Challenge's row changes depending on whether any games have been completed:
- Before the first game, the row shows the Game Pin (with its copy button) and, on the right, the eye icon —which opens the Results page with the Top 10 and the View report button— and the Options menu (···) with Edit, Create copy and Delete. While no one has played, the Finish option doesn't appear (it wouldn't make sense yet), but you can delete the Challenge.
- Once at least one player has completed a game, the row shows the number of players and the ranking leader instead of the Game Pin. On the right there are three controls: a report icon (opens the Challenges report filtered by this Challenge), a Finish icon (asks for confirmation and closes the Challenge) and the expanded Options menu (···) with Top 10 results, View challenge, Edit, Create copy and Delete.
When you finish a Challenge, players can no longer join and the Challenge is saved at the bottom of the section, under Ended challenges. From there you can review its results or click New game to reactivate it (it's assigned a new Game Pin).
Frequently asked questions
What is the Game Pin?
It's the unique code Educaplay generates when you publish a Challenge. Players need it to join, from game.educaplay.com or from the Have a Game Pin? section of the homepage.
Do players need an Educaplay account?
No. They can also identify themselves with a temporary nickname or with a guest code you give them. Creating an account is optional and only adds the benefit of linking scores to a permanent profile.
Do they all have to play at the same time?
No. Each player joins when they can while the Challenge is active, and the ranking updates with every new game.
Can I reactivate a Challenge I've already finished?
Yes. At the bottom of My challenges you have the list of finished Challenges. Click New game to reactivate it: it becomes active again with a different Game Pin.
Where can I see the detailed results?
The eye icon shows the top 10 directly from the My challenges list. For all the data, click the Challenge's full report button: it takes you to the Reports section with the details of each participant and each game.
How is it different from a Multiplayer Session?
In a Challenge each player takes part whenever they can, at their own pace, and the ranking updates with each game. In a Multiplayer Session everyone plays at the same time, live and hosted by you from a shared screen. You have the full details in the tutorial Multiplayer Session: what it is and how it works.
