Build gamified websites with PHP and jQuery : engage, empower, and educate with gamified websites / Detrick DeBurr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeBurr, Detrick.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

PHP (Computer program language).

Web site development.

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

DeBurr Detrick: Detrick DeBurr currently serves as a co-founder of CUPID On The Go! Prior to this, he was Founder/CEO of Digital Rhythm Inc. , an information technology services provider based in Dallas, Texas, USA. Detrick has served in various software development roles through his career. In 2005, Black Engineer Magazine named him a Modern Day Technology Leader. He is a graduate of Darden University's Minority Equity Boot camp, a program that educates minority business owners to access the private equity capital markets. In 2001, Mr DeBurr received Stanford University's Digital Visions Fellowship for his efforts with the Digital Literacy Alliance in Ghana, West Africa. Mr. DeBurr is the author of Deal Us In! How Black America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy, Anji Publishing, 2001. He has served his community as Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission in Cedar Hill, Texas. He has also served on the Board of St. Philips School and Community Center and chaired the Dallas Blueprint for Leadership Program, a program that prepares minorities to serve non-profit boards and committees. He is an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. .

Summary:

This book is a standard tutorial, which walks you through the gamification development process, to help you incorporate game elements in an eLearning environment.This book is for jQuery and PHP developers who wish to gamify their educational websites.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Gamifying the Educational Process; What exactly is gamification?; Schools using gamification; History of gamification in education; Monopoly Academy; Khan Academy; Spongelab; Youtopia; Quest2Learn; World of Classcraft; Gamification in universities; The future of gamification in education; Gamification in the classroom; Having fun in school; Summary; Chapter 2: The Framework; Business objectives; Target behaviors; Players; Activity loops; Fun; Tools

Account creation screenSummary; Chapter 3: Objectives and Target Behavior; Fogg behavioral model; Motivation; Ability; Triggers; Triggers in our application; Increasing our players' ability; Motivating our players; Identify internal and external triggers; Intended action; Variable reward; Our development environment; Installing a LAMP stack; Troubleshooting WAMP server setup; Summary; Chapter 4: The Players; Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology; Killers; Leader boards; Rewards for defending and critiquing posts; Achievers; Badges; Leveling/progress; Challenges; Socializers; Explorers; Our players

Creating the MySQL databaseCreating our tables; Summary; Chapter 5: Activity; Pyramid of game elements; Gamification toolbox, better than PBLs; The VuPoint application; jQuery; Vupoint.js; Index.html; Home page; Account Creation Page; Validate the form; Writing a new account to the database; The Login Page; Main page view; Summary; Chapter 6: The Fun; Intrinsic versus extrinsic behavior; What makes ""fun"" fun?; The player's experience; Competency; Autonomy; Relatedness; The Scoring module; AjaxHandler.php; The Achievement module; The Leader Board module; Players currently online; Summary

Chapter 7: The Wrap UpJust the beginning; Third party plugins; Gigya plugins; Badgeville; More resources; Gamification; PHP; MySQL; jQuery; Appendix: Tables; Engagement loops (Table A - 1); Player type: Killer; Player type: Achiever; Player type: Socializer; Player type: Explorer; Gamification design matrix (Table A - 2); Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 8, 2013).

ISBN:

9781782168126

1782168125

OCLC:

858974702