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Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery.
Title:
Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery.
Author:
DeBurr, Detrick.
ISBN:
9781782168126
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (148 pages)
Contents:
Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery -- Table of Contents -- Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 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 at school -- Summary -- 2. The Framework -- Business objectives -- Target behaviors -- Players -- Activity loops -- Progression loops -- Fun -- Tools -- Account creation screen -- Summary -- 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 the WAMP server setup -- Summary -- 4. The Players -- Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology -- Killers -- Leaderboards -- Rewards for defending and critiquing posts -- Achievers -- Badges -- Leveling/progress -- Challenges -- Socializers -- Explorers -- Our players -- Creating the MySQL database -- Creating our tables -- Summary -- 5. Activity -- Pyramid of game elements -- Gamification toolbox - better than PBLs -- The VuPoint application -- jQuery -- Vupoint.js.

Index.html -- The Home page -- Account Creation Page -- Validate the form -- Writing a new account to the database -- The Login Page -- Main page view -- Summary -- 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 Leaderboard module -- Players currently online -- Summary -- 7. The Wrap Up -- Just the beginning -- Third party plugins -- Gigya plugins -- Badgeville -- More resources -- Gamification -- PHP -- MySQL -- jQuery -- A. 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.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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