The Three Concepts Unique to Simulations.net

These are likely to be the only three concepts that will be new to you if you're just getting started as a creator or participant on Simulations.net:

Choices

Choices are the building blocks of Simulations and are associated with a question. Simulations.net forces participants to make a single choice in response to a Question--the Platform doesn't support "pick all that apply" approaches to questions. When a Choice is selected in response to a Question, it impacts on the participant's score and, potentially, triggers Side Effects. Choices can be scored using either a basic or a scenario-weighted approach. See more about Choices and scoring here.

Rounds

A Round can be thought of as a "phase" of the Simulation. It holds content (text, videos, and/or attachments) where the Simulation creator brings a context to life and then poses questions where participants are forced to make Choices.

Side Effects

Creators can add Side Effects to Choices as a way of helping participants understand that making a Choice may have indirect consequences. There are two kinds of Side Effects: extra feedback and point modification. The former causes Choice-specific feedback to be shown to the participant in their results and the latter causes their score to be modified positively or negatively. Learn more about Side Effects here.


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