8. Instructor Controls
Instructors can control many settings in the Simulation using Group settings. Watch this video and review the text below.
8.1 Play Limits
- Instructors may optionally limit play to pace student progress and allow time to review performance results. Edit group settings at any time to change these limits.
| Maximum Simulation Days To Play | Set this to stop students from progressing past a specific number of Simulation Days. This is typically used for three purposes: (1) To keep students from spending too much time in the program so they can focus on other activities; (2) To control pacing so that students do not progress more quickly than desired; (3) To maintain fair assessment by requiring students to play an equal number of Simulation Days (but this is not normally used if a simulation is assessed with 100% Participation, as playing more days provides more learning). |
| Last Calendar Day Allowed to Play | Set this to stop students from progressing past a specific calendar date (as of 11:59pm in the student's time zone). This is typically used for two purposes: (1) To keep students from spending too much time in the program so they can focus on other activities; (2) To assure that students meet a specific assessment deadline — while providing the instructor time to do the assessment at their convenience. Note: It is possible for a student to spoof their timezone and push the deadline a few hours past their actual time zone. |
- WARNING — Simulations will only register new play limits when the Simulation window is refreshed or closed and opened. This means if a student is currently playing live while you make a change, that change will not register for that student unless they refresh their browser or close and open the Simulation window.
8.2 Business Level Settings
Instructors can choose which business levels students can play. It is highly recommended that first-time players start with Lemonade Stand and progress through the Kiosk business before playing the Full business. See additional information under 6.3 Types of Businesses & Products.
This is recommended regardless of the profile of your students (whether new to business or MBA graduates) because the simpler businesses serve as tutorials for the more advanced business. Full Business is very challenging.
You must set up separate Groups for each business level. Instructors can choose to have students spend less time on the simpler business options using the Level-Up Settings below.
8.3 Level-Up Settings
To move students from Lemonade Stand to Kiosk Business_to _Full Business, you must create separate Groups for each business level and then give students the Group number for the level you want them to start playing. Set a date deadline and achievement requirements for each level and then give out the next Group number when that date arrives. See below for more information.
Instructors can control when students are allowed to level up in the simulation by choosing the amount of PROFIT or PLAY TIME a student needs to achieve before the advanced features are unlocked. The CALENDAR DATE feature can be used to pace students based on your preferred schedule.
For example, an instructor can set that a student must achieve $250 in Profit before being allowed to start their 2nd Lemonade Stand. Or, $250 Profit and have played a minimum of 30 Simulation Days. And not before the date of April 21.Players are required to pay theses costs to add a second location:
- Lemonade Stand — $50 for second stand and $50 for third stand.
- Kiosk Business — $3,000 for second kiosk and $8,000 for third kiosk.
- Full Business — can only run one location.
8.4 Report Visibility
Instructors can choose to hide specific reports so that students cannot see them when playing.
For example, you may hide the Balance Sheet and Income Statement and have students build their own from data in the General Ledger.