Open 1. Start Here

👉1. Start Here

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GoVenture Leader is an experiential learning activity that builds leadership, strategy, and collaboration skills. Play individually or in teams.

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1.1 Create Account & Log In

1. To unlock a GoVenture product, you need a Subscription Key. Then follow one of these directions —

   • If you already have a login for PlayGoVenture.com, click the following link to unlock your product — PlayGoVenture.com/Subscription
     
     
   • To create a new account, go to PlayGoVenture.com and follow the links to CREATE ACCOUNT.
     

2. Log in at PlayGoVenture.com to view your instructor dashboard. Click Manage Simulation.

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1.2 Learn How To Play and Set Up a Simulation Scenario

Open ⛑️ Help With Setup?

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Open 2. Play & Setup

2. Play & Setup

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2.1 Gameplay Demo

Watch this video or view the slides to discover the basics of GoVenture Leader.

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2.2 Setup Tutorial for Instructors

Watch this video to review GoVenture Leader for instructors and facilitators. Step-by-step directions of what you see in this video are included further in this document.

NEW — The setup process no

Open 3. Simulation Scenarios

3. Simulation Scenarios

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3.1 About Scenarios

• Multiple simulation Scenarios are available to play. All are designed to be widely applicable to leadership and collaboration, regardless of subject matter.

• You may play any or all of the Scenarios. Playing multiple scenarios provides deeper learning for students.

• A Scenario can be played for fewer Periods than for which it is designed. For example, a Scenario designed for 8 Periods can be played for fewer than 8 Periods — no design changes are needed, simply stop playing when you are done.

• To view and compare Scenarios closely, create a COPY of the Scenario then click VIEW. This gives you full access to all of the content in the Scenario for all Periods without having to play the Scenario. Viewing a Scenario this way does not affect it in any way.

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3.2 Available Scenarios

​Space

New Captain of a deep-space exploration ship. Must travel as far as possible while conducting

Open 4. Student Accounts & Onboarding

4. Student Accounts & Onboarding

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4.1 Student Accounts

Identify the type of account that applies to you and review the details below. Your type is displayed on your Instructor Dashboard as shown below.

• Learner Managed — College, Nonprofit, Business
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• Instructor Managed — Primarily for K-12 Schools

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4.1.1 Learner Managed — primarily for colleges, universities, nonprofits, and businesses

• Students create and manage their own personal login accounts.
  

• Students create accounts with a Subscription Key — a 32 digit number that looks like this: 12345678-12345678-12345678-12345678.

• Students can p

Open 5. Saving & Resuming Progress

5. Saving & Resuming Progress

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• Student progress is automatically saved online.

• Students can quit and resume their progress at any time.

• Students will automatically continue from where they stopped playing.

• Students should quit GoVenture Leader when they are not playing — do not leave the app open when not playing.

• Students assigned to play as a team should designate a team leader to navigate the GoVenture Leader app and input decisions made by the team. Students should not open the app in multiple tabs or devices at the same time and attempt to make decisions or changes.

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Open 6. Curriculum Planning

6. Curriculum Planning

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🧭Summary of the Process

1. Instructor determines duration of play and SCHEDULE.

2. Instructor determines which Simulation SCENARIO students will play.

3. Instructor determines if students will play individually or in teams and creates Teams (under EDIT > TEAMS).

4. Instructor shares Simulation Number(s) with students to join and play.

5. Instructor sets the DECISION SCHEDULES — this determines when students can see and make decisions for each period.

6. Students log in and review information and make decisions for PERIOD 1.

7. Instructor ADVANCES Simulation (or sets an automatic-advance schedule).

8. Instructor reveals results for PERIOD 1 by setting the RESULTS SCHEDULE.

9. Instructor unlocks PERIOD 2.

10. Students log in and review information and make decisions for PERIOD 2.

11. Repeat steps 6 to 9 for each PERIOD.

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1️⃣Scenario

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Open 7. Assessment

7. Assessment

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7.1 Monitoring Students

To monitor students playing a Scenario, click FACILITATE.

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7.2 Assessment Options

To assess students, choose one or a combination of the options in the table below that best match your preferences. Consider creating a rubric that assigns a percentage to each assessment method. The options are listed in no particular order and are detailed below the summary table.

METHOD	DESCRIPTION
Participation	Award points for participating in each PERIOD of the simulation. Provides maximum fairness with results completely in student control.
Performance	Award points

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Open 📃 Facilitator Guide

📃Facilitator Guide

WARNING — This is a guide for advanced users, you do not have to review this document to set up and play GoVenture Leader. Some of the instructions here may not be correct for your use of the program.

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Facilitation Process

• Prepare the Paper-Based Gameplay Spreadsheet so that it is ready to use in case of technology issues. This is optional.

• Print copies of the Activity List and Stakeholder Questions so that each Player has a paper copy for reference. This will help make discussions more efficient.  Print a copy of Stakeholder Answers but do not give out this copy — keep it as a backup in case of Internet problems.  Note that these documents can be printed from the Paper-Based Gameplay Spreadsheet.

• Determine if participants will be playing individually or in Teams.  If in Teams, determine how many participants per Team (2 to 5 is best for efficient collabo

Open 🎨 Designing Simulation Scenarios

🎨Designing Simulation Scenarios

This is a guide for advanced users, you do not have to review this document to set up and play GoVenture Leader.

The information below describes how to design a new Simulation Scenario. This information is primarily for creating a new Scenario and is not needed to facilitate the Simulation.

Design Process

1. Create content and choose settings.  This is best done using a specialized spreadsheet provided by MediaSpark.

2. MediaSpark inputs content and settings into the Simulation platform to create a new Scenario.

3. Simulation Scenario is tested and corrections made as required. The new Scenario is then ready to be played by participants.

Content Design

• Determine the job, role, industry, or experience to be simulated.

• Determine the overall role to be played by the student, such as CEO, Senior Manager, Executive Director, Government Official, Astronau

Open Upgrade Log

Upgrade Log

This page lists new features and upgrades made to GoVenture Leader. Latest updates are at the top.

October 2025

• The EDIT menu has been removed with all edit options now appearing under FACILITATE. This simplifies the instructor interface.

• The PLAY SCHEDULE now has Basic and Advanced settings. Basic is new and makes it easier to set up the decision deadlines, advance dates, and results reveal. Advanced is the original mode that gives more precise control. All new Scenarios start in Basic but you can switch to Advanced at any time. But once you use Advanced, you cannot switch back to Basic for the current Scenario — but you can if you copy a new Scenario.

January 2024

Server Change

• GoVenture Leader software has been moved to the same server as other GoVenture programs on PlayGoVenture.com. This added another level of technical efficiency.

October 2023

Online Indicator

• Added a visual indicator to inform players if they are online or have lost connect