Getting Started. Facilitator Zone

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1 Getting Started This guide is to help you get started quickly and easily. To request a training webinar call (toll-free) or info@lifework.ca Note: The Be Real Game may be used in educational or community settings. Thus, the words student and participant are used interchangeably, as are the words class and group. Facilitator Zone To Start 1. Log on to You will need a valid login name and password for your site. 2. Note: You can change your password by selecting My Account in the menu on the left, then select Edit, type in your new password, then click Save.

2 Manage Classes The Be Real Game is an experiential group learning experience. Some components of the program will not be accessible until at least one class or group has been created. Before browsing the program it is, therefore, recommended that a real or fictitious class be created. To do this: Select Facilitator Zone then click on Manage Classes. Create a Class 1. To establish a new class or group click Add New. Enter a name and subject (whatever descriptors work for you) then click on Save. 2. To enter students the new class click Enter Students. Enter each name (Last, First), one student per line. When finished, click Confirm. Suggestion: Add yourself or a fictitious student to the class to use to demonstrate how students will do the various Student Zone activities. 3. Click on Student Management to see the students in the class (left column). To see a class list with the students usernames and passwords click Printable Class Roster. You will need to give students their login name and password so they can login to their Student Zone. Assigning Roles (Online Delivery) 1. Students select their own roles in My Zone in Unit 1, Session 1. You ll give them their login names and passwords (from Printable Class Roster in Student Management). When they initially login in at initially, suggest they change their passwords (as above). 2. To select the role of the adult character they want to role-play in My Zone, students click Choose My Career Path. 3. When they click on the drop-down menu arrows to the right of Select Role History they will see a scrollable list of all initial roles available in the program. When they click on any role a Role History will appear at the bottom of the screen. Encourage them to read it and decide if this is the character they wish to role-play. Note: Some characters will have spouses and children. Some will have student loan and/or daycare obligations. All Role Histories have videos. Students can copy the url into their browser to view a short video of the role.

3 4. If the role doesn t appeal the student can go back to the dropdown list of roles and choose another, repeating this process as often as needed to find a role that appeals. When a suitable role has been located, the student clicks on OK. 5. Immediately 12 Job Ads will appear on the screen. Clicking on a Job Ad will enlarge it to make it easy to read. The object is to find the most appropriate Job Ad for the Role History selected. When the student is sure the best Job Ad has been selected they answer the question at the bottom of the screen with Yes. 6. If they are right, they will automatically go to My Career Path in My Zone and their first Job Profile will appear under the tab Job Profile #1. Students can print these and any other materials in My Zone. Assigning Roles (Offline Delivery) 1. Click on Role Management. Participants will be listed alphabetically with blank columns under Role and Monthly Pay. There are three options for assigning roles: 1. Option 1: Click on Assign from All. The computer will randomly assign a Role Path (Role History, Job Ad 1, Job Profile 1, Job Change Notice, Job Ad 2, Job Profile 2) to each participant from the 60 available Role Paths. 2. Option 2: Click on Select Roles to Assign then click on Make a Custom Selection. Review and select enough role profiles for your group (i.e., for a group of 22 select at least 22 roles). To select, hold the Ctrl key and click. The profile will be highlighted. Once all profiles are selected click Assign Using Selected Roles. 3. Note: To see any of the 6 components for any of the 60 Role Paths click Role Paths Matrix, then click on any of the links. 4. Option 3: Individually select and assign a Role Profile to each student. To the far right of the student s name click Assign. Select a role from the drop down menu and click Save. Repeat for each student. This option can also be used to change a random selection once it has been assigned.

4 Printing By clicking on the box to the left of each student s name select any number of students, or click All. When students have been selected, click Print Selected. A warning will indicate the numbers of pages that will be printed. First Visit 1. Select Facilitator Zone then click on Introduction. Each section provides background and foundational information about the game and its components. Minimally, read Preparation Notes. Note: A hardcopy Facilitators Guide can be downloaded from Section 1: Read Before You Start. 2. Click on Facilitator Zone then select Program at a Glance. An outline of the two learning units will appear. Click on the dropdown arrows at the right of each unit to see the sessions it contains. Note that sessions are identified as core, or recommended, and suggested times are included. This facilitates session selection based on student learning needs and time constraints. Clicking on the title of any session expands the session in Sessions in Detail. 3. Click on Facilitator Zone then select Sessions in Detail. In a table of contents format, all sessions in both units are accessible, as is key information in Appendices. Click on the unit title to see an overview of the unit. Browse a few sessions, looking at the five lesson plan components in each session (left column) and the learning Materials available (right column). Note that when the Delivery Mode (top right) selection in changed from Offline (default) to Online, lesson plan instructions will change appropriately as will some materials. Visit each Appendix. Preparing to Deliver a Session 1. Log in, click on Facilitator Zone and select Sessions in Detail. 2. Select the appropriate Class (if more than one) and the preferred Delivery mode (Online or Offline). The default is Offline. 3. Select the Session to be prepared. Review the lesson plan and activities. Prepare for the session by booking computers/lab; projection equipment,

5 and/or printing any required materials. The lesson plan components for each session follow. Lesson Plan Components a. Overview Learning outcomes, links to required activities and assessment strategies and rubrics. b. Preparation Background information and pre-planning needs (i.e. book computers/equipment, materials to print) c. Activities Detailed, step-by-step lesson plan for facilitators to follow and adapt as they need. Ideas for optional or extended activities are included. This is the key area for facilitators. d. Wrap-Up Discussion questions and student self-reflection questions. e. Speakers Suggestions for community involvement. Materials In the right column of Sessions in Detail is a list of the Materials available for use in the session, with direct links to view and print relevant materials. These materials and links are also available in Activities in the lesson plan. Materials can include presentations, student interactives (found in My Zone), worksheets and handouts (paper activity), and facilitator reference materials or sample activities.

6 My Zone Participants are only able to access their account in My Zone. Their logins do not allow access to the Facilitator Zone. To Start 1. Students go to and login with usernames and passwords from Printable Class Roster in Student Management in Facilitator Zone. 2. The first time students log in have them change their passwords to something they can easily remember. Changed passwords will appear on the Printable Class Roster so facilitators always have access to each student s My Zone. 3. To change their password have students click on My Account, select Edit, enter a new password, then click on Save. 4. Students access My Zone with their username and password every time they are to complete activities under My Interactives (left column). This is a facilitated teaching resource not an independent, self-directed video game. Thus, students are given directions on how to complete each activity through group instruction in the appropriate session.

7 5. Suggestion: Access My Zone using the username and password of the extra student you entered when you created the class (either yourself or a fictitious student). Complete all activities under My Interactives so: a) you will have personally experienced each of the student activities; and b) you will have a completed My Zone to use for demonstration purposes. Useful Links The right column of the My Zone has direct links to high quality free websites students can use to further research the role their character has been assigned as well as any personally appealing career and learning options. If your site has access to a proprietary career information system like Career Cruising or Choices, make sure your students understand how to access it to complement their Be Real Game experience. We hope you enjoy The Be Real Game with your students for years to come!