The development of my final project idea

Last Sunday my mom phoned me that there were some girls killed after they met the friend who they knew from the internet. She was worry about me because I always chat with my friend through the internet. Some news like girls were killed by bad guys happened often. So the safety of the mobile app is very important. However how could I do it?

At first, I want to use area internet like UL WiFi or company WiFi. Only when you log on, you can use this app. However this idea has limitation on users and is not good for my app's development. Then I want to use some platforms which could provide safety to users. Because I design the app whose aims is to suit for young people. On the other hand, through my own experience I consider to cooperate with school education system. Through the education system, my users could be students and teachers,even stuffs. Only them could use their school account number, ID and password to log in my app. In some degrees, it could be security. But if making friends is the only function on my app, it would be simply. I want to do something more useful for student and teachers. So I add schedules, news, clubs and timetable for exams and academic etc.. The other importance thing is to let it has motivation. For this part I would like to put gamification on it while I still should think twice.

figure 1 the brainstorm

figure 2 let more people use it

figure 2 connect to education system

figure 3 app content

figure 4 motivation

figure 5 the layout

The gamification

Gamification Design Framework

Professor Werbach’s six-step gamification design framework is described in lecture unit 7. To help with your final written assignment, below is a summary of each element.

Your submission should be organized around these six tasks. However, this is not a precise template. You could start with an overview of your system, for example. And you don’t need to address every specific question below; they are just offered to illustrate the design steps.

1. Define business objectives. Why are you gamifying? How do you hope to benefit your business, or achieve some other goal such as motivating people to change their behavior? The first written assignment focused on this step of the process, so you may wish to look back on your earlier submission and the peer assessments for guidance. As you state your objectives, emphasize the end goal or goals of your gamified design rather than detailing the means through which you'll achieve this goal. Basically, if your gamified system does what you intend, what specific positive results will it generate for your organization?
2. Delineate target behaviors. What do you want your players to do? And what are the metrics that will allow you to measure them? These behaviors should promote your business objectives, although the relationship may be indirect. For example, your business goal might be to increase sales, but your target behavior could be for visitors to spend more time on your website. As you describe the behaviors, be sure to explain how they will help your system achieve its objectives. The metrics should in some fashion provide feedback to the players, letting them know when they are successfully engaging in the intended behaviors.
3. Describe your players. Who are the people who will be participating in your gamified activity? What is their relationship to you? For example, are they prospective customers, employees at your organization, or some other community? And what are they like? You can describe your players using demographics (such as age and gender), psychographics (such as their values and personalities), Bartle’s player types, or some other framework. You should show that you understand what sorts of game elements and other structures are likely to be effective for this population. For example, you might discuss whether a more competitive or cooperative system would be better for this player community.
4. Devise your activity loops. Explore in greater detail how you will motivate your players using engagement and progression loops. First, describe the kinds of feedback your system will offer the players to encourage further action, and explain how this feedback will work to motivate the players. (Remember: rewards are only one kind of feedback.) Second, how if at all will players progress in your system? This includes how the system will get new players engaged, and how it will remain interesting for more experienced players.
5. Don't forget the fun. Although more abstract than some of the other elements, ensuring that your gamified system is fun remains as important as the other aspects. In order to fully explore this aspect of the design process, consider how your game would function without any extrinsic rewards. Would you say it was fun? Identify which aspects of the game could continue to motivate players to participate even without rewards.
6. Deploy the appropriate tools. By this point, you've probably identified several of the game elements and other specifics of your gamified system. If you haven’t already, you should explain in detail what your system would look like. What are some of the game elements involved and what will the experience be like for the players? What specific choices would you make in deploying your system? For example, you might discuss whether the gamified system is to be experienced primarily on personal computers, mobile devices, or some other platform. You might also describe what feedback, rewards, and other reinforcements the players could receive. Finally, think about whether you’ve tied your decisions back to the other five steps in the process, especially the business objectives.

https://class.coursera.org/gamification-004/wiki/GamificationDesignFramework

Because my group mates choose gamification as a point for their final project, I have to consider it. Actually I can not discriminate the different between the gamification and game. Ori introduces Cousera to me. After learning a few lessons, I have a deeper understanding of the gamification.  I think it is better than game and has more meaning for people. I could add it into my app. Maybe it will appeal more people like my design. 

figure 1 classmate ideas

figure 2 my group idea--gamification