Instructor Guide — GoVenture CEO

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Onboarding Students — GoVenture CEO

Document Link —

http://bit.ly/gvceoonboard⁠

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Follow the steps below to prepare your students to play GoVenture CEO. Some activities are optional.

1️⃣ Student-Directions SLIDES

Highly recommended

Present the Student-Directions SLIDES to students on a big screen or webinar, or make them available for self-directed viewing.

This explains everything that students need to know about what GoVenture is and how to get a Subscription Key.

This slide deck is available on your instructor website and requires some minor customizations before you make it available to students.

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2️⃣ Tutorial VIDEOS

Highly recommended

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Direct students to watch the TUTORIAL VIDEO (30 min) that is available when they log in to GoVenture CEO and in the USER GUIDE and on GoVentureCEO.com

The USER GUIDE also includes these two videos that will prepare students for success:

BASIC STRATEGY TUTORIAL VIDEO (6 min)

PRODUCT PRICING TUTORIAL VIDEO (4 min)

LEARNING GUIDE & ACTIVITY BOOK (160 pages) can be used by students as a reference for topics they need help with, or can be read from cover to cover to gain practical business wisdom. Available as a PDF when students log in to GoVenture. Note that this is not a user guide for the software, it is a business guide.

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3️⃣ Practice Simulation

Playing a practice simulation is highly recommended to assure student success. There are two types of practice simulations that you can offer, or do both:

Instructor-Led Play — optional but helpful

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Photo of MediaSpark’s CEO playing a GoVenture

simulation with a group of 350 students in one room.

The instructor plays a simulation against computer competitors while explaining the decisions being made as students watch. Progress through a few periods of the simulation, reviewing results and reports.

The session can be held in a classroom setting with GoVenture on a big screen, or during an online meeting with screen sharing.

The session can be as short as 15-minutes, or last much longer if you choose.

To make the session more interactive, the instructor can play the role of CEO and request advice from the students who act as the management team. You may also consider assigning CEO duties to a different student each period for an added dynamic.

OPTIONAL

The instructor may consider showing students the simulation SETTINGS. Students will be introduced to business terminology and discover the parameters and ranges of possibilities for decision-making in the simulation. This is optional because it reveals hidden settings that some instructors may prefer that students discover on their own through experimentation. (Note that experimentation can only work if a simulation is set to played for enough periods to allow for sufficient results and analysis — usually 8 or more periods.) To view simulation SETTINGS, log in to your instructor website and in the ACTIONS tile, choose VIEW SETTINGS.

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Student Play — highly recommended

Have students play a short practice simulation during class time or on their own time.

It is advisable to GRADE this simulation and to do so purely on PARTICIPATION — this will motivate students to complete the activity and be better prepared for the full simulation.

Individual play is much better than team play for practice as it requires students to learn the fundamentals without relying on teammates.

Setting the Strategy Journal to required is recommended.

See the 📃

Instructor Guide⁠

for assessment advice.

OPTIONAL

The instructor may consider showing students the simulation SETTINGS. Students will be introduced to business terminology and discover the parameters and ranges of possibilities for decision-making in the simulation. This is optional because it reveals hidden settings that some instructors may prefer that students discover on their own through experimentation. (Note that experimentation can only work if a simulation is set to played for enough periods to allow for sufficient results and analysis — usually 8 or more periods.) To view simulation SETTINGS, log in to your instructor website and in the ACTIONS tile, choose VIEW SETTINGS.

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🧭 Sample Implementations

The tables below describe implementations that are commonly used.

When choosing simulations to play, review the many QuickStarts available to find industries that best match your curriculum.

You can start with a basic simulation and move up to more advanced simulations, providing students with increasing challenges and new information to discover. Or, you may choose to use the same simulation throughout, so that students become more comfortable with the business decisions they must make to be competitive.

14-Week Semester — Sample Implementation

14-Week Semester — Sample Implementation

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5-Week Course — Sample Implementation

5-Week Course — Sample Implementation

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Choose Your Own Duration — Sample Implementation

Choose Your Own Duration — Sample Implementation

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Review the 📃
Instructor Guide⁠
for additional guidance and information on how student accounts are managed.

Review the 📃
Assessment Strategies⁠
document for grading methods.

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