I understand the game is fixed; I understand not to go beyond +/-3 pts.

But what I'm not sure of is what kinda of rewards to offer college students. Leaving a few minutes early?

I can't seem to find an explanation of Extra Credit/DextraCredit? Is there a link I can follow that will explain that for me?

I teach freshmen to seniors, and I can totally see my freshmen eating this up. But, I'm not just not sure how to actually utilize it best. Any tips are highly appreciated.

TIA.

Well, you're talkin' to the right guy! I've experimented with the Scoreboard for 10 years with my community college students. This semester, with great success, I'm using extra credit points. When they're on task, working hard, using the teach/okay with GREAT ENERGY ... then the whole class gets an extra credit point on the Scoreboard. When things aren't going well, then the whole class gets one point Dextra Credit (one point subtracted from Extra Credit). I tell them honestly that the game will be close, rarely if ever will the score differential be greater than 3 points. What I don't say is that the course is set up with more than 1,000 points for traditional work ... so the 20-30 points the class as a whole might earn by the end of the semester will not greatly change anyone's final grade ... but frankly, I'd be happy to raise everyone's grade a bit with extra credit in exchange for hard work every class period ... for variety I change the Scoreboard to 1 page more or 1 page less of reading ... I never give them the reward of leaving early. Eventually, I add the Guff Counter ... fully described in the downloads. The total number of Extra Credit plus Dextra Credit points in a 50 minute period is usually 6 to 10.

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply!

Greatly appreciated!!