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M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for
                   Android Mobiles
                           II eMadrid Workshop on e-Learning


          Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
                    a         a                            ınez

                                {jfernandez, grex}@gsyc.urjc.es
                           GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos


                                     Madrid, June 1st, 2011




Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
          a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
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                                         a           a                         ınez.
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          a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Gymkhanas?




  Figure: Gymkhanas are group activities. A challenge has to be solved to
  obtain the next one.


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           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Scenario




    Technology cannot only make
   organizing gymkhanas easier, it
       offers new possibilities!


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
General Architecture




  Figure: General architecture of the system, including the technologies
  that have been used for its implementation.


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
During this Workshop...




  We are going to:
          Create a new (and brief) mobile gymkhana.
          Play the m-gymkhana with an Android smartphone (if you
          want...).
          Manage and monitorize responses, results, etc.




 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Challenges




            Creating a new gymkhana



 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Creating a Gymkhana




  Figure: Web page for the creation of events (in this case showing a
  Javascript alert due to the introduction of a wrong format).


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           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Gymkhana Linear Story




  Figure: Example of a scenario of gymkhana with several groups and a
  linear path for challenges.




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           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Gymkhana Round-trip




  Figure: Example of a scenario of gymkhana with several groups and a
  circular path for challenges.



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           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Introducing a new challenge




           Figure: HTML form for the creation of gymkhana challenges.
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           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Please, use it!


          It is free software.
          Available on the Android Market:
                  Search for gymkhana or libresoft
                  Cost: 0 euro / dollar / pound
          http://gymkhana.libresoft.es




 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Challenges




                       Types of challenges



 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Text challenges




                   Figure: Screenshot of a textual response challenge.


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Geopositioning challenge




  Figure: Screenshot of the presentation of a geopositioning challenge and
  map with the current position of the participant and the destination.


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Photo challenge




  Figure: Screenshots of a photographic challenge, before and after the
  user has selected a picture to be sent as response.


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Administration




         Administrating a gymkhana



 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Geolocalizing groups in real-time




  Figure: Mash-up with Google Maps offering geopositioning and
  information of participating groups.


 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Classifications in real-time




  Figure: Table with the classification of the participating groups in the
  gymkhana.



 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
Instant messages




                 Figure: Instant messages can be sent to participants.



 Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
           a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles
M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for
                   Android Mobiles
                           II eMadrid Workshop on e-Learning


          Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
                    a         a                            ınez

                                {jfernandez, grex}@gsyc.urjc.es
                           GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos


                                     Madrid, June 1st, 2011




Jorge Fern´ndez Gonz´lez and Gregorio Robles Mart´
          a         a                            ınez   M-Gymkhana: How to Create Gymkhanas for Android Mobiles