PathFinder is a tool within CoursePlus that lets the course team build active learning scenarios for students to work through. Once shared with students, PathFinder takes students through a series of decision points, each leading to other unique points, failure points, or success points. PathFinder tracks each choice made by students, collects the information, and creates appropriate reports.
Creating a simulation in PathFinder occurs in the following steps:
- Add a New Simulation
- Add Decision Points to a Simulation
- Create Paths (links) Between Decision Points in a Simulation
With PathFinder, it's easy to create immersive and branching/decision-tree-based experiences. Given the potential complexity of these simulations, it's important that you map out the experience for students first. Do this outside of the PathFinder tool using a tool like Visio or Word (or even a yellow legal pad!), get feedback from the rest of the course team, and then build the simulation in PathFinder.