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The iDesign Escape Room

iDesign built this digital escape room as part of Calling Digital Escape Artists: Design Strategies for Digital Escape Rooms, a breakout session for the 2019 ELI Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. The demo is designed to serve as a module review exercise for a hypothetical course on the US government and media. As indicated on the homepage, iDesign has given this course site and downloadable resources a CC BY NC license.

This is an individual learning activity; no cohort or team is necessary for completion. Completion time is estimated at 20 minutes, but there are no time limitations. You may enter and exit the activity as often as you like, but due to the nature of an escape room format, you will need to start at the beginning of the activity every time. While the module can be completed on a mobile or tablet device, we recommend a laptop or desktop device for the optimal experience.

If you have difficulty finding the interactive components of the images within the module, select the pointer icon found in the top right-hand corner of the image. It will highlight all interactive components within the image.

If you prefer text- or audio-based experiences to the interactive images, look for the universal iconfound throughout the course.

To enter the escape room: Select the arrow in the image or the next button at the bottom of your screen to proceed into the hallway, which signals the beginning of the student-facing experience.

Warning

Thank you for your interest in the iDesign escape room. As some of you may already know, we have been experiencing some bugs related to Mastery Paths. In some cases, participants are unable to move beyond certain levels, the "Next" button is missing, or mastery paths loads so slowly that participants are kicked out to the module directory instead of being allowed to progress. Be aware that you may run into the following problems while you are in the room:

Sometimes the Next button will be missing. If this happens to you, refresh the page or exit and reenter the course.
There is a distinct lag between completing a mastery paths quiz and the correct pathway loading. If you select Next too quickly, you will be sent back to the Modules directory. If this happens to you, wait for the mastery path to load (hover over the next button for instructions) or reenter the module from the Modules directory.