Motrain or Mootivated

Motrain and Mootivated have a few differences and similarities to note.

• Motrain is corporate-focused whereas Mootivated is geared towards education.
• Both Motrain and Mootivated have the option of putting items in stores where learners may use their earned rewards to redeem those items.
• Both Motrain and Mootivated have Mobile app extensions available.
• Only Mootivated allows learners to create and customize an avatar that can then be used as their profile picture in the LMS and/or in challenges set by administrators.
• Mootivated challenges allow learners to vote for one another in avatar customization contests. Learners can create, customize, and display their avatars for peers to select for best designs.

Gamification

Gamification techniques embedded in Motrain and Mootivated include:

• Providing rewards that learners can earn and use to buy items in a virtual store.
• Using leaderboards to promote friendly competition by pitting learners against other learners or sections against sections. If learners see who has more rewards, that could motivate them to participate more, gain more knowledge, and improve upon their learning to earn even more rewards.
• Rewarding progress as learners finish up activities and courses.

If privacy is a concern, administrators can keep learners/sections anonymous on the leaderboard. While each learner/section will know where they stand, others will be listed anonymously.

Rewards

When learners complete an activity or course, they earn rewards that can then be exchanged for items in the virtual store.

Rewards can be personalized to sections. Administrators can create an unlimited number of sections using audiences/cohorts.

Store

Motrain/Mootivated encourages learners to earn rewards by progressing through learning activities in the LMS. These rewards can then be redeemed in the virtual store. Store items can be customized by the company or institution to provide incentives that have value to the specific learner population.

The organization or institution can provide individually valued real-world items such as lunch with the Principal, gift card to a local coffee shop, an extra vacation day. or bonus recess time.

The virtual store allows learners to purchase individual items, buy chances in a virtual raffle, or bid on auction items.