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How do I play the 'Name That Face' game?

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The 'Name That Face' game is a way for instructional staff to learn student names more quickly by practicing associating names with photos in a pressure-free environment.

Tip: Student photos will not appear in the Roster tool or the 'Name That Face' game if students have not supplied a profile photo. You can encourage students to add Sakai profile photos as outlined in How do I set up my profile?

Select Roster.

Roster tool highlighted in site Tool Menu

Select Roster from your site Tool Menu.

Note: Roster is not part of the default toolset. To add it to your course, refer to How do I add tools to my site?

Select Name That Face.

Roster tool Actions Menu

Select Name That Face from the Actions Menu.

Choose a group of site members.

Name that Face game configuration
  1. If your course contains groups, choose whether to practice names of all site participants or of a specific group. Select the appropriate radio button and use the group dropdown menu.
  2. Select Start learning.

Select Enter student name.

Student's photo and a dropdown menu for guessing their name

The first student photo will appear. Select the Enter student name... dropdown menu.

Select a student.

Dropdown menu and text field options for inputting student name

Select a student name from the dropdown menu or search for a name in the text field above the menu.

Select Check.

Student name has been selected and check button is active

Select Check to see if your guess is correct.

Results display.

Success message displays after guess is checked

A success or failure message displays, indicating if your guess was correct. To proceed with the next student in the game, select Continue. If you feel confident that you have learned a particular student's name, you may opt to select I know this student so that they will not reappear in the current round of the 'Name That Face' game.

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