Octalysis Level 1 Certificate submission.

1. Resubmission: Level 1 Octalysis Certification
February 2022 | Timothy Sher
Victor Educational Institute
Join Victor. Be a Victor!

2. Mission & Background
Victor Educational Institute is committed to helping senior high school students learning necessary knowledge for exams to enter the
college of their dream. Victor focuses on anaylyzing Taiwanese exam systems, through both off-line (in class) and online courses. This
project is mainly for optimizing the online course. The target audience is those who are urgently seeking a career due to the impact
of COVID-19, and many of them facing the *key shot of what they choose (explain as baseball):
● Ball 1 (weakness): Economic imbalance (60% jobs cannot be done remotely)
● Ball 2 (weakness): Industry development imbalance(emphasis on biotechnology and digital industry)
● Ball 3 (weakness): Fake news
● Strike 1 (strength): Infrastructure and public health improvement
● Strike 2 (strength): Work flexibility, quality of life, ecological restoration...
The *key shot is the digital divide, so we want to extensively equip them so that they can connect with trends in various industris
through our online course website and APP. Victor emphasizes on “language, computer science, cloud knowledge” in hopes that
students will be able to apply what they learn, and that the humanistic design can serve to enhance their learning motivation.
*Key shot means, in a baseball game, when the pitcher has pitched 2 strikes
and 3 balls, the game goes into “full count”. If the batter miss the next shot
then he would be out, otherwise, the batter could walk to the first base.

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4. Business Metrics
Since this project of Victor Educational Institute is non-profit, we focus on the business metrics below:
● Active users: monthly 2,000 and weekly 300
● Average course completion rate: 30%↑ for each course
● Average social media (Facebook) reach rate: 1,000/post (promoting without advertising)

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6. *Career Explorer *Career Finder
Average Performance in School
High Performance in School
Dark
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Star
Survivor
Adventurer
Player Types
*Career Explorer: the one who still exploring
his/her career and it’s better with a mentor
to guide him/her.
*Career Finder: the one who has found
his/her career direction and he/she needs
some methods to reach his/her ideal status.

7. ● 1. Dark Horse (main player type)*:
They know where to go but need some effective learning methods to achieve the target.
● 2. Adventurer (second player type):
They perform well in school but don’t know where to go. Simulations needed to drive their exploration.
● 3. Survivor:
They are exploring where to go and need some effective learning methods to support their exploration.
● 4. Star:
They know where to go and perform well. Interdisciplinary learning can help them to advance in their career.
Player Types
*The reason choose the Dark Horse as the
main player type, is that they have stronger
motivation to achieve the goal they set (or
dream). Thus, we can get more active users
and get more useful feedback from them to
make progressive improvements!

8. Main Player Type Definition
Dark
Horse
● Dark Horse (main player type):
Due to Dark Horse can see the clear direction of their future, we set them motivated mostly by CD4. These kinds of users
are motivated by CD4, CD3, and CD5. Though these students maybe not perform very well in school’s “tests and exams”,
they know what they want and just need some boosters.
We will focus on optimizing the experience of learning in Victor’s site below, make sure that:
CD4: Need something like a skill tree to list what they have to conquer/collect
CD4: Eager to verify what ability they have had in real-world to work effectively (and further to know what they lack to
improve)
CD3: Learning new knowledge/skills could be the boosters to synergetically empower what they have had
CD3: Making wishes and getting dynamic feedback is what they expect
CD5: Inspired by mates’ feedback
CD5: Show their effort/achievement in opened place and get feedback to verify their status or progress in which stage of
their goal.

9. CD2 Accomplishment:
*Like a tracker to record their growth or
hard-working, it would bring them a sense of
achievement
CD1 Epic Meaning:
*Act like a beginner in society/college but they know
where to go, and believe there would be something
lucky happens when they kick-off
CD3 Empowerment:
*Learning new knowledge/skills could be the boosters to
synergetically empower what they have had
*Making wishes and getting dynamic feedback is what
they expect
CD4 Ownership:
*Need something like a skill tree to list what they have
to conquer/collect
*Eager to verify what ability they have had in
real-world to work effectively (and further to know
what they lack to improve)
CD5 Social Influence:
* Inspired by mates’ feedback.
* Show their effort/achievement in opened place and get
feedback to verify their status or progress in which stage
of their goal.
CD6 Scarcity:
*Believe limited opportunities come to those who are
prepared
CD8 Avoidance:
*Care about the sunk cost for time and money they
have devoted (also the opportunity cost)
CD7 Unpredicatibility:
*Unknown barriers block them so they need to practice
continually to clear before they achieve the goal/dream
Dark
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11. ● Sign in at least once a week (Ideally twice)
● Complete 2~4 hours courses each week
● Collect points that can exchange for discount on certification or chances of being interviewed
● Collect puzzles by learning (puzzles serve as badges and progress bar)
● Join workshops or webinars
● Ask any questions in social media community
● Share the experience in social media community
● Prepare for certification or job hunting
Desired Actions - Scaffolding Phase

12. Analysis of the Current Experience
CD2 Accomplishment:
* “Join Victor, be a victor.”
* Leaderboard of score on the wall and
website (include mock tests)
* Objectives checklist
* Two-step career consulting
* Select teacher/team/schedule to learn what
you want to improve
CD1 Epic Meaning:
* A bridge to medical school
* Victor would be powerful and take more
responsibility to devote to society
CD3 Empowerment:
* Customized learning plan
CD4 Ownership:
* Study for better future
* Score over 80 points accumulated for 5
times can exchange prize in the shelf, and 10
times for the even better prize
CD5 Social Influence:
* Stimulation from classmates
* Senpais’/seniors’ stimulation
CD6 Scarcity:
* Medical PBL training
* Seize the yearly exam
* One on one coaching
* Study for ideal schools
CD8 Avoidance:
* Sunk cost (time & money)
* Join earlier to win more
CD7 Unpredicatibility:
* Estimation of dropping points
* Score over 90 points can win 1 chance to
play dart which can exchange the prize
Victor

13. Brainstorming-1
Name Description CD
Doctors Without Borders Learn well to earn points which can exchange into donation funds to schools in poverty 1, 2
Puzzle Warriors Collect pieces of puzzles and finish the whole picture to win badges (shown as learning
progress)
2, 4
Future Lab Senior-level students can design topics on how to solve real-life problems 1, 3
Micro Leaderboard Divide different types of leaderboards to boost users’ confidence 2
Effort Wheel Complete 20 tests to get one chance (dart) for lottery 2, 4, 7
Future Store Earned points can exchange for a discount on certification or the opportunity to an interview 2, 4
Senpai as Mate Senior-level students can guide the students who join later 5

14. Brainstorming-2
Name Description CD
Omni-perspective Users can view other people’s learning paths and adjust to fit their needs 3, 5
Charity Magnifier The top 0.1% users who exchange the most points for donations are invited to record a
video
1, 2, 5, 6
Social Ticket Points can exchange for qualifications to join webinar/workshop/social community 4, 5, 6
Lost Empire Sunk cost for the users who haven’t logged in over the past 30 days 8
Weekend Pump Give more EXP and points to the students who learn on the weekend 2, 6
Quicksand The wrong answer could cause less EXP/ points and torture break time 6, 8
Boss Coach Weekly office hours for teachers of specific topics (weekly notification) 6, 7

15. Words of Thanks
First of all, I would like to thank Peter who introduced
Octalysis to me. I also appreciate the videos on Octalysis
Prime and the community on Slack. Additionally, I
would like to extend my gratitude to my siblings Anna
and Matthew who provided me with their constructive
feedback. Thank Dirk, Myrte and Octalysis staff for
providing extensive feedback that helps me grow in
Octalysis.
To all of you who are reading this, thank you for taking
the time and energy. And for those of you who are
willing to provide me with feedback, much obliged!
Prime on!
Resubmission: Level 1 Octalysis Certification
February 2022 | Timothy Sher