Poly’s Guide to Feedback on Machine Challenges
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Players can now create their own machines for Poly Challenge! Other players enrolled in the same challenge can answer the 3 questions that follow playing those machines. For some challenges, the most highly-rated machines can win prizes!

What is machine feedback?

In addition to earning Polycoins by playing others’ machines, you can now earn even more Polycoins by providing feedback to the machines you play! Each week, the leaderboard of teams with best machines will be announced.

How do I gain Polycoins for giving Feedback?

You can answer the 3 questions that follow an authored machine. The best machines are the ones that received the most positive feedback form others. The number of Polycoins you get for various actions are as follows:

One Chip=10 Polycoins All chips (machine) complete=3 Polycoins Give Feedback to a Machine=3 Polycoins Someone plays your machine =1 Polycoin per chip played

Why do I want to make good Machines?

Making machines- The better your machines are, the more your Poly friends will play them, which means even more Polycoins!! After they play, they can say whether the machine was relevant to the challenge, fun, and at the right level for them.

Challenges- Each week you will be automatically entered into your team’s challenges. Now, answering the feedback questions for machines is another fun way win for your class! Each week, winners will be selected by (1) the number of Polycoins and (2) having the best-rated Machines, as decided by your Poly-peers!

Where do I find feedback challenge machines?

If you are enrolled in a challenge, created machines will appear automatically in the “Discover Machines” page. You can spot them by the small trophy in the right hand corner of the machine before you open it. You will see two types of trophies for this machine: one for completing all the chips, and one for answering the questions. Complete all the chips, and then tap the second trophy to rate the machine. Once you are done, you will receive additional Polycoins!

Which machines have the feedback challenge?

Any machine that you create will have a feedback challenge if you tag it with the challenge name — for example, #AVID2019. Make sure your team is enrolled in the challenge before you tag it with the challenge name!

Sorry Polyplayers, but you cannot give feedback for your own machines or Polyup’s machines!

Go to the ‘Discover Machines’ page to find machines more machines with the feedback challenge! To find even more machines, click the search on the top right of the screen to see all of Polyup’s machines! Or search for machines based on tag(s). For example, if you love multiplication, you can search #multiplication and find machines from others who love it too!

How do I start?

Teachers:

Create a team and tell your students your team name to have them join it! Enroll in a challenge by entering a challenge code in the the challenges tab (search active prizes at https://www.polychallenge.org/prizes)

Students

Join your teacher’s team! You will automatically be entered in your teacher’s prizes Create machines and tag them with the challenge code. Without the challenge code, people can still play your machine, but they will not see the feedback questions.

How do I create machines and tag them?

Starting at m.polyup.com, you can do the following to create a machine.

Click on the menu in the top left, click “create machine”, and enter a team name. In the left top corner, there will be a ‘+’ next to tagged labels like #v1 or #polylife Click the + and add any tags you want; you’re the author! Make sure to make the challenge name one of your tags. For example, if you want to submit your machine to “PolyFallChallenge”, add “#PolyFall2019” as a tag.

How can I share machines I’ve authored?

Not only can people find your machine through your tags, but you can also directly share the machine with your friends. Find the link by clicking on the QR code symbol next to the Machine’s name. You can share the link with anyone or post it to social media! All someone has to do to find your machine is copy and paste the link in any web browser. You can share your machines with all of your friends on social media, email, or whichever mode of communication you prefer. Sharing made easy!

Creation on Polyup is limitless! It is your personal makerspace, so get creative and share! Tag us on social media and we’ll retweet your machine, so even more players will find and give feedback to your machines!

Good luck!

- The Polyup Team