1 · Team setup and roles

The 5 roles in every team (matching the game UI):

Quick-split tip: number students 1–n down the roster and deal them out by remainder. Give each team one minute to invent a company name and slogan – it boosts commitment.

2 · Before class checklist

• 📱Devices: at least one phone or laptop with a browser per team (one device to enter decisions, others to watch reports); a projector for the instructor.
• 🔗Share the link or QR in advance: thuyhuongctu.github.io/BizOn – ask students to open it once at home (after the first visit the game also runs offline, so weak classroom Wi-Fi is fine).
• 🔑Create a Class ID in Instructor Mode and write it on the board – it synchronizes round locking for the whole class and logs capital bonuses.
• 📋Print the pre/post survey (a print-ready version lives at khao-sat.html) if you want to measure learning gains.
• 📖Spend 10 minutes with the Instructor Guide and play one or two rounds yourself to get the rhythm.

3 · The 90-minute session, minute by minute

4 · Full-semester playbook – a 15-week league

Turn the game into a league that runs through the whole course: teams are fixed from week 1, each week ends with a 15–20 minute synchronized round locked via the Class ID, and weekly league points accumulate on a standings board. Two «seasons» separate luck from skill – same problem, and genuinely improving teams pull ahead in season 2.

5 · The instructor's role during play

• ⏲️Keep tempo with a countdown timer on the projector; lock rounds on time – a slipping clock breaks the whole session.
• 👀Walk the room during team meetings: watch for teams where one person does all the tapping – prompt by role («What does your CFO think of this loan?»).
• ⚡When a market event hits (Price War, Energy Crisis…): pause 30 seconds and ask the class «which team is changing strategy because of this news?».
• 💬Encourage teams to use Lumina's «Why?» button after each round instead of explaining results for them.
• ⚖️AI rivals run on a fixed per-team seed, so results are reproducible – grading is fair and no team gets «luckier» than another.

6 · Debrief questions (pick 3–4)

1. Which decision made your team win or lose? If you replayed, which round would you play differently?
2. When Alpha Dynamics slashed prices, did you follow or hold price and raise marketing? What does the result say about price elasticity?
3. Did any team have high profit but low market share (or the reverse)? Which goal should a real business chase, and when?
4. Did the 8.5% loan help or hurt your team? When is leverage worth it?
5. Which role was hardest? Why does a company need all five «seats» filled?

7 · Suggested single-session grading rubric (out of 10)

Use this rubric together with the instructor grading guide – grade during the session itself from the final leaderboard and the in-game Team Journal, no separate submissions needed.

8 · Quick troubleshooting

9 · Event playbook: «Shareholders' Congress & Funding Pitch» (150 minutes)

Designed by PhD Candidate Đỗ Thùy Hương – field-tested in a university course (semester 2, 2025–26). A formal event: students dress up as if meeting real investors.

Run it as the opening session before the 6-round game: each team pitches to an «Investment Board», and the capital granted (a notional 50–250M VND) becomes the team's starting vault and shapes all 6 rounds – injected via Instructor Mode (logged capital bonus).

Anatomy of the 7-minute pitch, by role:

• • PASTOR framework for pitch content: Problem · Answer · Story (one true story beats ten soulless statistics) · Traction (BEP, margin of safety, contribution margin) · Offer (exactly how much, spent on which 3 things) · Response (ask the Board to sign today).
• • 12-item pre-pitch checklist (Excel open and ready, backup USB, 5 printed dossiers, every role knows its timing...) – fewer than 10/12 checked → tell the CEO to cut content or lower the ask.
• • Right after pitching: the team hot-scores itself on 4 criteria × 2.5 points (financial feasibility · uniqueness · team · delivery) while emotions are fresh.
• • A 3-number cheat sheet every member knows by heart: CAPITAL ASKED · BEP/month · TARGET PROFIT.