AAA SPARK MEETING | JUNE 2026 | VIRTUAL

The Case of the

Ghost Controller

Jennifer Coon

CIA, CFE

Professor of Accounting

Tyler Junior College

Jennifer.Coon@tjc.edu

THE ITERATION

One Activity. Three Versions.

VERSION 1 | IN-PERSON

Physical Cards

VERSION 2 | ONLINE

Canvas LMS Module

VERSION 3 | CURRENT

HTML/SCORM with Claude

LIVE DEMO

The Case of the Ghost Controller

Scan to play along

https://jenncoon.github.io/Spark26/

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I didn’t know accounting could be so fun.

Principles of Financial Accounting Student, Spring 2026

THE EVIDENCE

What the Data Shows

📋

Slight increase in exam scores

✓

“ It didn’t feel like another assignment or exam review. It was fun and encouraged me to study.”

Student feedback collected informally. IRB-approved survey data collected separately. Grade outcome data documented independently.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

Students asked for more…

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A Full System created.

YOUR TURN

Design: Start with One Exam

In-person or online.

1

What concept(s) in your exam challenges students the most?

2

What narrative frame would resonate with your students?

3

What would the win condition look like?

Tips:

• Prompt for accessibility. Tell it to make the game WCAG 2.1 AA (or 2.2AA) compliant from the start.
• Shuffle answers for multiple choice questions.
• Even the answer choices (longest answer not always correct).
• Test and revise.
• Build HTML file first before a SCORM file.
• Control your SCORM ending to hold instead of roll to completion.
• Handout on importing SCORM to LMS

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Short on time?

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you can implement today.

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Jennifer.Coon@tjc.edu | Tyler Junior College