SimGate Studio Basics: Getting Started with Development
Jumpstart your knowledge with a feature-focused "Scavenger Hunt" to familiarize yourself with Stuido's functionality, navigation, and features.
Expected Time to Complete: Approximately 30-60mins*
*Time investment will vary based on your level of engagement with the provided resources (supplemental videos, examples, and help articles) and self-discovery exploring, and experimenting with the tool.
Purpose
Join a fun scavenger hunt designed to help new Creators quickly learn to navigate and use two of the three SimGate platform tools - Portal and Studio. This engaging activity provides a structured and interactive way to kick-start your understanding of these essential no code authoring tools.
Scavenger Hunt
On this Scavenger Hunt, you will:
Explore a sample sim and discover how it's constructed in the authoring tool.
Learn the basic functionality available to build experiential learning.
Experiment with AI-integrated features and functionality.
Preview links to additional resources in our Help Center.
Step 1: Access your Project
Login to SimGate Portal:
In a Chrome or Edge browser, use your Login and PW to access SimGate PORTAL via your unique enterprise URL.
Once logged in to SimGate Portal, follow the below steps to access your personal project for this activity.
💡 Want a quick Portal overview? Check this out:
In your Enterprise folder, Find and open the Folder named: Immersion Day - 2024
Note: Your personalized project is located in your Enterprise folder (left navigation pane) within the sub-folder: Immersion Day - 2024> Enterprise projects (All access for all team members)
> Sub-Folder: Immersion Day - 2024
> Find your personalized project - it has YOUR NAME on it!
Find the project that has your NAME on it and click on the PICTURE to open your project details which look like this:
Find the Quick Links menu on the right, click Studio. This opens your personal project in a new window in SimGate STUDIO!
Notice that you now have two windows open, and each has its own distinguishing icon.
Your project is now open in the Studio tab and you're ready to go!
Step 2: Happy Hunting!
Scavenger Hunt #1 - Navigation
Scavenger Hunt #2 - Wireflow
Scavenger Hunt #3 - Quick-Add Templates
Scavenger Hunt #4 - Easy Edits
Scavenger Hunt #5 - Add-ons
Optional: Overview: Perspectives Add-on
Scavenger Hunt #6 - Images and Video
Scavenger Hunt #7 - Theme
Scavenger Hunt Final Step - Preview your Work!
Congratulations - You’ve completed the basics in SimGate Studio. Feel free to keep playing around with this project - it's yours to experiment with!
Step 3: Want More?
Explore our ever-growing help center and enhance your grasp of Portal and Studio basics! New creators usually enjoy exploring the following:
Elevate your use of Portal and learn how to Edit & Share your Projects and Organize Project Folders.
Maximize your efforts by duplicating and re-using projects - don’t start from scratch each time!
Dive deeper into SimGate's AI Integrations:
Discover how to Duplicate pages and use Shared Library Pages for greater efficiency!
Practice edits in other templates: edit content, swap images & videos, play with settings, and preview!
