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ESSI MONEY:  FAQs

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  1. What’s different about ESSI Money v2.0?
  2. What browser do I need to play ESSI Money?
  3. What do the new apps do?
  4. What’s the difference between ESSI Money and ESSI Money Plus?
  5. How do students register and login to a game? 
  6. What are the privacy issues with students using their school emails to login?
  7. What do I do if my students want to play more than one game, or I have more than 40 students who want to play the game?
  8. Why can’t my students move past week 1? 
  9. Why aren’t all my students (student names) appearing in the class list on the teacher dashboard?
  10. There are no player names in my class list, even though my students have progressed to week 2 and beyond.
  11. Why can’t I see my student’s progress on the teacher dashboard in “real time”?

1. What’s different about ESSI Money v2.0?

ESSI Money has moved out from the desk in the study corner and landed on the desktop! You’ll find that ESSI Money v2.0 still retains the functions of the original game, but with a totally updated appearance as well as new content. Below are some of the new game elements.

  • Taxation is deducted from wages.
  • Superannuation is received by the wage earner and recorded as an investment.
  • Direct debit authorisations for automatic bill payments can be set up.
  • Unpaid bills attract late payment fees.
  • Brokerage is charged on all share transactions.
  • Assets depreciate or appreciate.

2. What browser do I need to play ESSI Money?

ESSI Money is now playable across ALL devices on ALL browsers!  

3. What do the new apps do? 

  • Email - Mail is organised in folders for messages, bills and My Bank. The player will receive notifications, bills, and offers via email.
  • My Bank – The player is able to open and close transaction, savings and investment accounts, view and check bank their statement and transfer money. Balance for all accounts, including superannuation can be checked here.
  • Messages - Random offers arrive via text messages. The player can accept or decline.
  • Weekly Planner - The planner in the My Budget tab allows the player to allocate weekly income. The input area in the Diary tab allows the player to make weekly entries as well as respond to a weekly reflection question
  • My Cash - Money from Finance Weekly quizzes, random end of week questions and random events goes to My Cash. The player can transfer money from My Cash to bank accounts.
  • My Credit – A range of credit cards is offered. The player is able to check the credit card statement and make payment.
  • My Stuff - All personal possessions owned by the player are shown here. These can be sold on iBuy. 
  • Job Finder – A range of jobs are advertised weekly.
  • uShop - The player can buy new items and choose a payment method at the advertised price.
  • iBuy - The player can use this app to buy second hand items immediately at advertised price, or offer a bid. Items from My Stuff can be sold here.
  • Shares - The player can buy and sell shares by checking the current market and accessing their Share Portfolio. Graphed performance data and risk rating is available for available shares.
  • Finance Weekly - A new article covering a game related financial topic is published in each of the 26 weeks of play.  The player is given the option to answer up to 5 questions to earn bonus money.

4. What’s the difference between ESSI Money and ESSI Money Plus?

ESSI Money plus offers a higher level of complexity to students.

  • The My Shares app is only available in ESSI Money plus. 
  • End of week random questions and Weekly Planner reflective questions are more challenging.
  • ESSI Money plus has different banking (transaction and savings accounts, term deposits and credit cards) products.
  • The probability formulation of a range of game events in ESSI Money plus has been adjusted to make the game more challenging.  

5. How do students register and login to a game?

Once students click on the Game Link provided by the teacher, they are able to register as a new user, or log in as an existing user.

Students only need to register once with their school email address, and are then able to use that same login to access games from any class link in any subject, at any time. This user registration also allows students to manage their own password reset facility.

6. What are the privacy issues with students using their school emails to login? 

See our existing privacy policy

7. What do I do if my students want to play more than one game, or I have more than 40 students who want to play the game? 

Each Game Link allows 5 games each for 40 users. If you have more than 40 users, or your students need to play more than 5 games, simple register for a new Game Link.

You can register for as many Game Links as you need, and as often as you like.
Once a ‘User’ has accessed a Game Link to log in you are unable to delete this player from your class list.
It’s not possible for a player to go backwards or replay a specific game. 

8. Why can’t my students move past week 1? 

Players are unable to progress to week 2 until they use some or all of the money in their cash box to open a transaction account.
Savings and Investment accounts are locked until the player opens a transaction account.

9. Why aren’t all my students (student names) appearing in the class list on the teacher dashboard?

Students need to complete week 1 (actioning financial decisions) of the game and progress to week 2 in order for their names to appear in the CLASS STATS list. 
The number of students listed in CLASS STATS may not agree with the number of TOTAL GAMES. This is because TOTAL GAMES includes all students who have registered on the game link including those that have not commenced playing yet.

10. There are no player names in my class list, even though my students have progressed to week 2 and beyond.

When you access the teacher dashboard, the class list may take 10-15 seconds to load. Click on the PLAYER NAME tab after 10 seconds and your students’ names should appear.

11. Why can’t I see my student’s progress on the teacher dashboard in “real time”?

The CLASS STATS and leader board are updated every 15 minutes.