New ‘Getting Started’ Page for Students
After receiving feedback on how we could improve Civic Mirror for first-time users, several mentioned that having clear steps for students on the Getting Started page upon logging in. Whereas before there was only the CM Basics Video and a few links, now we have clearly outlined the first things students should do upon logging in, in step-format. (image below).
In-Law Family Relations
The other item has to do with the types of relations we allow students to select for their 7 fictitious family members that they have to provide for when they become citizens of their simulated nation. Civic Mirror hasn’t ever ‘pushed’ students to create nuclear families, but we did neglect one type of relation that Caelan, from country “Brandow” (a class from Mississauga, ON), pointed out to us. He wrote:
While creating my family on the game for the first time, I realized that there was no option for an in-law. Many people in the real world have parents or grandparents living with them. You could technically list them as your mother but your mother and your mother-in-law are two very different people.
Not only that, but what if your virtual family had two mothers or grandmothers living with you? It would be confusing to say you had two mothers. Saying a mother and a mother-in-law would be much more informative.
So I believe that you should add the options for in-laws in the family section. In addition to the addition of mother-in-law, I believe adding father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and possibly more in-law positions would be beneficial to the game.
Thanks to Caelen’s comments, our programming team added the various types of ‘in-laws’ that adults all over the world provide for (image above).
