Master Events List

The Master Events List (MEL) is the primary way to create an exercise. It presents the exercise content in sequential time order.

Benefit

• Allows you to schedule content to be published automatically at a time relative to the start of the exercise

• Creates linear progression through a series of events

Feature

• Import MEL from Excel or CSV files.

• Import partial master event lists to build exercises by vignettes.

• Organise MEL using tabs and serials.

• Drag and drop to reorder injects.

• Automatically adjusts timings for moved injects.

• Publish individual content items or inject sequences for efficient testing and development.

• Create concurrent multiple event lists (MultiMEL).

Inject attributes

Injects are the components used to build the MEL; they are the content that the players interact with during the exercise.

Organisational attributes and inject details

Time

Time is expressed using 24hr clock because all times are relative to the start of the exercise

Tag

Tag is a way to highlight an inject using a dot for emphasis

Asset ID

Asset ID refers to a unique identifier assigned to each inject, used to track and manage content within the exercise

From

This is the persona from whom the content will be published from

To

Which player(s) will receive this content?

Content creation

What method?

This is the channel to which the message will be published.

Subject

Subject is only present on channels that support it such as email, blog posts, and news articles.

Text block

Here is the content body. If using the AI Assistant to generate content, the content is rendered according to the Method. For example, if the method is MicroBlog then the message will look like a tweet

Further actions

Question

Adding a question creates a data point, which appears as a pie chart on the Facilitator Dashboard, allowing the Facilitator to quickly see participants' choices at a glance

Past Comments

Past comments allows you to simulate replies on social media posts.

Facilitator guidance

This is both a note to the exercise control team and a reminder in the event list of which inject is coming up.

Inject grid

Inject grid enables you to send specific injects at any point during the exercise.

To create an inject grid navigate to 'inject grid' at the bottom of the inject and give your button a title - this will add the inject to the grid.

Creating an inject

Build an inject by navigating to the Scenario Editor, open your Serial and click Add an inject, then you will be presented with a column - it is here that you can create your content.

In the MEL use the AI Assistant to help generate text-based content. Enter a description of the content, then click the generate button.

The AI Assistant knows the channel you have chosen, saving you from having to type commands like "write an email"

Possible actions

Reorganise

At the end of the injects click the 3 dots to drag-and-drop and move the injects.

Publishing content during development

Publish single content item or specific serial Right-click on the row and select "Publish to player"

To publish only that specific content or "Publish to Facilitator" to publish all the content attached to the same time period.

Import from Excel or CSV file

You can manually create your exercise in an Excel file, or you can import the one generated by LISA. To import an Excel file, see here.

For a template on building your exercise manually see below:

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MEL template (3).csv

The extended format provides greater power to import questions, data points, past comments and hacked website details:

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MEL_Extended template.csv