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Re: "Gamifying" Documentation

This is an interesting idea!

We CAD everything, and I have been making the students do spreadsheets & (often non-toleranced...) drawings to support their work, especially whenever we're leveraging a sponsor for manufacturing support.

However, the student motivation has had a flavor of "Hey, students, this is what we're doing now", rather than "Hey, Sam, this is what we know we need to do" which I don't like relying on. It sounds to me like driving that motivation is the topic of this thread? Interested in hearing "what works" on other teams.
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