Contests

Create contests for your users by assigning goals that can be achieved within a specific time period. Users will earn badges and points, and they can receive a ranking on the leaderboard of each specific contest.

Badges and points will be assigned at the end of each contest.

Choose the following for your contest:

• Name
• Description
• Timeframe (from > to)

Then, choose the goal that should be achieved:

• Completed the highest number of courses. The contest winner is the user that completed the most courses in the delegated timeframe. You can choose whether this contest includes any course in the platform, or you can choose courses to include in the contest.
• You’re the highest scorer! The contest winner is the user that earned the most badges and points (for any event that triggers a badge being awarded) in the contest’s delegated timeframe.
• Received the highest number of “Helpful” (Thumbs up) in forums. The contest winner is the user that receives the highest number of “Helpful” (thumbs up) votes in forums. You can choose whether this contest includes forums in any course in the platform, or you can choose courses to include in the contest.
• Scored highest in a course. The contest winner is the user that receives the highest score in a course. This depends on how you set the scoring options in a course. You can choose whether this contest includes any course in the platform, or you can choose courses to include in the contest.

Based on their ranking, you can define badges that top users earn once the contest has ended. We can create badges for you using your own thumbnails. 

You can assign badges only to the top ranked user or to the top three ranked users. Remember, the badges must have different scores to be able to assign them to the different leaderboard positions.

To set up a contest, contact a member of the Peritus team.