Disclaimer: Some content in this article outlines how to use functionalities that may not be available on all plans. Get in touch with your account manager (if your plan includes this option) or reach out to Docebo using your platform's Help center if you wish to upgrade your plan.
Introduction
You can award badges to learners manually or configure the platform to assign them automatically when learners complete specific activities or meet defined conditions.
Badges must be published before they can be automatically assigned.
Assigning badges manually
Superadmins can manually assign and unassign badges for learners.
Note that you can manually assign also badges for which you have set automatic assignment. To do so, move to the Assigned users tab in the badge editing page, and click on the Assign users button in the top right corner.
In the right panel, select the users, groups or branches that you want to manually assign to the badge. Your selections in the lists will be saved if you navigate between tabs. When finished, press Next, review the user details, and press Confirm.
If the New badge awarded notification has been configured in your platform, users will be notified when a badge is manually or automatically assigned to them.
Power Users can also manually manage badge assignments when they have the Gamification / Manage badges assigned to users permission.
With this permission, Power Users can:
- view badges included in collections available to the groups and branches they manage
- manually assign and unassign badges for the users they manage
Power Users cannot modify badge properties, collection availability, or automatic assignment rules.
Assigning badges automatically
To configure automatic assignment:
- Go to Configuration > Gamification > Badges.
- Open the badge you want to configure.
- Open the Automatic assignment tab.
- Enable automatic assignment.
- Select the event that triggers the badge assignment.
- Configure the assignment conditions.
- Click Save changes.
If automatic assignment is disabled, the badge can be assigned only manually.
Configure the event and its conditions according to the activity for which you want learners to earn the badge.
Note: Badges are not retroactive, so when you create a rule for the automatic assignment, the badge will only be assigned to users fulfilling the criteria (e.g. completing a course) after the configuration of the automatic assignment. One exception to this rule is the Learner Communities badges. These badges are retroactive so the automatic assignment rule will take into consideration the events that occurred before the creation of the rule.
Events for the automatic assignment of badges
General badges
- User completed a course
- User completed a training material
- User completed a learning plan
- User posted a reply on a forum course discussion
- User started a new discussion in a forum
- User clicked Helpful on a forum reply
- User clicked Rate on a forum reply
Discover, Coach & Share badges
- User asked a question
- User's answer received like
- User's answer received dislike
- User's answer was marked as best answer
- User invited people to watch an asset
- Contributor uploaded an asset
- Contributor's asset was rated with five stars
- Contributor's asset was viewed (number of views)
- User watched an asset (duration)
- Expert satisfied a request
- Expert added a peer review
- Expert approved an asset
- User became a top contributor (uploaded assets)
User completed a course
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User completed a course |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge every time they complete a course |
| Configuration |
Select whether it applies to any course, any of a selection of courses, all of a selection of courses, or after completing a certain number of courses or of courses from a selection. When you select a certain selection of courses (second, third, and fifth option), you will then need to specify which courses you would like to link to the badge. If you select the fourth or the fifth option, you will need to indicate after how many completed courses the learner will receive the badge. |
| Additional notes |
If the user is unenrolled and re-enrolled in the course after achieving the badge, they will earn the badge again every time they complete the course again. Avoid assigning more than 5 000 courses to a single badge condition. Larger selections may affect performance and can lead to data loss. For large configurations, use learning plan completion instead of extensive course lists. |
User completed a training material
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User completed a training material |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge if they meet the requirements to earn the badge on their first attempt |
| Configuration | Select a course and a specific training material from the course. For some types of training material it is necessary to specify the minimum or maximum score that the learner must achieve on completion of the training material. If the specified training material is not associated with a score, we recommend selecting the Assign badge only if the score is under option and entering any number in the corresponding field. Otherwise, the badge will not be automatically assigned because the minimum score has not been achieved. |
| Additional notes |
The badge can only be associated with a single training material. You will need to create a new badge if you want to apply this type of badge to multiple training materials. For a user to obtain the badge after failing on their first attempt, the original course must be archived and a new course created using the same training material. Once the user is enrolled in the new course, they will receive the badge if they meet the requirements. |
User completed a learning plan
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User completed a learning plan |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge every time they complete a learning plan |
| Configuration |
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| Additional notes |
User posted a reply on a forum course discussion
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User posted a reply on a forum course discussion |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when replying to a discussion about a in a course forum |
| Configuration |
Select whether it applies to any course or to any of a selection of courses, and specify the number of replies needed to earn the badge.
When you select a certain selection of courses (second option), you will then need to specify which courses you would like to link to the badge. |
| Additional notes |
If you select the "Any of the selected courses" option, please note that the badge is assigned, only once, when the required number of replies is reached. The replies increasing the counter can be posted in any of the courses included in the courses selection of the "Any of the selected courses" option.
For example, if you set the value "5" in the field, and a user posts 1 reply on a course forum, then 4 replies on another course's forum, the user earns the badge. Then, if they post other replies, they won't receive other badges. |
User started a new discussion in a forum
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User started a new discussion in a forum |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when beginning a discussion in a forum |
| Configuration |
Select whether it applies to any course or to any of a selection of courses, and specify the number of discussions needed to earn the badge.
When you select a certain selection of courses (second option), you will then need to specify which courses you would like to link to the badge. |
| Additional notes |
If you select the "Any of the selected courses" option, please note that the badge is assigned, only once, when the required number of discussions is reached. The discussions increasing the counter can be posted in any of the courses included in the courses selection of the "Any of the selected courses" option.
For example, if you set the value "5" in the field, and a user starts 1 discussions on a course forum, then 4 discussions on another course's forum, the user earns the badge. Then, if they begin other discussions, they won't receive other badges. |
User clicked Helpful on a forum reply
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User clicked Helpful on a forum reply |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when they press the "Helpful" option on a forum reply |
| Configuration | Select the feedback value (whether the user gave a thumbs up or thumbs down to the forum reply), and whether the badge is rewarded to the user giving the feedback or the user receiving the feedback |
User clicked Rate on a forum reply
| Platform area | General |
| Badge name | User clicked Rate on a forum reply |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when they press the "Rate" option on a forum reply |
| Configuration | Select the feedback value (which kind of smiley face is provided for the forum reply), and whether the badge is rewarded to the user giving the feedback or the user receiving the feedback |
User asked a question
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User asked a question |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once they ask a question |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of questions that should be asked in order to receive the badge |
User's answer received like
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User's answer received like |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once an answer they gave receives a like |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of likes that should be received in order to receive the badge |
User's answer received dislike
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User's answer received dislike |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once an answer they gave receives a dislike |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of dislikes that should be received in order to receive the badge |
User's answer was marked as best answer
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User's answer was marked as best answer |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once an answer they gave is marked as best answer |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of times the user's answer should be marked as the best answer in order to receive the badge |
User invited people to watch an asset
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User invited people to watch an asset |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once they invite other people to watch an asset |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of people that should be invited to watch an asset in order to receive the badge |
Contributor uploaded an asset
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Contributor uploaded an asset |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once they upload and share an asset |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of assets that the user must upload in order to receive the badge |
| Additional notes | If users are also receiving points for the publication of assets, points will be awarded when the value set in this field and its multiples are reached. As an example, if you set the badge to be assigned when the user has uploaded at least 2 assets, and the number of points set in the badge configuration is 100, users will receive 100 points when they publish 2 assets, 100 points when they publish the fourth asset, 100 points when they publish the sixth asset, and so on. |
Contributor's asset was rated with five stars
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Contributor's asset was rated with five stars |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once an asset they uploaded receives five stars |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of times one of the user's assets should receive a five-star rating in order to receive the badge |
Contributor's asset was viewed (number of views)
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Contributor's asset was viewed (number of views) |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once an asset they uploaded is viewed |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of times the user's assets should be viewed in order to receive the badge |
User watched an asset (duration)
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User watched an asset (duration) |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge once they watch an asset for longer than a specified duration of time |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum duration for which the asset should be viewed in order to receive the badge |
Expert satisfied a request
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Expert satisfied a request |
| Triggering action in platform | Discover, Coach & Share experts will receive a badge when they satisfy a request in the Discover, Coach & Share module |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of requests that the expert must satisfy in order to receive the badge |
Expert added a peer review
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Expert added a peer review |
| Triggering action in platform | Discover, Coach & Share experts will receive a badge when they add a peer review in the Discover, Coach & Share module |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of assets that the expert must peer review in order to receive the badge |
Expert approved an asset
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | Expert approved an asset |
| Triggering action in platform | Discover, Coach & Share experts will receive a badge when they approve an asset in the Discover, Coach & Share module |
| Configuration | Determine the minimum number of assets that the expert must approve in order to receive the badge |
User became a top contributor (uploaded assets)
| Platform area | Discover, Coach & Share |
| Badge name | User became a top contributor (uploaded assets) |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when they become the user that has uploaded the most assets in a daily, weekly, or monthly timeframe |
| Configuration | Select the timeframe during which the user should be the top contributor: daily, weekly, monthly |
Community badges
- User added a post
- User added a comment
- User upvoted a post or a comment
- User received an upvote
- User’s answer marked as Best answer
- User’s article was featured
User added a post
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Knowledge sharer |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when adding a post |
| Configuration |
Set the number of posts the user needs to add in order to earn the badge
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User added a comment
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Discussion star |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when adding a comment |
| Configuration | Set the number of comments the user needs to add in order to earn the badge |
User upvoted a post or a comment
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Team player |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when upvoting a post or a comment |
| Configuration |
Set the number of upvotes the user needs to give in order to earn the badge
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User received an upvote
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Sharp contributor |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when receiving an upvote for one of their posts or comments |
| Configuration |
Set the number of upvotes the user needs to receive in order to earn the badge
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User’s answer marked as Best answer
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Support champion |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when their answer has been marked as Best answer |
| Configuration | Set how many of the user’s answers need to be marked as Best answer for them to earn the badge |
User’s article was featured
| Platform area | Communities |
| Badge name | Insightful contributor |
| Triggering action in platform | Users will receive a badge when their article has been featured |
| Configuration |
Set how many of the user’s articles need to be featured for them to earn the badge
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