Points, badges and leaderboards

Points, badges and leaderboards add a progression system to your HLB community groups. Members earn points when others like their posts, comments and replies, which encourages quality content and more interaction between members. Communities can be enabled for your account under Labs.

Each like is worth 1 point to the author. Points move members through up to 9 predefined levels. Level 1 starts at 0 points, level 2 takes 5, level 3 takes 20, level 4 takes 65, level 5 takes 155, level 6 takes 515, level 7 takes 2,015, level 8 takes 8,015 and level 9 takes 33,015. A member's profile badge shows their current level, and they can see how many points they need for the next one. A circular progress bar completes when a level is reached. Levels are tracked per group, so a member who joins another group starts there at level 1.

As a group admin you can:

• Rename levels in Settings, Gamification & Rewards, Gamification, then click Save.
• Add up to 3 offline rewards as text in Settings, Gamification & Rewards, Rewards.

Members can view the leaderboard for the group they are in to see how their level compares with others. It shows the members who earned the most points in the past 7 days, the past 30 days and overall. It also previews which courses unlock at certain levels and shows your custom level names. Rewards you add appear in the left navigation inside the leaderboard tab. Rewards cannot currently be linked to a gamification level, so you manage them offline.