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Create a Challenge
Challenge setup fields
16 min
who can do this anyone with editing permissions for challenges, homescreen (if selecting availability), and messages (if sending a message) additional viewing permissions are needed for tied content (e g , forms, media collections) in addition to the standard common settings , each field provides options to select the type of challenge, set the goal, and choose how scoring is calculated title enter a header for your challenge, preferably under 40 characters to ensure fit the character limit is 200 icon select a small graphic from the dropdown, which appears to the left of the title in the right panel, a preview shows how it will appear on the homescreen description this field auto fills the goal summary based on your entries for type, timeframe, period, and calculation type if you make changes to any of these fields, update the description to reflect the latest summary to do this 1\ click copy to description 2\ delete any older version(s) of your goal summary from the description field upload image if an image was already included in your piece of content, it is automatically attached you can replace the image by clicking x and then upload image use a high resolution image in jpg or png format type in the dropdown, select the type content, event, or form this is based on digital engagement within the refresh app self reporting is also in this category, as it uses a form step tracking this uses a third party app to count steps trigger this field appears when content, event, or form is selected the trigger is the content employees need to view to complete the goal the trigger field is auto filled with your selected content, but you can change this to add or change the trigger 1\ select the trigger 2\ in the content chooser, select an item or page timeframe for the scoring period, select from the timeframes described below this is when the challenge is open and users can receive completions and collect points a completion is when the goal is completed recurring period select this to count the scores or completions for a specific period, on an ongoing basis period in the dropdown, select how often you want scoring to occur scores reset according to the period you select daily scores reset every morning weekly scores reset every monday monthly scores reset the first of every month yearly scores reset the first of every year how do i start a recurring challenge? it's recommended to align the visibility of a recurring challenge with the beginning of the scoring period, which you can do using the challenge setup fields for instance, in a weekly challenge the score resets every monday, so you could make it visible on a monday rolling lookback select this to recount the score or completions each day, starting from that day and looking back a specific amount of time period in the dropdown, select the number of days, weeks, or months you want to look back custom fixed select this to specify a timeframe in the future, during which scores or completions are counted period select a start and end date and time calculation type choose how scores are calculated within the period you selected at least once scoring is calculated at least once total one total score is given for the period daily consistency a daily average percentage is computed for example, if you select recurring, weekly, and a t least once, scores will be calculated at least once every week goal summary the goal summary is auto generated, based on the information you entered in the previous fields click copy to description to update the description field with the latest goal summary extra options tick the options you want award points on completion assign a certain number of points for a completion these are additional to any points accrued during the challenge completion text enter a message users receive once they complete a challenge in a given period how do i give rewards using points? granting points can be tied to giving rewards, such as gift cards learn more at build a points system docid ofblhgtm0by1zbqxcd6j opt in challenge this requires users to click join challenge to start scoring if unselected, everyone who you created the challenge for is automatically enrolled solo challenge this prevents users from seeing a leaderboard and each others' scores scheduling optionally, set hide/show dates to control when the challenge (including the leaderboard) appears for example, announce the challenge before it starts, or keep it visible a few days after scoring ends availability groups, teams select the group(s) or team(s) that you want the challenge to be visible to if no group is selected, the challenge can be viewed by everyone if a group or team is selected, ensure the employees you want to reach are in that group or team learn more at segmentation & visibility docid cevpklxnjhpmyjvrv8ha user tags if you want, select a user tag user tags are useful when you have special project or event that you want to assign to a custom selection of employees learn more at add user tags save to save, select one of the following save and close the challenge is immediately published to the challenges section of the app, unless you selected hide/show dates save and send message the challenge is saved and the compose page opens, where you can enter a message to send to selected recipients see send & schedule messages