What are standalone actions?
You can embed standalone actions into any page of your course and give students points in exchange for taking action.
For example, on the home page of all our courses, we usual include actions like these. (Note: You may also have seen these called "pre-actions")
Whitelist our sending email address (so emails never go to spam) for 1 point
Join the Facebook group for 1 point
Watched the Welcome Video for 1 point
Accepted the Challenge Mission for 1 point
Grab a notepad and get ready for the "a-hahs!" for 1 point
Sign the agreement for 2 points
Claim the bonus ticket to our event for 5 points
Book your travel for 1 point
and more...
Important note: "standalone actions" are different than actions you add to your training content.
Where training content actions are defined as you add your training content (in Step 3, the points tab), standalone actions are added into the actual pages of your course (in Step 4), outside of the training content.
Setting up standalone actions in the page builder
To Set up your pre-actions, go to
Step 4of your course and click on the icon for the home page to open up the page builder.
In the sidebar on the left, hover over
Actionsto pop out your choices.
Click on the block of your choice (either vertical "stacked" actions or horizonal "side by side" actions):
Hover over the Block, and click the
Editbutton
Click the action to show its details & configuration:
Adjust/edit the text to tell your student what the action they need to take is:
You can add a link by highlighting text so the link icon will appear
You can customize the color, icon, and add celebrations, points and tags depending on your plan. Scroll down to see all the options!
Click
Add Actionand repeat the process for each action
Once you’re satisfied with your actions, don’t forget to save your changes!
After you've set up your actions, here's how to give students points when they take action on your course content.
What Happens When Students Check Off an Action?
After students check off an Action, by default it will remain visible on the page.
BUT - you also have the option to have the Action disappear, after it's been checked off and completed.
To choose this option you'll edit the Action Block and select this option to
Hide From Studentwhen the Action is completed.
