Level up! quick guide

• Level up! is a customizable block which an instructor can add to a course to give experience points to users as they progress through a course.
• It displays their current level and progresses towards the next level.
• It adds an element of gamification to a course.

How is it set up?

• With the “customize this page” turned on in a course, select Level up! from the ‘Add block’ menu.
• Access the block on the course page and click the configuration icon (gear icon).
• Give the block a title and description and save it again.
• Click the links in the block to access different areas:
  • Information – shows how many XP (experience points) are required for each level. You can change this from the Levels tab.
  • Ladder – shows the users in order of levels and experience points
  • Report – allows for filtering the users, levels and experience point and allows for manual editing of users’ experience points via their progress bar.
  • Settings -allows various options to be turned on or off and offers settings for preventing possible cheating.

Specifying the experience points

• Once the block is added, if you don’t do anything, by default, certain course actions will count towards experience points. You can change this.
• Click on block settings and, from the Rules tab, click Add rule and then decide how many XP points and if you want all or any of the conditions to apply:

• Click Add a condition and then choose from the options available:

• Examples might be:
  • Activity or resource – a particular activity or resource must be completed
  • Specific event– an assignment has been submitted, a quiz completed or a workshop submission uploaded
  • Event property –
  • Set of conditions – similar to a restriction set in Restrict access a set of conditions must be achieved.

How does it work?

• As users progress throughout the course and take part in activities, they gain more XP and these XP relate to a set of levels.
• The instructor can decide the number of points to levels in the Levels tab and users can view this from the Information link.
• Users can see their progress by clicking the Ladder link:

• They can view their level and progress in the block itself, and when they move up a level, they are notified (if enabled by the instructor from the Settings tab.)