Achievements offer your portal a way to reward learners, employers and even educators for completing specific activities. These rewards come in the form of a digital badge on their profile, but can also be integrated with external systems such a badging, micro-credentialing, or any other type of awards based platform.
Issue badges and micro-credentials to learners for completing projects
Track completion rates of achievements
Full brand achievements for your institution
Integrate with external systems easily
General
For more general information on achievements, click here.
Setting achievement criteria by activity type
When creating an achievement, portal admins can define the criteria based on specific activities completed by learners, educators, or employers. This adds flexibility and purpose to your gamification strategy by recognizing meaningful engagement across user types.
Learner activities
Below is a quick reference to each activity option and how they might be used:
Feedback author: Learner gives feedback upon project completion.
Reward learners who provide employer feedback after project completion to foster reflective learning.
Feedback recipient: Learner receives feedback from employers after completing a project.
Recognize learners who complete projects and earn evaluations.
Kickoff: Learner starts a project on the Riipen platform.
Celebrate a learner's first step into a work-integrated learning experience.
Message: Learner sends a message through the platform.
Encourage proactive communication with educators or employers.
Milestone: Learner completes a milestone.
Track and reward steady progress across a project timeline.
Final submission: Learner submits their final deliverable.
Reward learners for successfully completing a project.
Survey response: Learner completes a Riipen survey.
Promote feedback sharing for quality assurance and reflection.
Educator Activities
Below is a quick reference to each activity option and how they might be used:
Experience: Educator creates an experience.
Acknowledge contributions to expanding experiential learning opportunities.
Feedback author: Educator leaves feedback for employers with whom they collaborated with.
Encourage evaluative engagement with employers.
Feedback recipient: Educator receives feedback.
Celebrate participation in mutual feedback loops.
Invite: Educator invites a learner to Riipen.
Support outreach and onboarding of new learners.
Match: Educator confirms a project match.
Reward successfully matched experiences
Match request: Educator receives a match request.
Track engagement with incoming employer interest.
Member: Educator joins an experience.
Recognize active involvement in a course.
Message: Educator sends a message.
Encourage communication within the Riipen ecosystem.
Milestone: Educator creates a milestone.
Support structured learning through project planning.
Portal pass invite: Educator invites an employer via a portal pass.
Reward efforts to grow employer networking through portal invitations.
Employer Activities
Below is a quick reference to each activity option and how they might be used:
Feedback author: Employer provides feedback on learners or educators.
Encourage feedback that supports learner growth and reflection.
Feedback recipient: Employer receives feedback.
Recognize employers who complete engagements and welcome input.
Match: Employer gets matched with an experience.
Celebrate partnership creation with experience administrators.
Match request: Employer sends a match request.
Incentivize outreach to new experiences and educators.
Message: Employer sends a message.
Foster clear and timely communication with learners or educators.
Milestone: Employer creates a milestone.
Promote collaboration through structured project phases.
Portal pass: Employer earns access to a portal.
Recognize employers who receive exclusive portal access.
Portal project: Employer posts a project via a portal pass.
Encourage project creation aligned with institutional priorities.
Using these activity types, Portal Admins can tailor achievements to promote desired behaviours and celebrate contributions across the Riipen network.
How to
Create an achievement
To create an achievement for your portal:
Click on "Achievements" under the "Portal content" group in the main navigation menu.
Click "Create achievement".
Fill in your achievement details.
Click "Submit".
Delete an achievement
If an achievement has been awarded, you cannot delete it, you can only retire it.
To delete an achievement:
Click on "Achievements" under the "Portal content" group in the main navigation menu.
Click the achievement you want to delete
Click the trash icon
Retire an achievement
To retire an achievement:
Click on "Achievements" under the "Portal content" group in the main navigation menu.
Click the achievement you want to retire
Click the "Settings" tab
Click "Retire achievement"