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Avatars

Let learners pick an avatar that grows with the XP they earn (legacy feature)

Written by Marie Xhauflair

With avatars, learners choose an avatar on their profile, and it grows into the next level as they earn experience points (XP)

🚧 Be careful

Avatars are a legacy feature: they're only available on platforms that already use them and can't be switched on for new platforms

How learners use avatars

  • Learners pick their avatar and a background colour on their Profile page

  • They see their current XP and how much they need for the next level

  • Each new level shows a new image and title for their avatar

👀 Good to know

The Avatar tab only shows up on the profile once at least one avatar is published

Set up an avatar

  1. Go to Control > Settings > Avatars

  2. Click Add avatar

  3. Fill in the fields below

  4. Click Save

Title

  • An internal name for the avatar

  • Learners don't see it

Levels

Each level has:

  • Title: the level name learners see, for example "Rookie" or "Expert"

  • Image: the avatar image for that level, use a PNG if you want the background colour to show through

  • XP needed: how much XP a learner needs to reach this level (the first level has no XP requirement)

Background colours

  • Pick at least three colours learners can choose from

  • Choose colours that contrast well with your avatar

Publish your avatar

Avatars are only visible to learners once they're published

  1. Open your avatar in Settings > Avatars

  2. Tick Published

  3. Click Save

You're all set!

Change the XP of an activity

Every activity gets the default XP for your platform, you can change it per activity

  1. Go to Content > Activities and open the activity

  2. Go to the Settings tab

  3. Find Experience points and click the pencil icon

  4. Change the XP and save

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