Badges
We're going to experiment with a badge reward system, to recognize contributions and focus on ownership of tasks which would lead to the design and development of our project. Learn more below:
Contents
Badges
The section is divided into #categories and #badge hashtags
#milestonesubmissions
- #phdstudent - 1 milestone contributed
- #assistantprofessor - 3 milestones contributed
- #associateprofessor - 5 milestones contributed
- #fullprofessor - 10 milestones contributed
- #bestpaper - exceptional milestone submission
#codecontributions
- #itsalive - first code merged into GitHub
- #artisan - 100 lines of code merged
- #mastercoder - 1000 lines of code merged
- #bugcatcher - Fixed a bug
- #inventor - Created and coded a new feature
- #publication - getting something live
#design
- #designer - proposed a new UI design that gets adopted
- #designthinker - rapid prototyper
- #uxresearcher - Engaged with real users for feedback
#community
- #ambassador - Community management contributions
- #superhero - above-and-beyond effort
- #siren - bring new users into the fold
- #socialmediaguru - Publicity contributions
#acknowledgement
- #springstar - for star contributions in the spring quarter
- #citation - if someone builds on your work (your code, your idea, etc)
- #archivist - contribution of great documentation
Usage
Anybody can give badge to each other. However, currently everyone possesses 30 badges to give/month, i.e. 1 badge/day - this can change based on your feedback and how we're using it. But use it wisely. Please note that you can ONLY give 1 unit to one person at a time.
To give a badge, go to #badges channel on Slack. And type this command:
/give [amount] to [slackusername] for [reason][#category hashtag][#badge hashtag]
For example, if I want to give a badge to @geza for his help to build the meteor site where we submit milestones. Here's what we can command:
/give 1 to @geza for helping build the milestone submission site #codecontributions #publication