Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of BadgesOld


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Nov 19, 2013, 8:47:28 AM (11 years ago)
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Joachim
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added manager as where to display badges

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    v18 v19  
    11= Proposal: badges and achievements for volunteer contributions =
    22== Motivation ==
    3 The heading says it all: (volunteer) motivation. The general idea is to have BOINC support the notion of "badges" that represent various achievements and can be assigned to a volunteer's profile. Those badges should motivate the volunteers to keep contributing as they, apart from (un-sexy) credits alone, can show off their individual contributions in a more tangible and meaningful way. The basic idea isn't new. Various gaming platforms like Steam and BOINC projects like World Community Grid already support the assignment of achievement badges which are then displayed in the community section, e.g. as part of the forum post author details. We, the Einstein@Home and Joachim Fritsch, propose to standardize and extend this feature to make it available to all interested BOINC projects and beyond.
     3The heading says it all: (volunteer) motivation. The general idea is to have BOINC support the notion of "badges" that represent various achievements and can be assigned to a volunteer's profile. Those badges should motivate the volunteers to keep contributing as they, apart from (un-sexy) credits alone, can show off their individual contributions in a more tangible and meaningful way. The basic idea isn't new. Various gaming platforms like Steam and BOINC projects like World Community Grid already support the assignment of achievement badges which are then displayed in the community section, e.g. as part of the forum post author details. We, the Einstein@Home and Joachim Fritzsch, propose to standardize and extend this feature to make it available to all interested BOINC projects and beyond.
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    55== Note ==
     
    4444   * Support user/team "top" rankings based on badges
    4545   * How about adding the badges to the "print certificate" feature (integrated or separately)?
     46   * In Manager/Client.
    4647 * Server
    4748   * Project-specific badges defined in project database