Badges and you

Participants of the event can collect badges via "redeem tokens" provided by the assemblies or the assemblies can manually grant badges to participants.

As an assembly organizer badges can be used to reward participants for tasks related to your assembly.

There is no single dedicated process for how badges should be handled, get creative with the features the hub offers.

Collecting Badges

In order to collect badges you need to register with the hub.

Badges are shown in your hub profile page and can be managed there as well.

Badges are created by assemblies and might be used for different purposes. Some assemblies will reward you with a badge for visiting them, for other badges you will have to accomplish a challenge first.

Redeeming Tokens

Badges can be redeemed via token. To simplify the redeem process assemblies are provided with a QR code you can just scan and an URL you can open in your browser to automatically be awared with a badge.

In case you get a redeem token for a badge you can enter it in the "My Badges" section in your profile page.

Tokens can be limited in different ways. There can be limits on how often and how frequently a token can be redeemed.

Managing Badges

Manage your badges in the hub. Badges that got assigned to you manually will be shown as pending. Once you accept a badge it can be displayed public.

The default visibility for your badges can be adjusted at your profile page. Further, you can chose for each badge if it should be shown publicly, to a limited user group or not at all.

Creating Badges

Badges can be created by assemblies. They are managed via the backoffice of the hub.

Use Cases

Would you like to give visitors at your assembly a digital souvenir?
Create an I visited badge for your assembly!

Would you like to invite adventurous creatures to your new cocktail mixer?
Get a Mixology exploration badge that the first 50 people can pick up at your assembly!

Need help debugging your Fortran code?
Write out a Fortran Help wanted badge for your assembly to get expert help!

Want to award visitors after they completed a challenge?
Add a My Top Secret Challenge badge for them!

Badge Settings

Name, Description, Location

General information on the badge:

Name: Prominently displayed in lists, etc.
Description: What do I have to do to get the badge
Location: Where can I get/earn this badge or where is it originating from

Status

Controls how the badge is displayed:

Scheduled: Not public, never displayed
Hidden: Badge information is not displayed, the badge must be earned before description and location are shown
Public: Badge information is public and the badge is listed in the public badge list

Redeem

Badges can either be redeemed via a redeem token or by manually assigning the badge to a user in the backoffice

Each assembly can assign any number of redeem tokens for each badge, which can then be used to redeem the badge. For each token a QR code and an URL is provided to simplify the redeem process.

Restrictions

The tokens can be limited by number of redemptions and time. If someone attempts to use a token that has reached its maximum redemptions or outside of the time ranges specified an error will appear.

For example, you can create a badge that can only be earned 10 times a day by limiting it to 1 token valid from 0-24 o'clock and 10 redemptions total.

QR Code, URL and NFC

Each redeem token has a unique URL that can be used to redeem the token.

The backoffice allows to manage the redeem tokens for each badge separately. You can use the link provided for the redeem token there and share it on social media, via messenger or print it on a sugar cube for people to redeem the badge. A QR code is provided as well.

Examples of what you can do with the QR Code

A QR code can be on display at an assembly. Visitors can scan the code and get a badge in return.

Hackertours could have separate badges per tour, that are then distributed to the participants. This will give the participants an electronic souvenir of the tour.