Level up! quick guide

What is Level up! ?

• Level up! is a customisable block which a teacher can add to a course to give experience points to students as they progress through a course.
• It displays their current level and progress towards the next level.
• It adds an element of gamification to a course.

How is it set up?

• With the editing turned on in a course, select Level up! from the 'Add block' menu.
• Access the block on the course page and click the configuration icon.
• Give the block a title and description and save it again.
• Click the links in the block to access different areas:
  • Information - shows how many XP (experience points) are required for each level. You can change this from the Levels tab.
  • Ladder - shows the students in order of levels and experience points
  • Report - allows for filtering the students, levels and experience point and allows for manual editing of students' experience points via their progress bar.
  • Settings -allows various options to be turned on or off and offers settings for preventing possible cheating.

Specifying the experience points

• Once the block is added, if you don't do anything, by default, certain course actions will count towards experience points. You can change this.
• From the Rules tab, click Add rule and then decide how many XP points and if you want all or any of the conditions to apply:

• Click Add a condition and then choose from the options available:

• Examples might be:
  • Activity or resource - a particular activity or resource must be completed
  • Specific event- an assignment has been submitted, a quiz completed or a workshop submission uploaded
  • Event property -
  • Set of conditions - similar to a restriction set in Restrict access a set of conditions must be achieved.

How does it work?

• As students progress throughout the course and take part in activities, they gain more XP and these XP relate to a set of levels.
• The teacher can decide the number of points to levels in the Levels tab and students can view this from the Information link.
• Students can see their progress by clicking the Ladder link:

• They can view their level and progress in the block itself, and when they move up a level, they are notified (if enabled by the teacher from the Settings tab.)

How can I get it?

Level up! is a contributed plugin which must be added by an administrator from the plugins directory here.