Overview
This article provides guidance on personalizing and resetting a Leaderboard to align with company branding and goals. It explains the importance of editing the Leaderboard to create a brand culture, stimulate user engagement, and set point systems that reflect organizational objectives. Detailed instructions are given on how to navigate to the Leaderboard settings, edit its name and description, make it anonymous, set and reset points, with a reminder to save changes to ensure they are applied.
Information
Why Edit the Leaderboard?
There are a number of reasons why you might want to edit the Leaderboard:
Personalize the Leaderboard
To create more of a brand or culture feel for your company, you can personalize the Leaderboard. This includes editing the name of the Leaderboard to reflect your company's identity. For details on how to edit the Leaderboard, see the instructions below.
Reset Your Leaderboard
Resetting your Leaderboard can stimulate users to keep sharing or to promote sharing through time-framed contests.
Set Points
Setting points that align with your objectives can create value around your goals. You can change these points on a case-by-case basis to reflect company goals and Leaderboard objectives.
How to Edit the Leaderboard
In this section, you will learn how to edit the Leaderboard:
- Name & Description
- Leaderboard Points
- Reset Leaderboard (recalculate points from a specific date in the past)
NOTE: You will not be able to edit the Groups. Groups will be greyed out:
Navigation
Go to the Leaderboard by navigating from the main Admin view page:
Click on the "Edit" button.
This will bring you to the "Edit Leaderboard" page.
Please be advised that changes will only be reflected on the leaderboard when the blue "save" button is clicked after assigning the point values. Please make sure to save your changes for each section.
Name & Description
Edit the Leaderboard name and description conveniently at any time.
Note: the Leaderboard description is optional.
Make Leaderboard Anonymous
Make your leaderboard anonymous so that users are more focused on their performance and not the performance of others.
How it will appear on the end-user side:
Set Leaderboard Points
Leaderboard points are a great way to encourage people to grow their social network and encourage sharing.
To set your leaderboard points, add values to the fields:
Reset Leaderboard Points
Note: Any changes made to the leaderboard calculation will change the scores retroactively for everyone from the last time you reset your Leaderboard.
In the "Edit Leaderboard" page, you have the option of resetting your leaderboard. You can select "Reset Now" to reset the leaderboard now, or "Reset as of" and choose a date in the past to recalculate the scores.
Remember: click on the blue "Reset" button for the change to be applied.
Helpful Resources
Explore the following articles to learn more about leaderboards:
- How Do I Create & Edit Team Leaderboards?
- Leaderboard Overview (for Admins)
- Where Can I Find Data on Leaderboards?
FAQ
Why might I want to edit the Leaderboard?
You may want to edit the Leaderboard to personalize it to your company's brand, reset points to encourage ongoing engagement, or set points that align with your specific business objectives.
How do I navigate to the Leaderboard settings to make edits?
From the main Admin view page, go to the Leaderboard and click on the "Edit" button to access the "Edit Leaderboard" page where you can make changes.
Can I edit the groups in the Leaderboard?
No, you cannot edit the groups as they will be greyed out and are not available for editing.
What should I do to ensure that my changes to the Leaderboard are saved and reflected?
After making changes to the Leaderboard, including assigning point values, you must click the blue "save" button for each section to ensure that your changes are applied.
How can I reset the Leaderboard points?
In the "Edit Leaderboard" page, you can choose to reset the leaderboard immediately by selecting "Reset Now" or set a past date to recalculate the scores by choosing "Reset as of." Remember to click the blue "Reset" button to apply the change.