The Rewards & Sanctions module tracks students' positive behavior and rule breaking with points. You define the behaviors (for example “Helps a classmate” +2 or “Refuses to show ID” −1), give them to students or houses, and the points add up in leaderboards and reports.
We recommend following the steps in order: first enable and set up the module (settings, behaviors, houses), then give points and, finally, check the leaderboard and reports.
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1. How do I enable the Rewards & Sanctions module?
Center Management › Kinderpedia Modules
From the left menu, go to Center Management › Kinderpedia Modules. Type “Rewards” in the search field and turn on the switch on the Rewards & Sanctions card. When the module is on, Active appears next to the switch.
Note! The module is part of the Professional plan. If you can't find it in the list, your school's subscription doesn't include it.
2. How do I open the module?
Rewards & Sanctions
From the left menu, click Rewards & Sanctions. The page has three tabs:
Activity feed: all the points given, with the student, behavior, points, visibility for parents and who gave them.
Leaderboard: house points and the student rankings.
Reports / Analytics: positive and negative points by student, class or house, with export.
3. How do I set up the global settings?
Rewards & Sanctions › Configuration › Global Settings
Click the Configuration button at the top right.
In the Global Settings tab, set:
Annual points reset date (month and day): on this date each year, the point count starts again from zero. Past records stay saved.
House points settings: whether house points are visible to parents.
Leaderboard settings: whether negative remarks are included in the leaderboard (for houses and individually).
Don't forget to click Save.
Tip: changing the reset date doesn't affect past records; it only applies from now on.
4. How do I add and manage behaviors?
Rewards & Sanctions › Configuration › Behaviors
Open the Behaviors tab and click Add behavior.
In the window that opens, fill in:
Behavior name and Short name (required).
Type: Positive (reward) or Negative (rule breaking).
Badge: the behavior's icon.
Assign points to: Students or House.
No. of points (up to 10000) and, optionally, a Description.
Don't forget to click Save.
To choose the badge, click the icon; the list of available badges opens.
From the three dots on a behavior's row, choose Edit or Archive.
To see archived behaviors, choose Archived or All in the status filter and click Apply.
5. How do I create houses and add students to them?
Rewards & Sanctions › Configuration › Houses
Open the Houses tab and click Add house. The list shows the number of students and the person responsible for each house.
Fill in the House name, Short name, Color, Icon and Responsible, then click Save.
From the three dots on a house's row you have:
Edit house.
Select students: add students to the house.
Manage students: remove students from the house.
Export students: download the list of students in the house.
Archive: deactivate the house. You can find archived houses with the status filter, as for behaviors.
In Select students, choose the class, tick the students and click Add students.
Note! A student can belong to only one house. Students who are already in another house are greyed out and can't be selected.
In Manage students, tick the students you want to remove and click Remove students.
6. How do I give points to students?
Rewards & Sanctions › Add points to Students
On the module's main page, click Add points to Students (or Add points to House, see section 7).
Step 1, Select student: choose whether to filter by Groups or Houses, pick the class and tick the students. Click Next.
Step 2, Assign points: for each student on the left, choose the behavior, positive or negative. The chosen points appear next to the student's name. Click Next.
Step 3, Add Notes: optionally, write a note for each student and choose whether the points are Visible to parents. If you choose Yes, parents get a push notification and can see the record in the Rewards & Sanctions module. Don't forget to click Save.
7. How do I give points to a house?
Rewards & Sanctions › Add points to House
Click Add points to House, select the house and click Next. The next steps (assigning points and the note) are the same as for students.
8. How do I edit or delete points I gave?
Rewards & Sanctions › Activity feed
In the Activity feed tab, find the record (you can filter by house and date range) and click the three dots in the Action column. Choose Edit or Delete. Use Export to download the list of records.
9. How do I see the leaderboard?
Rewards & Sanctions › Leaderboard
Open the Leaderboard tab, choose the date range and click Apply. At the top you see each house's points and, below, Top students based on praise points and Top students based on negative remarks.
10. How do I see and export reports?
Rewards & Sanctions › Reports / Analytics
Open the Reports / Analytics tab, choose the date range and the report type: Students, Classes or Houses, then click Apply. At the top you see the most frequent behaviors (praise points and negative remarks), and the table shows the positive and negative points and the ratio between them. Click Export to download the list.
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