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- Describes how Super Admins can manually assign and remove Ribbons and Badges for users.
- Explains how users can earn Ribbons and Badges by meeting Automation Rules criteria.
Let's look at examples of a user being assigned a ribbon and earning a badge.
Ribbon example
John is a Community Manager at XYZ Association and frequently represents the association at conferences. To acknowledge his dedication and commitment, a Super Admin assigns him the "Community Ambassador" ribbon to identify him as such.
Badge example
John earns the "Silver Top Contributor" badge for posting several Discussion threads and providing very informative Answers to Questions in the community. The badge is a reflection of his high level of community engagement.
The sections that follow describe the two methods by which users get ribbons and badges.
Super Admin assigns Ribbons and Badges
This method is useful when you want to award a ribbon or a badge or assign a ribbon to a user.
On a user's profile:
- Click the Admin tab.
- At the bottom of the page, select the ribbon or badge from the Assignable Ribbons and Badges dropdown.
- Click Assign.
TIP: You can also remove a ribbon or badge that has been assigned to the user. Click the Current Ribbons and Badges dropdown, select the ribbon or badge, and click Delete.
Users earn Ribbons and Badges via Automation Rules
There are two ways to earn Ribbons/Badges via Automation Rules:
- Meeting a rule's criteria, such as writing more than X blog articles, belonging to X community.
- Earning the specified number of engagement points by performing activities on your site, like posting messages to your Discussions, uploading files to your Libraries, commenting on and Recommending content.
On the Admin > Automation > Automation Rules page, select Ribbon from the Show menu to view your Ribbon Automation Rules. As shown in the image below, the criteria for each rule is displayed, and you can view the Ribbon/Badge associated to a rule via its Edit button.
Here, you can also edit any of your existing Ribbon Rules and create new ones. When creating a new Ribbon Rule, select the Add a Ribbon to category and define the criteria.
See Manage Automation Rules to learn about configuring Automation Rules.