Using the Gamify ribbon for SharePoint users can see at a glance how many points they have, their rank compared to others with similar characteristics, their group's rank compared to others, and what next steps they need to take to boost their score, without leaving the SharePoint portal. For more details about how to configure the Gamify ribbon for SharePoint, see the Gamify configuration guide.
Gamify ribbon for SharePoint
When users logs in to the SharePoint portal they can see how many points they have, their current level, and how far away they are from reaching the next level.
Users are rewarded with points for increased usage and are assigned with an identity (persona), based on their usage activity.
User Score
The user score is the sum of points for each action the user performed in the portal. You can configure the score calculation and set the points for each type of user activity in the Gamify Configuration page.
The user level is automatically calculated by the scores of all users in the current game round. Level 1 starts from 0 points up to X, which is the maximum score of 66.66% of the total number of users with the lowest score. Level 2 starts from X up to Y, which is maximum score for 22.22% of the total amount of users with a score greater than X, and up until level N.
In the following example, Rebecca has 64 points and she is in level 1. In order to reach level 2 she should earn 150 points:
User score and level
User Identity (Persona)
The user persona is determined by which actions the user has performed. There are three types of user identities (personas):
- Explorer - mainly consumes content. For example, views content and performs searches.
- Engager - mainly interacts with content. For example, likes content, rates content and follows content.
- Contributor - mainly contributes content. For example, writes posts and comments, uploads documents, etc.
In the following example, Rebecca's main persona is Explorer, as she is mainly consuming content and she is ranked at the top 40% explorers. She's also ranked at the bottom 30% contributors (since she's also contributing content from time to time)
User Personas
User score = Current persona score
Group score = SUM(for each persona, group persona multiplier * group persona score / number of players in persona in group)