Academy LMS can be enhanced with gamification through GamiPress. 

This guide will walk you through the steps to integrate and configure GamiPress with Academy LMS.

Prerequisites #

Ensure you have the Academy LMS and GamiPress plugins installed and activated on your platform. This is essential for enabling the gamification features.

Step 1: Install and Activate GamiPress and Academy LMS  #

Download the GamiPress plugin from the official repository. Activate the plugin.

Do the same for Academy LMS.

Step 2: Activate the GamiPress Addon #

Go to Academy LMS > Add-ons. You’ll find all the available addons here. Look for the GamiPress Addon and enable it using the toggle.

Step 3: Configure Points #

In the GamiPress section, go to the Point Types tab.

Here, you can set up different points types according to your learning goals.

Add names and slugs of your choice.

Now, Click Add New Points Award from the “Automatic Points Award Section”. You will have some new fields ready to set up.

In the “When” dropdown you can see the list of Academy LMS triggers, which you can choose by selecting.

Here’s the full list of triggers:

• Complete a quiz
• Complete a specific quiz
• Complete a quiz in a specific course
• Pass a quiz
• Pass a specific quiz
• Pass a quiz in a specific course
• Fail a quiz
• Fail a specific quiz
• Fail a quiz in a specific course
• Complete an assignment
• Complete a specific assignment
• Complete an assignment in a specific course
• Pass an assignment
• Pass a specific assignment
• Pass an assignment in a specific course
• Fail an assignment
• Fail a specific assignment
• Fail an assignment in a specific course
• Enroll in a course
• Enroll in a specific course
• Complete a course

You can also add points, number of times points can be earned, limit the trigger, and add url.

Once done with the settings, click “Save All Points Awards“ to save the settings successfully. 

You can do the same for “Automatic Points Deductions”.

After you’re done with all of it, Click the Publish/update Button so you can use these.

Display Points #

To display your created points, achievements and ranks, you need to go to Academy LMS Settings. Now hit “Advanced” and select GamiPress. 

You will see GamiPress Points, Achievements and Ranks tab here. 

Click “Add New Placement” and selection options will appear.

Now, select “Show Types”, “Pages” and display ”Location” as you require.

Then simply Click the Save button and you’re good to go!

Here’s the front-end view of points from GamiPress.

Step 4: Configure Achievements #

Navigate to the Achievement type tab and set up different achievements as per your course goals.

Add names and slugs to define each achievement and click update

Now, you will see an option called Achievement in the sidebar. Click on it.

Earlier, we showed you the way to create achievement types. Now, let me show you how to create achievements.

Click on your preferred achievement type from the achievement. Then click Add New.

Now Give it a Title.

Then, scroll down a bit, till you see Achievement Data. Now, type in the number of points in the points awarded section and from the dropdown, select the point type.

Now, scroll down a bit more till you see Required Steps. And Click + Add new Steps. In the “When” dropdown you can see the list of Academy LMS triggers, which you can choose by selecting.

Here’s the full list of triggers for Academy LMS:

• Complete a quiz
• Complete a specific quiz
• Complete a quiz in a specific course
• Pass a quiz
• Pass a specific quiz
• Pass a quiz in a specific course
• Fail a quiz
• Fail a specific quiz
• Fail a quiz in a specific course
• Complete an assignment
• Complete a specific assignment
• Complete an assignment in a specific course
• Pass an assignment
• Pass a specific assignment
• Pass an assignment in a specific course
• Fail an assignment
• Fail a specific assignment
• Fail an assignment in a specific course
• Enroll in a course
• Enroll in a specific course
• Complete a course

You can also add points, number of times points can be earned, limit the trigger, and add url.

Once done with the settings, click “Save All steps“ to save the settings successfully. 

You can add more steps by clicking the + Add new Steps button. And once you’re done, hit the Publish/Save button.

Display Achievements #

The process of displaying achievements is identical to displaying points, so I’m not showing it again.

Here’s a screenshot of the settings for displaying achievements:

Step 5: Configure Ranks #

Go to the Rank type tab to configure rank levels according to your system’s progression plan.

Add custom names and slugs for each rank and hit update

Display Ranks #

The process of displaying ranks is identical to displaying points, so I’m not showing it again.

Here’s a screenshot of the settings for displaying ranks:

Integrating GamiPress with Academy LMS transforms your learning platform into a dynamic and engaging eLearning environment. Follow these steps to enhance student motivation and engagement effectively.