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How to Create and Give Awards

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Awards let you recognize things that don’t fit into belts: a tournament placing, a fitness goal, perfect attendance, helping teach a junior class, a school record. Students see them in their Member Portal.

Two kinds:

  • Award Types — reusable. Create once, give many times. “Tournament — 1st Place”.
  • One-Time Awards — a single, specific recognition. “Helped run the summer camp”.

If you’ll give it more than twice, make it an Award Type.

Creating an Award Type

  1. Click Events in the left panel, then Achievements.
  2. Click Award Types near the top.
  3. Click Add New.
  4. Title — short and clear.
  5. Badge — the icon.
  6. Badge Color — Kicksite Gold by default. Worth varying so categories are visually distinct.
  7. Description (optional).
  8. Unit (optional) — for awards carrying a number, so “push-ups”, “seconds”, “place”.
  9. Click Save.

Giving an award

  1. Events → Achievements → Student Awards.
  2. Click Add New.
  3. Choose Existing Award Type, then pick it from Assign an Award. Or leave One-Time selected and fill in the title, badge, color, description, and unit here instead.
  4. Attach to Student — start typing and pick them.
  5. Value (optional) — the number, paired with the unit.
  6. Date Earned On — defaults to today; change it for something that happened earlier.
  7. Notes (optional).
  8. Click Save.

Editing or deleting

Click the pencil icon on any award or award type. The edit window is the same as the create window, with a Delete button at the bottom.

i Note: Deleting an award removes it from the student’s Member Portal permanently. There’s no undo, and they may well have already seen it.

What to give awards for

Awards work when they’re given for things belts don’t cover. Some that land well:

  • Tournament results — placing, or simply competing for the first time
  • Attendance milestones — 100 classes, a full year
  • Curriculum outside the belt system — a form learned, a board break, a certification
  • Contribution — assisting a class, helping at an event, mentoring a newer student
  • Personal goals — a fitness target the student set themselves

The last two are the ones schools underuse. Not everyone is close to a belt test, but everyone can be recognised for showing up and helping. Keep them meaningful.

Troubleshooting

The student can’t see it. They need a Member Portal account, and Achievements must be enabled in their user account restrictions.

Award Types isn’t there. Achievements may be switched off for your employee account. Check Feature Access on your profile.

I gave it to the wrong student. Delete it and give it again. There’s no way to transfer one.

The value isn’t showing. It needs a unit. Set one on the Award Type.

Limitations

  • Awards are only visible from the admin side on the Achievements page.
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