In any challenge with a structured, recurring daily or weekly goal, admins have the option of turning on Goal Points. In these challenges, participants earn additional points when they hit the recurring target.
PRO Tip: Goal Points move a person along the default challenge path, a.k.a. the Total Points view. When a challenge participant completes a daily or weekly goal, they also move up one day or one week on the Consistency view.
Goal Points Example
Imagine a 10,000 step per day challenge running for 30 days. In a challenge without Goal Points, the participants would need to log 300,000 steps to cross the "Total Points" goal line. That is:
10,000 steps per day x 30 days = 300,000 points
(Note: In all steps-only challenges, 1 step = 1 point.)
Remember, in this challenge, the participant doesn't need to achieve 10,000 steps every day. They simply need to average 10,000 steps across 30 days to get to the 300,000 total.
Now consider the same challenge with Goal Points turned on. In this challenge, the participant still earns a point for every step they take; however, they earn an additional 2000 points each time they achieve their 10,000 step goal.
In order to complete the challenge, the participant must earn all of the available Goal Points, or they will need to make up for lost Goal Points on one day by logging more steps on another day.
So, with Goal Points turned on, the challenge gets a bit harder. Here's the math:
10,000 steps per day + 2,000 goal points per day x 30 days = 360,000 points
In any Count.It challenge with Goal Points turned on, normal "activity points" account for 80% of the points required to cross the goal line, while Goal Points are the last 20%.
Activity Points + Goal Points = Total Points to Goal
The 20% bonus provides both a carrot and a stick. It's nice to earn the additional points, but, also, if a person misses the daily or weekly target, they don't just have to make up for the activity they missed, they also have to make up the lost goal points.
Bottom line: The most efficient way to cross the goal line is to hit your daily or weekly goals. If you fall behind, you will have to log more activity to catch up!
What happens to my Goal Points when I delete activity?
If you delete an activity such that your total points for a day or week for that activity no longer meets the threshold for Goal Points, those previously earned points will be removed.
How do Goal Points work in a combination challenge?
When Goal Points are turned on for a challenge, they are turned on for all of the structured daily or weekly goals in that challenge. So, for example, if it's a combination challenge with both a steps goal and an exercise goal, both activities will be eligible for Goal Points. To be clear, Goal Points can not be turned on just for one goal in a combination challenge, but not the others.
PRO Tip:
How are Goal Points calculated, per goal, in a combination challenge?
In a combination challenge, the Goal Points available to all goals remains 20% of the Total Points in the challenge. That 20% pool is divided evenly by the number of goals in the challenge. So, in a combination with two goals, say, steps and exercise, each gets half of the Goal Points pool, i.e. 10% of the total challenge point target.
The amount of Goal Points earned per "completion," then depends on the daily or weekly cadence of the goal, and the challenge duration.
Example:
Consider a one week combination challenge with a steps goal and an exercise goal, and Goal Points turned on.
Steps: 10,000 steps per day
Exercise: 30 mins per day 5 times per week
To calculate the Total Points target for this challenge, we do the following:
10,000 steps * (1 point per step) * 7 days = 70,000 Activity Points
30 mins exercise * (200 points per min) * 5 days = 30,000 Activity Points
So, we our target for total Activity Points = 100,000.
Now we need to figure out how many Goal Points will be in this challenge. Since, we know that Goal Points = 20% Total Points, we can figure this out as follows:
Goal Points = 20% (Activity Points + Goal Points)
Thus (by algebra magic):
Goal Points = Activity Points / 4
So, in our example challenge:
Goal Points = 100,000 / 4 = 25,000
So, our Total Points target is 125,000
Since the pool of Goal Points is divided evenly between the two goals, the points per completion calculation looks like this:
Steps
Total available Goal Points for steps = 25,000 / 2 = 12,500
Total possible step completions = 7 days
Goal Points per daily completion = 12,500 / 7 = 1,786 points
Exercise
Total availalbe Goal Points for exercise = 25,000 / 2 = 12,500
Total possible exercise completions = 1 week
Goal Points per weekly completion = 12,500 / 1 = 12,500