On Count.It, you can run challenges involving many different activities, as well as a number of different kinds of related goals and rewards. You can run steps challenges, exercise challenges, meditation challenges, hydration challenges, challenges that combine different activities, and much more.
Points
In all Count.It challenges, participants earn points for logging activity and completing goals. The point system is carefully calibrated, but super easy to understand. For example, in all challenges with steps, every step is worth one point.
Challenge Goals
The activities of a challenge determine what participants have to do to earn points, and the difficulty is determined by the challenge goal(s). A goal sets a target amount of the activity in a given timeframe. For example, a classic steps challenge looks like this:
Steps: 10,000 steps per day
Goals can come in all shapes and sizes:
Exercise: 30 mins per day, 5 days per week
Meditation: 10 mins per day, 7 days a week
When creating a challenge, an admin's first step is to choose their goal(s). On Count.It, we have created a number of "pre fab" goals for a range of activities.
Combining Goals
A challenge can be built around a single goal, or goals can be combined. For example, the Zen1 challenge combines three structured goals:
Steps: 8000 steps per day
Exercise: 150 minutes per week
Meditation: 15 minutes per day, 1 day per week
The Zen1 goal is an example of a combination of "structured" goals.
Total Goals
A "Total" goal keeps things simple: It sets a daily points target for a combination of activities, but allows users to hit that daily target however they like.
For example, in a "Total" challenge combining steps and exercise, the admin might set a daily target of 10,000 points. In this case, users can hit that number with any combination of steps and exercise. On one day their points could come entirely from steps, and on the next all from exercise. Total goals are "unstructured" goals.
Total Points vs. Consistency
Some challenges are simply about hitting a big, audacious target. For example, in a classic office steps challenge, the mission is just to log as many steps as you can, and beat your co-workers. However, you may also want to run a challenge that's about helping people to develop a health routine. For example, "Exercise 30 minutes, 5 times per week." In this case, it's less about maxing out exercise minutes than exercising consistently over the course of the week. Good news: Count.It supports both types of challenge.
When looking at the "Live View" tab in any challenge, simply tap the "view switcher" button to switch between views.
Total Points
The default view in all Count.It challenges is the Total Points path. The more points you earn, the farther you progress along the virtual challenge path. The mission of any challenge is to earn enough points to cross the goal line in the allotted time!
Note: The challenge does not end if you cross the goal line early, nor is it a bust if you don't make it all the way.
Every Total Points path is divided into four "stages," and all challengers continue to earn points until the challenge clock ticks to zero. Participants who cross the goal line early can keep going in the Total Points "Goal Zone," while everyone else focuses on reaching the goal line, or simply "leveling up" to the farthest stage they can reach.
To check how many points are required to reach the goal line in a given challenge, tap over to the "Info" tab to open the Challenge Info screen. There, you will see the goals for the challenge, as well as the total number of points needed to finish the challenge. You will also see a breakdown of the points you will earn for each activity. (This is also where you can check out the challenge teams and rewards!)
Consistency
To reward regular, sustained effort in structured goals, Count.It has invented the Consistency view.
In any challenge with a structured daily or weekly goal, Count.It tracks how many days (or weeks) during the challenge each user has achieved the goal. Participants move up the Consistency "ladder," rung by rung based on the count of days or weeks they have successfully hit the goal.
Goal Points
With structured goals, challenge participants aim to hit the target each day, or week, over the course of their challenge. All activity earns some points. However, in challenges with Goal Points turned on, participants earn additional bonus points any time they hit the repeating goal.
Learn More
For a break down of how different activities convert to points in different challenges, please see: How do activities convert to points in Count.It challenges?
Note to Challenge Admins: Count.It can create a goal for any activity, and any target amount. If you don't see your desired goal on our goals page, please email us!