Everything I need to know about Awards and Activities

Awards and Activities

Overview

This article covers everything you need when using Awards and Activities.

Awards and Activities is a recognition and engagement product. It lets teachers celebrate pupils' achievements in school and share them directly with parents through the Juniper Education App, giving parents visibility into what their children are doing day to day in school. You can use it to:

  1. Award points and badges, and record informal observations (moments in the classroom using images and video).
  2. Drive parent engagement - it lets parents view their child's achievements in the Juniper Education App and interact with posts.
  3. Let parents generate a memory book of their child's achievements.
  4. See how engaged parents are with each post.
  5. Let children see and engage with their own achievements through a child-friendly whiteboard view.
  6. Print certificates for badges.
  7. Generate a variety of reports including pupil totals, house point reports, staff reports (system usage by staff), subject reports (awards by subject), and badge reports (badge usage).

Who it's for

Awards and Activities is available to any school. It works well as a companion to Sonar Tracker, but isn't restricted to Sonar Tracker customers.

Benefits

  1. Boosts pupil motivation and engagement through recognition and celebration.
  2. Strengthens home-school communication by giving parents a window into school life.
  3. Gives staff and leaders data on how awards and recognition are being used across the school.
  4. Creates a lasting record of achievements for families through the memory book.

Help Centre articles

These Help Centre links walk you through how to use Awards and Activities:

  1. How do I get started with Awards & Activities? - Step-by-step instructions to set up and start using Awards and Activities.
  2. How do I log on to Awards & Activities? - How to sign in.
  3. How do I quickly see total badges, observations and points awarded? - How to view a quick summary of activity.

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