How do you earn points?

[iyalow]

How do you earn points?

[Skylark]

Welcome to the forum!

Points are all about participation in the Forum. As a parent you have so much to share with other parents like you, --  your news, your discoveries, resources you found especially helpful, tips what worked and did not work for you and your baby; ideas of learning activities or answers to the questions other parents have. As an early learning parenting community we are there to support parents and facilitate sharing of ideas. And as a cherry on a top, there are also bonus points offered for active participation.

Here is how it works:

Guide to the Loyalty Point System ( repost from the original posting by Lappy) 

Earn loyalty points to exchange for premium lesson content for your Little Reader and Little Math! You can also use your points to redeem discount coupons from our partners!

How to Earn Loyalty Points

As a member of the BrillKids forums, you can get points for doing the following things:

Sign up for a BrillKids account   600
Completely fill up user information during registration   1000
   
Posts with less than 10 words   0
Posts with 10-49 words   10
Posts with 50-99 words   15
Posts with 100-199 words   20
Posts with 200-299 words   25
Posts with 300-399 words   30
Posts with 400-499 words   35
Posts with 500-599 words   40
Posts with 600-699 words   45
Posts with 700 and more words   50
   
When members post in a thread you made   2
   
When you give a karma point to a member   5
When you receive a karma point from a member   20
When you receive negative karma from a member   -20
   
When you refer a member who registers with your unique coupon code, after that new member makes 5 posts   500
When you use a friend's unique coupon code during registration and after you create 5 posts   500
   
Uploading a Little Reader or Little Math file to the forum   0
When your Little Reader or Little Math file is given premium status   2000
Each time someone downloads a Little Reader or Little Math premium file you made   20
   
Adding a YouTube video to the video gallery   20
Reviewing someone's video upload in the video gallery (giving stars)   5
If you purchase a BrillKids product using someone's unique coupon code or affiliate link   2000


IMPORTANT RULES
 - when a post you made is removed or deleted, the points you earned for that post is deducted from your account.     
 - only members with 10 posts or more may give karma.     
 - you may only give karma once per hour.       
 - when your uploaded file reaches the 100th download mark, it will be placed in an approval pool so an administrator can judge whether or not your file can be granted  premium status     


Hope it helps!

[iwini]

thanks for sharing the information.
Thank you again

[ExtremeBartendingDad]

Thanks Skylark. This does help to clarify things for me.

 I do still wonder what parameters or factors the administrator considers when they review the files that we create and upload to the forum for premium status.  also if our created file does get approved for premium status, other than receiving 2000 loyalty points, which is great… Is there any other bonuses we received. Such as placed in the we recommend category?

[Skylark]

Here is some information on Premium content approval:

The BrillKids administrators  judging the files according to the overall quality of the lesson and content, but here are some specific points which are considered during the approval process:

     •   Lesson Content (Mandatory)
          o   Number of Slides - minimum number of slides are set to 5. We discourage breaking up lessons in small separate files just to increase chances of getting more points. All lessons must be standalone and complete in themselves.

     •   Pronunciation Files (Mandatory, especially for foreign language Little Reader files!)
          o   Clarity of Recording - your recordings have to be loud and clear, with no disturbing noises in the background.
          o   Accuracy of Pronunciation - make sure that you are pronouncing the word(s) accurately, to ensure that you are able to teach your child the correct pronunciation.

     •   Images  (Mandatory!)
          o   Number of Images per Word - the more the better (recommended: at least 3)!
          o   Image quality - the pictures should be clear and concise; it should convey the meaning of the word or concept well.
          o   Image size - to avoid the hassle of massive file sizes, we recommend that you resize your photos to at least 640x480 with a maximum of 1024x768pixels. To learn more about how to resize your images, please see this FAQ.

     •   Picture Audio (Highly Recommended!)
          o   Clarity of Recording - your recordings have to be loud and clear, with no disturbing noises in the background.
          o   Accuracy of Pronunciation - make sure that you are pronouncing the word(s) accurately, and use this function to encourage your child to interact with the lesson.
          o   Relevance to the Word File

     •   Videos (Recommended!)
          o   Length of Video Clips - 2-5 second video clips to help demonstrate the word or concept
          o   File Format - Preferably in flash (SWF) format for smaller file size. BrillKids has no video converter software to specifically recommend, but there are many good ones available for free over the internet.

     •   Creativity of the Lesson Concept

Apart from the pronunciation files and the images, the rest of the criteria are fairly flexible.  As always, we will judge the quality of the Little Reader file based on the overall feel of the lesson, and how well the media content reinforces the learning process.

We hope this will serve as a guideline for your future contributions to the Little Reader Lesson Library. 

Have fun creating your lessons!

[Kezia]

I do still wonder what parameters or factors the administrator considers when they review the files that we create and upload to the forum for premium status.  also if our created file does get approved for premium status, other than receiving 2000 loyalty points, which is great… Is there any other bonuses we received. Such as placed in the we recommend category?

Skylark's last reply is exactly what we look into when we go through the files in our approvals queue -- do note that the approval process is done manually (by forum administrators), and we go through the queue once a month, usually towards the end of the month.

There are certain instances when we do not approve a file into the premium status (the file will not be deleted, rather it will just remain in the library with no premium status). While our criteria is quite flexible, we usually reject files when they have either or all of these factors:

 > Media files have very poor quality
 > There are too few media files
 > The file contains copyrighted material

Do note that even if it's possible to upload LR or LM files that have copyrighted material in them, such files will never be approved for Premium. Also, upon the copyright owner's request, we do take down such files.

When a file becomes a premium file, the file author will earn 2000 points, and will also get 20 points every time someone downloads his/her file (this applies only after a file is granted the premium status). Also, premium files are indeed shown in the "BrillKids Recommends" tab in any of the downloads libraries.

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