Update: Softbook v.2.1

30.10.2025 5 min read

We’ve become even more powerful. Gamification helps motivate students through clear goals, progress tracking, and rewards. In courses, it works as a driver for completing lessons and tests, as a tool to bring students back to studying, and as a way to mark key achievements.

The messenger is convenient for quick communication within the platform: instructors answer questions, administrators send service messages, and students receive feedback without email or extra chats.

The social network adds live interaction: personal profiles, posts, comments, and a feed. Here, you can announce new courses and products, gather feedback, engage students in discussions, and create expert sections. As a result, learning becomes not only effective but genuinely engaging.

Let’s look at each new feature in detail 👇

🏅 Gamification

🎖️ Rewards

Custom reward scenarios
Upload your own image in the builder
Award points when a reward is received (optional)
Reward visibility before receiving it; if the student is in progress, they see progress
Restrict scenarios to specific student groups

⚡ Triggers for receiving a reward

Start a lesson:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Complete a lesson:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Complete a course:
- Specific course
- Number of courses from the entire platform
Pass a test:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Fail a test:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Successfully complete homework:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Fail homework:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform

💎 Points

Point scenarios
Specify the exact number of points for conditions
Restrict scenarios to specific student groups

⚡ Triggers for awarding points

Start a lesson:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Complete a lesson:
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Complete a course:
- Specific course
- Number of courses from the entire platform
Pass a test
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Fail a test
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Successfully complete homework
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Fail homework
- Specific lesson
- Number of lessons from a particular course
- Number of lessons from the entire platform
Self-registration in the school via link
Purchase of a specific product

Additional options

Add or subtract points from the student card
Enable or disable point visibility for students
Enable or disable the rewards page for students
Enable or disable leaderboards for rewards and points; choose the size of the top

Personal student profiles within the school.
Each profile has a “wall” for posts (students, administrators, instructors).
Optional general news feed; when enabled, a “Feed” item appears.
Posts can be made on other users’ profiles
Comments and reactions on posts
Attachments in posts (files)
Optional page with all school users: add friends and chat via messenger (if settings are enabled)
Option to restrict student visibility to only their group

💌 Internal Messenger (beta)

Optionally enabled messenger within the school
Setting that allows students to send private messages to each other
Owner, instructors, and administrators can always create a chat with a student (if the messenger is enabled)
Pop-up notifications for new messages
Social network and messenger status: beta

🎥 Zoom Integration

Updated integration: connect Zoom account in a few clicks, run conferences and webinars.

📊 Custom Dashboards

Custom dashboards for roles (excluding students) or for specific administrators, instructors, and the owner.

🧩 API

In API v2, Add Student method: added email language parameter (en, uk, pl, ru). Details: https://developers.softbook.app/api/lms/version/2#add_student

📈 Course Statistics

New column with remaining access days for students
Filter by groups

🛒 Softbook Store Integrations

Portmone: sell courses and products (no subscriptions)
Hutko: sell courses and products (no subscriptions)

📍 Analytics

Added events in team actions analytics:

Student enrolled in a course
Student removed from a course
Student added to a group
Student removed from a group

🎙️ Voice Responses in Homework

In lesson settings (during homework creation), you can allow voice responses. Audio is sent along with text and files.

⚙️ Miscellaneous

Ability to change homework status (if accepted or rejected by mistake). Important: access to the next lesson or block is not retroactively blocked if the course is staged
Smart checkout for logged-in students: data is filled automatically; option to “Switch Account” and return to the product
Added “Deal Stage Change” trigger in Webhooks

🌐 Availability

All functions are available in the current version of Softbook. Social network and messenger are temporarily in beta.

Want to try it now? Start with step-by-step instructions in the knowledge base, and if questions arise – contact our support team.

Softbook – the platform where learning becomes engaging, measurable, and convenient for the entire team

Frequently asked questions

How does gamification work in Softbook 2.1?

Softbook 2.1 lets schools create custom rewards and point scenarios tied to learning actions. Students can earn achievements for starting or completing lessons, finishing courses, passing tests, submitting successful homework, registering, or purchasing a product. Progress, reward visibility, points, and leaderboards can be configured for selected student groups.

What is included in the Softbook social network and messenger?

The beta social network adds personal profiles, profile walls, a shared feed, posts, comments, reactions, attachments, friends, and optional group-based visibility. The beta messenger supports private chats and new-message notifications. Owners, administrators, and instructors can contact students whenever the messenger is enabled, while student-to-student messaging remains optional.

Can reward and point rules be customized for different students?

Yes. Administrators can upload a reward image, choose whether students see it before earning it, award an exact number of points, and limit a scenario to particular groups. Schools may also show or hide point totals, the rewards page, and leaderboards, as well as manually add or subtract points on a student card.

What administrative and analytics improvements are in version 2.1?

The update adds simpler Zoom connection, custom dashboards for team roles or individual staff members, and improved course statistics with remaining access days and group filters. Analytics now records enrollment and group changes, while API v2 can set a student’s email language. Portmone and Hutko integrations also support product and course sales.

Are all Softbook 2.1 features available now?

The release features are available in the current Softbook version, although the social network and internal messenger are still marked beta. Schools can start using gamification, Zoom, dashboards, statistics, integrations, analytics, voice homework responses, and the other improvements now. Setup guidance is available in the knowledge base, with support for additional questions.