Update: Softbook v.2.1

One of the largest Softbook updates: gamification, social network, and much more

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

💬 Social Network (beta)

• 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.

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