Merits and badges

There are two ways to celebrate students:

• Merits are points. Students earn them by coming to class, making progress and behaving well, and teachers can give extra. Merits are optional; nothing shows to families until you switch them on.
• Badges are milestones Labbaik awards on its own, such as finishing the Qa’idah or a khatam. They’re always on.

Switch on merits

1. Go to Education → Merits and choose Switch on merits.

2. Open Set up. Under How merits are earned, switch on each way you want students to earn points: Attendance, Progress and Behaviour all start switched off. Everything saves as you change it.

Setting	What it does
What to call them	Merits or House points.
Who takes part	Everyone, or only some programmes and classes.
How merits are earned	Switch on each way students can earn points, then set how many:
Attendance	Points for Came to class (1), Arrived late (0) and missing class (−1). Excused absences never lose points.
Progress	Points for Each step forward (2).
Behaviour	Points for Good behaviour (2) and Poor behaviour (−2), from teachers’ behaviour updates.
Given by teachers	The Most at one time a teacher can give (10 to start, up to 50).
Starting again	Never, or every week, month, term or academic year. Nothing is deleted; the count just starts fresh.
Below zero	Whether a total can go below zero. Off to start with.
Show each student their rank	Whether families see “Ranked 3 of 20”. On to start with.

The numbers above are where they start; you can change any of them. Points from attendance and progress appear within about five minutes.

Give merits (teachers)

1. In the teacher portal, open Students and choose Give merits.

2. Pick the students, or Select all.

3. Choose Give or Take away, and How many?

4. Add a Reason if you like: Good behaviour, Helping others, Great effort, Excellent work, or write your own.

Admins can give merits from the Leaderboard too, and undo a merit that was given by hand from a student’s history.

The leaderboard

Education → Merits → Leaderboard shows every student’s total. Filter by programme and class, or search for a student. Tap a student to see each merit they’ve earned.

What families see

A Merits (or House points) card on the portal’s Home, with the child’s total, their rank if you show it (such as “Ranked 3 of 20 in Year 1”), and See every one for the history. Families never see which teacher gave a merit, and no notification is sent.

Badges

Labbaik awards badges automatically when a student reaches a milestone, for example Qāʿidah Graduate, Exam Passed, Top Marks (90% or more), Khatam, Perfect Attendance, attendance streaks and 100 Sessions. Teachers can award Star Student, and admins can give any badge by hand from the student’s card.

Families see badges on Home and on the Progress page, with the ones Still to unlock. Badges and merits are separate: badges don’t use or add merit points.

Tip

Switch merits on for one class first, see how the children respond, then widen Who takes part.