Ascend Rewards

Maintained by Yaron Gutkin
Ascend is a world-first Moodle gamification plugin designed to radically transform how learners engage with online courses. It replaces passive learning with motivation, progression, rewards, competition, and storytelling - all proven drivers of completion and performance.
Price option: Free

Supports Moodle 4.5-5.1 See all versions
Latest release: 5 months ago
Installations: 6
Downloads (last 90 days): 96

Frankenstyle name: local_ascend_rewards
Local plugins

Description

For the full PRO version or to arrange a demo visit:

www.elantis.co.za

Most Moodle platforms don’t fail because of content — they fail because learners disengage.

We built Ascend to fix exactly that. It adds competition, progression, and rewards — increasing completion rates by 30–60%.

Learners earn Badges, Coins, XP, Levels, Tokens, Avatars, and Stories by completing activities in ways that improve outcomes - not just ticking boxes. Every achievement is celebrated instantly with animated pop-ups and cinematic badge videos. All logic is pre-programmed and requires no configuration. A full course map and AI coach are included in the PRO version. 

Ascend rewards learners across four powerful badge categories:

1. Progress - Encourages momentum and consistency

• Getting Started

• On a Roll (PRO Version Only)

• Halfway Hero

• Master Navigator (Meta)

2. Timeliness & Discipline - Reinforces deadlines and planning (PRO Version Only)

• Early Bird

• Sharp Shooter

• Deadline Burner

• Time Tamer (Meta) 

3. Quality & Growth - Rewards improvement - not just perfection 

• Feedback Follower

• Steady Improver

• Tenacious Tiger

• Glory Guide (Meta)

4. Course Mastery - Celebrates excellence and completion (PRO Version Only)

• High Flyer

• Activity Ace

• Mission Complete

• Learning Legend (Meta)

Coins, XP, Levels & Tokens - Every badge earned grants:
 • Coins » Spend in the Ascend Store
 • XP » Level up your profile
 • Tokens » Unlock premium characters
Harder achievements = bigger rewards.
Levelling up triggers animated celebrations, reinforcing achievement and progress.

Leaderboards & Competition

Ascend features a global and course-level leaderboard, updated in real time.
 • Fully anonymous
 • Public visibility
 • Course-filtered or site-wide
This taps into learners’ natural drive to compete, improve, and stand out - without embarrassment or pressure.

Course Journey Map + Intelligent Coach (PRO Version Only)

Learners see their entire course journey visualised:
 • What’s complete
 • What’s next
 • How far they’ve progressed

Alongside this is an AI-powered Intelligent Coach that:
 • Encourages progress
 • Highlights achievable badges
 • Identifies weak habits
 • Motivates through competition
 • Learns and adapts over time
The coach becomes smarter as learner behaviour evolves.

Weekly Gameboard Rewards

Every week a learner earns badges, they unlock the Ascend Gameboard.
 • Badge = picks
 • Meta badge = bonus picks
 • Each tile reveals up to 1,000 coins

The Ascend Universe
Ascend goes beyond points and badges. Learners unlock access to a fully built fantasy universe:
 
• 20 Heroes 
 • 20 Pets
 • 20 Villains
 • 8 Worlds / Levels
 • 60 Collectible Characters
Each character:
 • Has a story
 • Comes with animated videos
 • Is unlockable via tokens or coins
 • Can be used as a profile avatar
Completing full sets unlocks entire world storylines, tapping into the collector instinct and narrative immersion. 

*Free Version limited to two character sets and a single level  

The Ascend Store

Coins allow learners to take control of their journey:
 • 24-hour XP multipliers
 • 24-hour Coin multipliers (PRO Version Only)
 • 24-hour Token multipliers (PRO Version Only)
 • Avatar unlocks
 • Mystery Boxes (risk vs reward)
The Mystery Box is fully animated and can reward:
 • Coins
 • Tokens
 • Avatars
 • Or nothing
This adds excitement, strategy, and choice.

Admin Dashboard & Analytics

Ascend includes a powerful admin dashboard:
 • Track all badges by user and course
 • Full audit trail
 • Manually award coins or tokens (PRO Version Only)
 • Debug badge eligibility (full breakdown)
 • Engagement and performance analytics
Admins stay in control - with total transparency

The Result

Ascend transforms Moodle into:
 • A game
 • A journey
 • A competition
 • A story
 • A motivational engine
Learners don’t just complete courses - they chase mastery.

For the PRO Version or to book a demo:

Website: www.elantis.co.za

E-mail: yaron@elantis.co.za

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