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COME READ @EVERYONE SmartScore -- An Explanation [Please read if you have any initial questions, then feel free to ask more! i love you guys did this for you
@ EVERYONE

Answer 1

Your SmartScore is a new concept that attempts to reflect the effort and ability you apply not only to learning, but also, to helping and to being supportive of fellow people who share a desire to share knowledge. We analyze the actions and behaviors of all users on the site. This analysis is meant to capture the things that grades cannot such as your ability to collaborate with other people, your willingness to be a compassionate helper of a person in need, or your natural urge to ask questions in order to understand new concepts. The score itself is determined relative to the scores of other users.

The variables, categories, and mathematics behind the score will always be improved and altered as we add new features to the site. Your score may change due to these improvements, but ultimately you have the most power to change and to improve your own score simply by using OpenStudy to study with your peers and to aid in the effort to make the world one big studygroup.

Answer 2

You’ll notice in the new profile pages there is a graph to display the progress of your SmartScore for the past few weeks. This represents your overall SmartScore which is currently comprised of your scores in the three categories we’ve decided to focus upon (for now):

Teamwork - Which focuses upon your willingness and aptitude to communicate and interact with others in group settings, very small groups like those that are formed within a question and large groups like all users studying mathematics. You interact in chat, but your actions within questions -- asking, answering, helping, guiding are considered more heavily as they are core the principles of the site

Problem Solving - The ability to identify a situation/question to which you are willing to exert your own effort to construct a coherent, thoughtful, and respectfully toned solution to the benefit of another and even yourself.

Engagement - which focuses primarily upon the actions and effort you exert in your own questions that you have asked because you want to learn a new concept and your willingness to interact with people who are helping you.

You’re surely wondering what each variable actually means in the category boxes. Below are the descriptions. Keep in mind, these are not all the variables that we are analyzing. There’s a lot more to the score, and we’ll keep you informed about the progress.

Answer 3

Problem Solving
- Questions Answered - These are the questions that other people have asked and you decided to answer.

- Medals for Answers - These are the medals you’ve received for helping someone in need, specifically someone who asked a question. You took the time to help the asker understand a new concept, and the asker thanked you with a medal.

Answer 4

Teamwork
- Fans
These are the people who think you’re awesome at helping others learn hard concepts or at asking good questions or even just at being friendly and telling a good joke.

- Testimonials
These are written by the people who really think you’re awesome, and they just had to tell you.

- People Helped
There are the people whose questions you’ve answered when they really needed help, you signed-on, saw their question and swooped in with a solution. Primarily, it's unique, meaning once per user.

Answer 5

Engagement
- Medals for Asking
These are the medals other people have given you because you were being involved and collaborative in the questions that you ask, really showing a desire to learn.

- Days Studied
This tracks the days you’ve been on OpenStudy, either helping or being helped.

Answer 6

thank you for this :) you may keep it up for some time, not sure if new users will read it though

Answer 7

Great work! :)

Answer 8

But like puppies said new user probably will not read this

Answer 9

True

Answer 10

Nice! I remember SmartScore being kinda confusing at first. This is a great an simple explanation. ☺

Answer 11

Thanks ;)

Answer 12

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Answer 13

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Answer 14

What is the link of the post where you copied this from? @advert