Kudos release notes | July 1st, 2024

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Happy Monday, Atlassian Community! ☀️ Can you believe it’s July already? I feel like time always flies during summer and warm weather (for those of us in the northern hemisphere), so I’ll be enjoying it as much as possible and soaking up the sun while it lasts. Speaking of seasonal joys, let’s dive right in to all of the exciting things happening in Kudos this month! 🥳

New: Level Rewards!

In case you haven’t seen this update from Mo yet, we said goodbye to the ‘Levels’ that used to be on your profile’s Badges tab - now we only have one system for levelling up on community, and we wanted to make sure that it feels ✨ extra special ✨ to grow with the Kudos program so we are introduced new rewards to provide jumpstarts along your journey!

Starting at Root (Level 2), every time you level up you’ll be able to redeem bonus points to give you a head start towards your next level. All you need to do is head into your To Do challenges menu of the Kudos tray, and you’ll see starting today your level reward is already redeemable! Your next level will also display as locked, so you’ll always know what you’re looking forward to 👀

                                       

Open up the Level Reward currently available to you, and select “mark as complete” at the bottom.

                                       

Confirm in the pop-up that you are completing this mission, and voila! Your bonus points add to your grand total, and you’re well on your way to your next goal 🏅

Limited Edition + Good for the Environment: Tree Amigos!

This month only, Likes for Trees is BACK! This year we have a bigger and better goal than ever before: 40,000 trees!!! 🤯 We’re already off to the races and seeing the limited-time Tree Amigos badge flying around the community. As a reminder, you can earn the Tree Amigos badge and a bonus point each time you:

• Vote in the ‘Where should we plant trees’ poll

• Like any content in the community

• Send recognition Kudos to any other community member

• RSVP to a local Atlassian Community Event

• Last but not least, share a community content with the #LikesforTrees hashtag

Happy planting! 🌳

                                       

Exclusive to Atlassian Community: Jira July '24

It’s not just July, it’s Jira July! 🤩

Participating in 3 or more Jira July challenges throughout the month will earn you the exclusive Jiralympics Kudos badge for Jira July 2024 🏆 Each challenge is sports-themed in honor of the upcoming games in Paris, and be sure to also nominate an amazing team using Jira to win one of three team awards so we can have our very own podium this summer!

                                         

ICYMI: Bite-sized Learning: Assets in JSM

Before I go off to start working on all of our Kudos goodies in store for next month, make sure you snack on some Bite-sized Learnings over the summer! ICYMI, last week we published the newest edition of the series to celebrate JSM June, with Top Tips for Successful Implementation of Assets in JSM! 🤓

                                         

With ALL of these things going on, make sure you’re a part of our Community Contests & Kudos group to stay in-the-know, or you can even set a search alert for Kudos Release Notes so you don’t miss a thing! Until next time, happy Kudos collecting!

[Andy Gladstone]

Lots of summer fun! Thanks @PJ Zaiac!

[Mary Agueros]

@PJ Zaiac Thank you for the  release notes. Your notes are fun to read. 🤸‍♀️

[Lucas_DevSamurai_]

Thanks for the updates @PJ Zaiac it looks like this is going to be a fun summertime 😁

[Daria Kulikova]

It sounds like a lot of fun! Thank you @PJ Zaiac for sharing!

[Amanda Barber]

Wowzers, looks like an amazing July is up ahead in Community!

[TC Wang]

Got my level rewards! Thanks for sharing @PJ Zaiac !

[s_mokhov]

Are Atlassian Kudos open-source?

[Naresh Kumar]

thanks 

[Alexander Pappert]

I miss the old levels, there I had 9 of 10 and now I can't finish it

[PJ Zaiac]

Hi @s_mokhov, apologies for the delayed response here! The Kudos program is our challenges, badges, and points system built into the Atlassian Community platform, and neither the platform nor the Kudos integration is open source.

[PJ Zaiac]

@Alexander Pappert if you're close to Level 10 in the old leveling system, you still have some time to earn it! 

[Alexander Pappert]

@PJ Zaiac 

I think I am far away from 10 ;(

Maybe we can keep the 9 also, since it was a hidden level like the 10?