How do I create a challenge for my classes?

Classroom challenges are an easy and effective way to tailor reading themes, content, and goals to specific groups of students and create deep-rooted reading habits. Teachers, media specialists, and media specialists plus with classes rostered to them can create reading challenges for one, some, or all of their classes in Beanstack.

Librarians with media specialist plus acess can create challenges for their classes in addition to the whole school, and thus have extra challenge settings like rewards, drawings, and tickets. Teachers and media specialists can only create challenges for their classes, and so have slimmed-down challenge options. This article outlines the challenge setup options available for teachers and media specialists.

1. Once logged in to Beanstack, navigate to the Challenges section.
2. You have three options for creating your classroom challenge:
   1. To duplicate and customize a challenge that another school staff member created, click the "All Challenges" tab. If needed, browse the draft or published challenges from the past by clicking the "Current" dropdown and selecting "Past" to see challenges from the last 60 days and "Archived" to see those from more than 60 days ago. Then, duplicate the one you'd like to use for your classes by clicking the plus icon in the right column.
      
   2. To find and customize a challenge template made by the Beanstack team, click the "Challenge Templates" tab and browse all the featured challenge templates. To find the template best suited for your needs, filter, sort, and search through the list. Then, click "Use This Template." 
      
   3. To create a specific challenge type, click the "Create a Challenge" button in the top right corner of your screen, select your challenge type, and then click "Create My Own Challenge" to start from scratch or find a challenge template and click "Modify Challenge."
      
3. In your newly created challenge's "Challenge Setup" tab, you can edit the challenge name, description, and header image, the challenge's auto-enrollment or registration settings, the challenge dates, and the classroom(s).
   
   
4. If it's a reading list challenge, you can view, edit, add, and delete titles from the reading list in the "Reading List" tab by following these steps.
5. Next, in the "Badges" tab, you can view and edit your challenge's available badge types, like Logging and Completing Activities, as well as view, edit, add, and delete its badges.
   
   
6. If it's a bingo reading challenge, you can view and edit the layout of your badges in the "Bingo Card" tab by following these steps.
7. Finally, in the "Completion Requirements" tab, you can pick how students complete the challenge: by earning all badges, specific badges, or some badges. If you're creating a reading list challenge, you also have the option to require all titles, specific titles, or some titles. If you're creating a bingo reading challenge, you won't see a "Completion Requirements" tab, as earning bingo equals challenge completion.
   
8. Click "Save and Exit" to ensure your progress is saved, and you'll be taken back to your "My Classroom Challenges" tab.
9. To preview your draft challenge, click the eye icon.
10. Once you're satisfied with your challenge, click its title again or click the pencil icon to open back up its challenge setup.
11. Click the "Draft" dropdown in the top right and change its status to "Published" and then click "Save." If auto-enrollment is on, within 24 hours, students in the selected class(es) will be automatically enrolled in the challenge. If auto-enrollment is off, they will be able to see and register for the challenge manually as soon as it's published.