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Earn Badges and Set Streaks while Using the GLOBE Observer App

03/06/2024

NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur shows off her achievements and badges earned while using the GLOBE Observer app.
NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur shows off her achievements and badges earned while using the GLOBE Observer app.

To help you keep track of your contributions to GLOBE and to show our appreciation for you, we have added a new My Achievements section to the GLOBE Observer app.

This new feature shows milestone badges and streaks for all data you have submitted to GLOBE (since 1995). You can access My Achievements from the GLOBE Observer home screen

Three screenshots from the GLOBE Observer app. The first, far left, shows the GLOBE Observer app home screen including a new button for My Achievements. The center screenshot shows the new My Achievements screen for GLOBE Observer volunteers. The screen displays streaks and milestones for Land Cover. The right screenshot shows the new My Achievements screen for GLOBE students and teachers. The screen displays achievements for the atmosphere protocols.
Streak awards and milestone badges are in My Achievements, which you can access from the GLOBE Observer home screen. Tap on the protocol or sphere to see your achievements for each.

 

 

You can earn your first “milestone badge” once you submit your first observation. You will see a badge when you reach each milestone as well as a muted badge showing you the next milestone badge you can earn along with a bar showing how close you are to earning it. You will also receive an email with your badge for each milestone you earn. (You are welcome to opt out of receiving emails in your GLOBE account settings. To do so, tap on the gear on the GLOBE Observer home screen. Select Opt-In/Opt-Out Settings.)

A screenshot of milestones badges. The person has earned the 25 observation milestone badge and is 2 observations away from earning the 50 milestone badge.

Milestone badges are awarded at intervals of 1-5-10-25-50-75-100-150-200-250-300-400+

 

You can also earn “streaks” by making observations for two or more days in a row. The longer you submit daily data, the larger your streak will become. Streaks are represented by a yellow star, which will appear only when you have achieved at least one streak. You’ll see how long your current streak is and the length of your longest streak to date for each protocol. Recognizing that many GLOBE volunteers are students, we have also added in a grace period of two days: You can miss submitting data on Saturday and Sunday without breaking a streak.

A screenshot from the GLOBE Observer app showing streaks. The streak is represented by a yellow star. The current streak for this volunteer is 0 days, and the longest streak is 2 days.
You can start a streak for any GLOBE protocol. Your streak display will show the current streak and your longest streak to date.

 

Your streaks and a count for the total number of observations you’ve submitted are also shown on the home screens for clouds, mosquito habitat mapper, land cover, and trees.

Four screenshots from the GLOBE Observer app of the landing page for each GLOBE Observer protocol, from left to right, Clouds, Mosquito Habitat Mapper, Land Cover, and Trees. On each protocol screen, the total number of observations collected for that protocol is immediately beneath the protocol name. Streaks are shown under the observation total. One star represents the current streak, while two stars represent the longest streak.
The home screen for each GLOBE Observer protocol also displays your current and longest streaks for that protocol with one star representing the current streak and two starts representing your longest streak.

 

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