Coins are awarded to students for things they do on Whooo's Reading.
Coins can be spent in the Owl Shop to accessorize the student's Owlvatar:
In addition to the coins students earn on their own, teachers can award coins to students through the Roster page by selecting students and clicking Award Coins at the bottom of the page:
Below is a list of ways students can earn coins. The amount of coins awarded varies based on the type of action and on the level the student is at the time the coins are awarded.
The "rank" is the formula used to calculate the number of coins to award, and is based on the amount of coins that would be awarded for passing a quiz. With passing a quiz at a rank of 1.0, most other actions award fewer coins, at ranks like 0.5 or 0.2.
The "limit" is the number of times in a time period that coins will be awarded for doing that action. For example, coins are awarded for two quizzes per day. If more quizzes are completed in that day, coins will not be awarded. This is to encourage daily or frequent use of the program, since the best way to develop reading and writing skills is to practice both frequently.
Completing the start-up tutorial
Limit: Once per year
Rank: 0.2
Passing a quiz
Limit: Twice per day
Rank: 1.0
Completing a quiz (not passing, but not bad faith)
Limit: Twice per day
Rank: 0.2
Submitting a bad faith quiz (button mashing, etc.)
Limit: Not applicable
Rank: 0.0 (zero coins awarded)
Addressing Owlfonso's feedback
Limit: Three times per day
Rank: 0.05
Review post-quiz feedback
Limit: Once per day
Rank: 0.2
Answering a Journal Activity Question
Limit: Twice per day
Rank: 0.15
Submitting a Journal Activity Book Review
Limit: Twice per day
Rank: 0.15
Completing a Journal Activity Exercise (WR School only)
Limit: Twice per day
Rank: 0.3
Completing an assigned Journal Activity Exercise (WR School only)
Limit: Once per day
Rank: 0.35
Logging reading (WR School only)
Limit: Once per day
Rank: 0.1
Completing a reading level assessment (WR School add-on)
Limit: Once per day
Rank: 0.2
Meeting teacher's goals
Limit: Varies based on the goal
Rank: Varies based on the goal
Leveling up to the next level
Limit: Once per day
Rank: 1.5
Clicking the golden egg
Limit: Once per day
Rank: Varies
Note: Coins can sometimes disappear or a student may end up with negative coins. This happens when a teacher excludes student writing like a quiz or practice question from goals, or deletes student work.