# Run a challenge in your community: daily tasks, check-ins, streaks and certificates

> A challenge is a few days of small tasks inside a community: members do the day's task and check in, with a photo or a few words. They see their streak and the challenge's board; you see who is keeping up and who is fading. Finishers get XP and, if you choose, a certificate. You can also sell a challenge on its own page.

Last updated 2026-10-22 · Source: https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges

## Make one

![The challenge builder: Start from a plan with 5, 7, 21 and 30 days and A habit (no end), then the challenge's name, start date and days](https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges/01-teacher-builder.png)

*Start a challenge, on the community's wall, opens this.*

1. Open the community and click Start a challenge, above the posts — or Challenge, under the post box. (Both open Manage community → Challenges → New challenge.)
2. Under Start from a plan, type one word for what members do each day (sketch, walk, revise) and pick 5 days, 7 days, 21 days, 30 days or A habit (no end). Every day is written for you; change any of them.
3. Or choose Or from a course: one day per lesson: pick a course and Make the days. Each day links its lesson, and finishing the lesson counts as that day's check-in.
4. Give it a Name, a date it Starts on, and where check-ins go (Check-ins go to: a space of the community).
5. Under Rules: whether A check-in needs a photo or words, whether Missed days can be done later, how many Days needed to finish, XP per check-in and XP for finishing, and a Certificate for finishers.
6. Press Start it. It is on the wall at once, with today's task.

> **Note:** Turn on Email the day's task each morning only for short challenges: members get the task by notification every morning anyway, and a reminder in the evening if they have not checked in.

## What a member sees, and checking in

![A student's phone: the challenge card with today's task and a Check in button](https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges/02-student-challenge.png)

*On a phone: today's task, the days so far, and Check in.*

- The challenge sits at the top of the community: Today, the task, and Check in.
- A check-in is a few words, photos, a video or a link — drag files onto the box, or paste a YouTube, Vimeo or Loom link and it plays right there. It also appears as a post, so classmates can cheer it.
- Your days shows each day done; the streak counts days in a row.
- One check-in a day. A second one the same day is refused, in words.

![The challenge card after checking in: the day marked done and the streak](https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges/03-student-checked-in.png)

*Checked in: the day is done and the streak goes up.*

## See who is keeping up

![The teacher's progress grid: members down the side, days across, ticks for check-ins, and Nudge](https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges/04-teacher-grid.png)

*The grid: every member, every day. Nudge the ones who have not checked in today.*

- Click Progress beside the challenge on the community's wall (or open it from Manage community → Challenges) to see the grid.
- Click any member's day in the grid to see what they sent — their words, photos, video or link — and react or reply to cheer them on. A check-in that waits for you has Approve and Decline right there.
- Nudge sends a reminder to everyone who has not checked in today, in one click.
- When proof matters, set a check-in to need approval. Check-ins then wait in Needs you, with Approve and Decline; XP counts once it is approved. Moderators can approve too.
- Certificates are issued by themselves when someone meets the rule, with the academy's own verify link. You can also issue or take one back by hand from the grid.

![Needs you with a check-in waiting for approval](https://prolaud.com/help/community-challenges/05-teacher-approve-check-in.png)

*A check-in that needs your approval.*

## Sell a challenge on its own page

Under Who it is for, and selling it, choose Only for buyers of a product, or Sell it on its own page through a product of your store. Buyers join the community and the challenge. On the last day, offer puts your next course in front of everyone who finished.

### Can a challenge have no end?

Yes: choose A habit (no end). Members check in every day or every week, and see a heatmap of their days.

### What if someone misses a day?

If Missed days can be done later is on, they can check in for it until the challenge ends. A streak counts days in a row; a missed day ends it.

### Do challenges cost extra?

No. Challenges are part of communities on every plan.

## Related

- [Your Communities wall](https://prolaud.com/help/community-wall)
- [XP, levels, streaks and rewards](https://prolaud.com/help/xp-levels-rewards)