Another month passes, and even more features are live on BitDegree. During October, gamification was our priority, and the key elements have lifted off into space. What work was completed? Here’s the monthly update to keep you informed: read on to find out about the new gamified features, code contest results, Spooktober marketing campaign, supporting TeamTrees, and more. As always, feel free to grab a refreshing beverage and enjoy.

New implementations into our gamified environment

As I’ve mentioned — Gamification was our number one target throughout October. We introduced a social feature for our users and their friends. At the moment, a friends’ list is available on BitDegree so you can befriend other users and keep an eye on their stats: what courses have they enrolled and finished, what level have they earned, etc. We will keep working on it including new possibilities for our users. Secondly, BitDegree City is live. At the very moment you complete your account calibration, your avatar gets a spot in one of the areas in BitDegree City. Students will unlock new districts by learning various topics from programming to cryptocurrency or digital marketing and also power up their city by learning in our courses.

Since the city is so large, we also created a companion that will do it’s best to help you throughout your journey, and her name is Astra. She is a guide, a friend, and a source of light for the user. Astra will be able to help students have an adventurous and joyous time throughout their learning experience. No more learning alone — Astra will always be by your side! She will ensure that your work put into learning is not left unrewarded. By taking daily quests and maintaining a daily streak, Astra will reward you with extra powerups and gifts.

Spooky BitDegree

If you visit BitDegree every day, you must’ve seen that the platform had a complete makeover with spooky pumpkins, ghosts, and treats! During the festive time of Halloween, we offered our students a discount for all of our learning material, no tricks involved! A hefty 20% discount was applied on our website to everyone who bought a course throughout the event. Some lucky students managed to find additional discounts on our website as well. Kudos to them!

Code Contest winners, prizes, and more.

As the BitDegree coding contest came to an end, we would like to congratulate the winners Yash, Srinivas, and Gerardo for taking the top 3 spots in the competition! Bravo, guys! We can’t wait to see them further succeed with BitDegree. Additionally, we also saw a lot of other great submissions from runner-ups Eduardo, Chef, Fahemiya, Sameer, Joshua, Robert, and Anand. The prizes have been sent out, and we can’t wait for the competitors to flex with some fresh, new BitDegree merch. One more time, congratulations, everyone!

Tutorials in French

It has become a monthly tradition to introduce the BitDegree tutorials translated into new languages, don’t you think? Well, we can’t complain that our translation team is incredible, can we? Anyway, our tutorials are now available in the lovely, romantic language of love… I mean French! That brings us to a total of six translations available on the page. Let’s hold on tight and see what the team brings forwards next month. Hint: the language comes from a land where they make the sweetest candy. Does floss halva ring any bells?

BitDegree in the news

How does blockchain technology help the education sector? The answer to this question varies in a lot of different but positive ways. In an article from American University, you can view blockchain’s benefits from the perspective of grade A experts. Don’t believe me? See for yourself and let us know what you think.

#TeamTrees

BitDegree has taken part in a large project started by YouTube legend Mr. Beast. The mastermind influencer has partnered up with Arbor Day Foundation to launch an environmental project. Their main goal — planting 20 million trees in 2020. Every dollar donated on the platform leads to another tree planted by the foundation. We invite everyone to join this movement in all ways possible — donating, spreading awareness, planting trees on your own. Let’s make the earth a greener place.

Now, since there’s some coffee (juice?) left, why not head straight into learning to experience the new features on BitDegree!