For Professors & Faculty
Motivate students with engaging bounty opportunities
Extra Credit Bounties: Create opportunities for students to earn extra credit through meaningful contributions
Research Assistance: Post bounties for research tasks that students can claim to gain experience
Automatic Tracking: Monitor student progress and contribution with detailed analytics
Streamlined Review: Easily review, provide feedback, and approve student submissions
For Students
Discover and claim meaningful academic opportunities
Simple Access: Find and claim bounties using your university email address
Browse Opportunities: View all university bounties and search for ones relevant to your courses
Achievement Showcase: Build a portfolio of completed bounties and earned achievements
Skill Development: Gain practical experience while earning course credit and recognition
University Use Cases
Transform academic engagement across your entire campus
Course Enhancement
Extra Credit & Assignments
Transform traditional coursework with engaging bounties. Create extra credit opportunities, special projects, or alternative assignments that students can claim based on their interests and availability.
Research Acceleration
Crowdsource Research Tasks
Accelerate research initiatives by breaking down projects into manageable bounties. Engage undergraduate and graduate students in meaningful research tasks while providing them with valuable experience and academic recognition.
Campus Initiatives
Student-Led Projects
Support student clubs, organizations, and initiatives by creating bounties for campus-wide projects. Foster student leadership while ensuring accountability and recognition for meaningful contributions.
Skill Development
Practical Experience
Create opportunities for students to develop real-world skills through bounties that simulate industry challenges. Help students build portfolios of completed work that they can showcase to future employers.
Community Engagement
Service Learning
Connect classroom learning with community needs by creating service-learning bounties. Students can contribute to real community projects while earning course credit and making a positive impact.
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How It Works
Simple implementation for powerful academic engagement
Step 1: Get Started
Quick and Easy Setup
No complex integration needed. Simply create an account, invite your students using their university email addresses, and start posting bounties immediately. We make it easy to get your entire class engaged without IT headaches.
Step 2: Faculty Training
Create Engaging Bounties
Faculty members learn how to create effective bounties for their courses and research. Our platform provides templates and guidelines to ensure bounties are clear, achievable, and aligned with learning objectives.
Step 3: Student Access
Browse All Opportunities
Students can browse all university bounties and search for ones that match their courses or interests. The platform displays all available opportunities, allowing students to find and claim bounties that are relevant to them.
Step 4: Ongoing Support
Continuous Improvement
Our team provides ongoing support, analytics, and optimization suggestions to maximize engagement. We work with your university to continuously improve the bounty ecosystem based on your specific needs.
Join Our University Partner Program
We're partnering with select universities to transform academic engagement with our bounty platform. Join our university partner program to be among the first institutions to implement this innovative approach to student participation and recognition.
Frequently asked questions
- How is Open Payouts different from an LMS?
- Unlike traditional Learning Management Systems that focus on core coursework, Open Payouts specializes in optional engagement opportunities. Our platform complements your existing LMS by providing a dedicated space for extra credit, research opportunities, and cross-departmental initiatives with powerful gamification elements.
- How do students access the bounties?
- Students can sign up with their university email address to view and claim bounties created for their classes. The simple signup process requires no complex system integration, allowing professors to start creating bounties immediately and students to start claiming them right away.
- What kind of rewards can be offered?
- Rewards are flexible and customizable to your institution's needs. Common rewards include extra credit points, research acknowledgment, service learning hours, certificate credentials, priority registration opportunities, and more. The platform also includes built-in achievement badges and experience points.
- How secure is student data on the platform?
- We take data security seriously. Our platform is FERPA-compliant and uses enterprise-grade security measures. All student data is encrypted, and we work closely with your IT department to ensure compliance with your institution's security policies.