Templates for Classroom Economies
Set up a new classroom economy in minutes. SemesterQuest's template system lets you share, import, and reuse complete setups without ever exposing student data.
The Setup Problem
Building a classroom economy from scratch takes time. You need to decide on currency values, create shop items with prices, set up badges, configure rewards, and plan the overall structure. For a first-time teacher, this can take hours. And if you teach multiple sections, you may need to repeat the process for each class.
Even experienced teachers face the setup problem at the start of every semester. The economy that worked so well last term needs to be rebuilt from memory, often with subtle changes that are easy to forget.
SemesterQuest's template system eliminates this friction. Once you have built a setup that works, you can save it as a template and reuse it whenever you need it, or share it with a colleague who wants to run a similar economy.
How Templates Work
Templates capture the structure of a classroom economy without including any student data. Here is the workflow:
Build Your Kingdom
Set up your classroom economy as usual: configure your currency, stock your item shop, create badges, and set up rewards. Run it with your students and refine it until it works the way you want.
Save as Template
When you are happy with your setup, save it as a template. SemesterQuest exports the structure: item shop contents, currency settings, badge definitions, and configurations. No student names, balances, or personal data are included.
Share or Reuse
Use the template to set up a new class for the next semester. Or share it with another teacher who wants to run a similar economy. Importing a template populates the new Kingdom with your proven setup, ready for students to join.
Privacy by Design
Student data privacy is non-negotiable. SemesterQuest's template system is built around this principle. When you create a template, only the structural elements of your economy are captured:
What Is Included
- Currency name and configuration
- Item shop inventory with names, descriptions, and prices
- Badge definitions and criteria
- Kingdom settings and structure
What Is Never Included
- Student names or identifiers
- Student balances or transaction history
- Order history or purchase records
- Badge awards or leaderboard positions
This separation means you can share a template with anyone, including teachers at other schools, without worrying about exposing sensitive student information.
Use Cases for Templates
Templates are useful in a variety of scenarios. Here are the most common ways teachers use them:
New Semester Setup
Instead of rebuilding from scratch every term, import last semester's template and be ready on day one. Make adjustments as needed, but start with a proven foundation.
Multiple Sections
If you teach the same subject to multiple classes, set up one Kingdom, save it as a template, and import it for each additional section. Every class gets the same economy without duplicated effort.
Team Collaboration
A grade-level team can agree on a shared economy structure. One teacher builds it, saves the template, and shares it with the rest of the team. Everyone runs the same system with consistency.
Onboarding New Teachers
New teachers or substitutes can import a template and have a complete, working economy without needing to understand every configuration decision. The template provides a ready-made system.
Iterating and Improving
Save different versions of your economy as separate templates. Experiment with pricing changes, new shop items, or different badge structures, then compare what works best.
School-Wide Programs
Administrators or curriculum leaders can distribute a standardized template to ensure a consistent classroom economy experience across an entire school or department.
From Template to Running Economy in Minutes
The goal of templates is speed. Here is what the process looks like for a teacher importing a template:
- 1. Create a new Kingdom for your class.
- 2. Choose to import a template instead of setting up from scratch.
- 3. Your item shop, badges, currency settings, and configurations are populated automatically.
- 4. Share the join code with your students.
- 5. Start awarding currency. Your economy is live.
No rebuilding, no guessing, no starting from zero. Templates turn an hour of setup into minutes.
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