Rewards | Visual Space

Use this guide to explore the Medals shown on a member's profile, read a saved certificate, and review your own complete Medal history across spaces. The profile and account views answer different questions, so using both gives you the clearest picture.

Use `My awards` to check how many Awards you can still give, revisit recognition connected to your work, and review the Awards you have gifted. This is your personal account view; receiving an Award does not increase the balance you can spend.

Use this guide to recognize a contribution with an illustrated Award and choose how much emphasis to give it. You can Award supported content, a message in public space chat, another participant in an active activity meeting, or a whiteboard.

Give a Medal when another member has made a meaningful contribution that deserves lasting recognition from a space. This walkthrough takes you from choosing the recipient and issuing space to verifying that the Medal was accepted.

Rewards helps people recognize useful work without making every kind of appreciation feel the same. Use an Award for a quick, visible response to a contribution. Use a Medal when a person's lasting impact deserves formal recognition from a space.

Medals are Visual Space's rare form of recognition for contributions that deserve to be remembered. A Medal is given on behalf of a space, carries a personal reason, and becomes a lasting certificate for the recipient. For the broader recognition picture, including everyday Awards, start with [Rewards](rewards.md).

Rewards helps people choose the right kind of recognition: illustrated Awards for everyday contributions, or rare Medals for lasting impact recognized by a space. Start with the full overview, explore either recognition type, or follow a complete giving and review journey.

Awards turn a quick thank-you into illustrated, visible recognition. Each Award carries a style, a quantity, and the identity of the person who gave it, so appreciation stays connected to the contribution that inspired it. Unlike a reaction, an Award uses part of your spendable balance. That makes it useful when a post, idea, message, or live contribution deserves a stronger signal. Awards are designed for everyday appreciation; [Medals](medals.md) are the rarer, lasting form of recognition.