Tiles are the building blocks of a SmartHub®. With easy drag-and-drop functionality, they are a simple way to build a SmartHub® that perfectly suits an organization's needs and preferences. At Reward Gateway, we always think about how we can improve employee engagement and we've made sure that each tile type has a specific purpose and has been designed with the user experience in mind.

When selecting which tile type to add to their SmartHub® from the SmartHub® Builder, clients can choose different sizes for the tile to allow their content to be given varying levels of prominence. 

For example, a new benefit announcement or some important company news may be shared on the SmartHub®homepage using a larger tile than, say, a link to pensions information which is a more constant piece of information. 

The tile sizes available differs depending on the tile type, but generally speaking there are 5 possible shapes/sizes. 

All tiles can be added to the SmartHub® page by clicking on the tiles and dragging them to the right. 

The tiles are editable by hovering on the tile and clicking on the edit button. 

Let's have a quick look at each of the tile types available in SmartHub®:

Simple & Mixed Content tiles

These are the core building blocks of any SmartHub® and provide clear, engaging ways of sharing information with employees. 

These tile types consist of:

• Text
• Image
• Video
• Image & Text
• Icon & Text
• Video & Text
• Background Image

Also read our Guide to using Simple & Mixed Content tiles in the SmartHub® Builder

Social & News tiles

Clients can share their latest SmartHub® Blogs posts with employees automatically and directly on their SmartHub®platform, so employees will see this whenever they access their program. 

Social media feeds for any public Twitter, Facebook and/or Instagram accounts can also be displayed on SmartHub®. This is a great way for employees to keep abreast of the company's main customer-facing social conversations, or the latest internal social media group interactions.

Read more about Social media integration and SmartHub®

Special tiles

To make a SmartHub® really sing, check out these Special tiles within SmartHub® Builder: 

• Quick links - ideal for displaying different links with a common topic (e.g. benefits, HR policies), all in one place.
• My Savings - this shows an employee a quick snapshot of how much they've saved through their employee discounts platform to date. Great for creating good feeling every time they access their SmartHub® landing page! 
• Birthdays - this tile will show the birthdays of registered users, up to a week in advance. Many employees love seeing their name in lights and this offers an opportunity for the employer to create a human and social aspect to their employee comms.
• eCards Leaderboard - shows statistics for eCard usage, which is a great incentive for employees to send more!

Also read Using Special tiles in SmartHub® Builder

Feedback tiles

This section of the Builder is where clients can create Polls to send to their staff to collect quick feedback in a simple format.

• Different poll questions can be shown to different user groups. 
• Answer options are fully customizable and are always multiple choice format (one answer per user). 
• The poll can be published straight away, or scheduled for a later date. 
• Poll results (total responses and % of answers for each option) are stored in Reward Manager.