diff --git a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsMacOS.yml b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesMacOS.yml
similarity index 75%
rename from .github/workflows/BuildTestsMacOS.yml
rename to .github/workflows/BuildSamplesMacOS.yml
index deff9659..7640a8ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsMacOS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesMacOS.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-name: BuildTestsMacOS
+name: BuildSamplesMacOS
 
 on:
   [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   macos_build_tests:
-    name: Build Tests (MacOS)
+    name: Build Samples (MacOS)
     runs-on: macos-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
-    - name: Build Tests
+    - name: Build Samples
       run: |
         qmake apps/sample/sample.pro
         make -j4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsUbuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesUbuntu.yml
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/workflows/BuildTestsUbuntu.yml
rename to .github/workflows/BuildSamplesUbuntu.yml
index 830d0750..9601bba4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsUbuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesUbuntu.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-name: BuildTestsUbuntu
+name: BuildSamplesUbuntu
 
 on:
   [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   ubuntu_build_tests:
-    name: Build Tests (Ubuntu)
+    name: Build Samples (Ubuntu)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest #in order to deploy, need to use oldest supported version
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
-    - name: Build Tests
+    - name: Build Samples
       run: |
         qmake apps/sample/sample.pro
         make -j4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsWindows.yml b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesWindows.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/workflows/BuildTestsWindows.yml
rename to .github/workflows/BuildSamplesWindows.yml
index aa215f4a..999008ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/BuildTestsWindows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/BuildSamplesWindows.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-name: BuildTestsWindows
+name: BuildSamplesWindows
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   windows_build_tests:
-    name: Build Tests (Windows)
+    name: Build Samples (Windows)
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
-    - name: Build Tests
+    - name: Build Samples
       run: |
         qmake apps/sample/sample.pro
         jom -j4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e2487e1..f9065e7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 The **_Visualization and Computer Graphics Library_** (VCGlib for short) is a open source, portable, C++, templated, no dependency, library for manipulation, processing, cleaning, simplifying triangle meshes.
 
-![BuildTestsUbuntu](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildTestsUbuntu/badge.svg)
-![BuildTestsMacOS](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildTestsMacOS/badge.svg)
-![BuildTestsWindows](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildTestsWindows/badge.svg)
+![BuildSamplesUbuntu](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildSamplesUbuntu/badge.svg)
+![BuildSamplesMacOS](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildSamplesMacOS/badge.svg)
+![BuildSamplesWindows](https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/vcglib/workflows/BuildSamplesWindows/badge.svg)
 
 The library, composed by more than 100k lines of code, is released under the GPL license, and it is the base of most of the software tools of the [Visual Computing Lab](http://vcg.isti.cnr.it) of the Italian National Research Council Institute ISTI, like MeshLab, metro and many others.