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Digital badges can provide a way for instructors to recogn= ize students=E2=80=99 achievements beyond simple grades. Additionally= , they provide a verified way for students to share their accomplishments w= ith potential employers and others.
This article covers adding badges to your Scholar course.= p>
Scholar has a built-in Achievements tool that allows instructors t= o award badges to students for the completion of certain course goals. &nbs= p; Achievements can be manually awarded or tied to specific actions in= the course. Students can then export their in-course badges to the M= ozilla Open Backpack to share with others.
In order for students to view the badges that they=E2=80=99ve been= awarded, you=E2=80=99ll have to add a link to the Achievements tool to you= r course. Click the plus sign at the top of the course menu and choos= e Tool Link.
Give the link a name, and select Achievements from the Type menu. = So that students can see their badges, make sure to check the Availab= le to Users box.
You=E2=80=99re then ready to define badges.
To set up badges for your course, first go to the Achievements too= l under Course Tools.
To create a badge, select Milestone from the Create Achievement me= nu.
At the very top of the course, type the name of the achievement/ba= dge.
Achievements must reside in one of the content areas of your cours= e. Potential locations are in a special area of their own, or in the = same content area as the item that triggers the issuance of the badge.
To set the location of the Achievement, click the Browse button un= der Achievement Location.
In the window that comes up, select the location and click it.
You can then select whether students can see the badge before they= are awarded it, and enter a description for the badge.
Once you=E2=80=99ve completed those sections, click Define Trigger= s.
You=E2=80=99ll be brought to a screen where you can define what wi= ll trigger the badge.
The Date section allows you to only award the badge after a certai= n date.
Membership allows you to manually issue a badge. Click Brows= e to find the usernames of the students to whom you wish to award the badge= . Do not use this badge if you want the= badge to be automatically issued after the student(s) complete coursework.=
The Grade section allows you to automatically issue a badge when t= he students complete an assignment or test. To use it, first select t= he assignment/test that you want to trigger the badge issuance in the Selec= t a Grade Center Column dropdown.
Then, choose the condition that you want to use:
=E2=80=9CUser has at least one attempt for this item=E2=80=9D = will issue the badge as soon as the student submits the test or assignment,= regardless of thier grade
The next one allows you to set a single condition, such as a g= rade being less than, equal to or greater than a particular score.= p>
The bottom one allows you to define a range of scores or perce= ntages.
If you want the student to have to do multiple assignments to earn= the badge, click Add Item.
The final section of this screen, Review Status, issues the badge = when students click a button saying that they=E2=80=99ve read a particular = assignment. NOTE: They do not have to a= ctually read the item to trigger this.
When you=E2=80=99re done setting up the rule, click Select Reward.=
Finally, you=E2=80=99ll be taken to the Reward screen. On th= e top section, you can change the name of the issuer (it=E2=80=99s Christop= her Newport University by default), and set an expiration for the badge.
Next, scroll down and you can choose the design of the badge. &nbs= p;If you=E2=80=99ve designed your own badge, you can upload it by clicking = Browse My Computer.
Finally, if you want the students to be able to publish their badg= es to the Mozilla Open Backpack in order to share them with employers, othe= r schools, or other interested people, click On next to Publish to Mozilla.=
Click Save and Exit, and your badge will be created.