Updated 25 Feb 2020
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How to use Open Badges within Moodle |
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How to add a badge to your Moodle module
Decide on badges to include
It's important not to make badges too easy. These badges represent and are issued by the University of Nottingham (the equivalent of a certificate) so should not be too easy to get. For example, a badge might be given for
- completion of a short course
- completion of one (substantial) unit of a long course or module (e.g., Your University Journey)
- completion of a special (substantial) task eg Facilitating an online course or supporting peers to an extraordinary degree.
First create a badge image First Create a badge (i.e. the graphic you will use as the badge)
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- In your module enable completion tracking.
http://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/Moodlehelp/How+to+use+completion+tracking+to+monitor+student+progress - Make sure you have at least one resource set up with some completion tracking.
- Now from click the Administration menu (Module administration) click Badges > Cogwheel (Actions icon)
- Click More
- Scroll down to Badges > click Add a new badge
Image Added - Give the badge a name and a description (include a summary of the badge criteria here)
- Upload the badge image you designed and saved earlier
Image Added - Add your details as the person who created the badge image
- Check the issuer details are correct (University of Nottingham Moodle)
- Enter a badge expiry date if needed or leave on Never if no expiry is needed.
- Click “Create Badge”
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- Now you must choose your badge criteria (in other words, what does the student have to complete in order to earn the badge)
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- You can set the badge to be awarded manually (Manual issue by role) – i.e. you can award it to whichever students you judge to have earned it (this is assigned to a certain role, eg Editing Teacher) – or on module completion (which must be defined in Moodle) - OR set Activity completion (likely to be the most common)
- Choose “Activity Completion” and on the next page select the activity or activities that have completion checking enabled in your course. If no activities have completion checking enabled then you won’t be able to progress.
- Ensure it is set to ALL of the activities not ANY or the badge will be too easy to get!
- Click Save
- Once this is done, you need to “Enable Access”. This activates the badge and it is ready for use.
You have now enabled an Open Badge. Whenever If it is awarded by activity completion, then it is automatic: whenever a user completes the activity or activities you picked they will be redirected to the badge where they can download a copy of it. It is also attached to their Moodle profile.
To manually award the badg, in the module:
- Click the Cogwheel (Actions icon)
- Click More
- Scroll down to Badges > Click Manage Badges
- Click the "Cup" icon to award the badge
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You can award it to multiple users at the same time.
Badge winners can also “Push” the badge to an external "Backpack", such as Badgr, which is an external tool that stores all open badges and can be used to demonstrate the badges gained.
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