Overview
Badges are digital credentials used to recognise completion of courses and programs.
There are two main types of badges 'Site Badges' and 'Course Badges' which can be awarded in four ways:
- Manually
- On completion of courses or programs
- On completion of profile fields
- Audience membership
To award badges on the system, you must first have badges enabled on AssessBook. To do this, go to the admin menu (settings cog) > Advanced Features and tick the 'Enable badges' box.
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Adding a Site or Course Badge
Site badges are awarded for site-wide activities such as completing a set of courses or completing profile activities.
Course badges are awarded for completing a course or activities within a course.
To add a new badge on AssessBook, go to the admin menu (settings cog) and select Badges. Then, on the dropdown menu in the top left, select Manage badges followed by Add new badge:
Here, you need to complete the required badge details i.e. name, description, image and issuer:
You can also give the badge an expiry date. Once complete, the following page will appear:
From the tabs along the top you will be able to action the following:
- Criteria: Add badge criteria which sets how you achieve the badge. If there is more than one criteria item set, then you need to select whether in order to receive the badge you need to complete ALL criteria or simply ANY criteria
- Message: Add a message that is received when the badge is issued
- Recipients: Allows you to see who has earned the badge