How Instructors create a badge in Moodle.

1. Moodle 2.6
By Donna Olsen,
Ph.D.

2. • A badge is an item that appears for a user in
Moodle once it is earned.
• A badge may be earned once the student has
completed certain assignments that have been
set up.
• The best analogy to think of is winning a blue
ribbon or receiving a certificate of
accomplishment.

3. • Badges may be awarded to students for tasks
specific to the course content:
• completing a reading
• viewing a film clip
• taking a quiz.
• An instructor can award badges in place of
grades.

4. • When creating badges, determine who will have
the ability to award them.

5. • The Recipient details spell out why the individual
is receiving the badge.

6. • There are a few restrictions on the achievement
that one can win an award.
• The choices in Moodle are:
• Manual issue by role;
• Course completion;
• Activity completion.
• Usually, completion is based on taking or
finishing the activity or course and not on
performance.

7. • Usually, completion is based on taking or
finishing the activity and not on performance.
• You may put stipulations in place to define
completion further: for example, only giving a
badge to those scoring 95 percent in the course.
• The following picture shows the fields that can be
used to place a stipulation on completion.
• You may limit the completion badges to a
minimum score and/or finish date.

8. • First, create the badges you are going to award.
• To do so, select Add a new badge beneath the
Administration options for the course as shown
•

9. • This requires you to provide a name and image to be
associated with it along with issuer information and
expiration values.

10. • Thenounproject.com
• An icon for every noun
• Credly.com
• Lets you upload icons

11. • Next, choose the criteria for which the badge will be
given.
• If it is to be associated with the completion of an activity,
you'll be prompted to pick which activity/activities it is
associated with as shown on the next slide

13. • Note, you can tie it to the completion of set of activities or
the completion of an activity (or set of) from various
choices.
• After creating the award, you must then "enable it" or
make it live.
• By doing so will automatically award it to all who have
already completed the activity as well.
• Moodle does not offer the ability to remove a badge:
Once it has been given to an individual user, it stays
unless you delete the badge entirely or expiration occurs.

14. • Once you've created a few badges, you'll find
that managing them is pretty straightforward.
• Badges can be awarded by role or completion,
and it is important to note that this is an "and/or"
relationship.

15. • Any one badge can be given based on multiple criteria as
shown

16. • To manually award a badge, you can choose from any
students who are enrolled in the course

17. • Once awarded, you can see a list of recipients and the
date they were awarded.

18. • After a badge has been awarded to a user you
cannot edit the details of the badge.
• The only way to make any changes is to disable
access to it, make the modifications and then
enable it again.

19. • Students can preview available course badges
by selecting the badges link under the Navigation
settings.
• The student, through their "My Profile Settings"
located under the administration block, can
manage awarded badges.

20. • Students can choose whether to allow badges to appear
on their profile page in Moodle or become viewable
outside Moodle through a digital backpack.

21. • Students will be prompted to set up a Mozilla
Personal account should they choose to have
their badges visible to prospective employers or
others outside of Moodle.
• Mozilla through its Open Badges project allows a
student with a personal account to manage and
share their badges kept in their backpack for
showcasing their skills and accomplishments to
potential employers, social media and other
outlets.

22. • Badges provide an easy method by which to
acknowledge the accomplishments of users within
Moodle.
• You can customize them and award them automatically
or manually based upon criteria you establish as an
instructor or in line with institutional standards.
• The ability for students to sync their badges with a digital
backpack outside Moodle greatly expands the impact of
awarding badges in a Moodle course.

23. • http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2014/08/20/Awardi
ng-Badges-in-Moodle.aspx?

24. • Open Chrome
• Go to thenounproject.com
• Type your noun in the search, like instructions
• Click on one
• Download
• Signup
• Login with Facebook
• Download
• Attribution (free)
• Click checkmark to Agree to Attribute the Designer
• Downloads as zip
• Extract all
• Drag png and license.txt to desktop
• Has transparent background
• Svg is for Photoshop

25. • Open a new tab in your browser
• Open credly.com
• Create an account or login
• Use your email address for this one
• Confirm in your email by clicking the link
• In credly.com
• Click on Created tab
• Click on +New Badge
• Click on Shape
• Choose a shape
• Click on icon
• Upload
• Upload an icon
• Browse for png file & open
• Click Use this icon

26. • Click on A to replace “Blank Slate” text
• Type badge name
• Also fill in right side
• Save
• Right click on Badge
• Save image as
• Give name
• Use png
• Save (it downloads)

27. • Go to your course in Moodle
• Badges
• Add a new badge
• Fill in Name, Description
• Upload png file from Credly.com
• Fill in Issuer Details and Badge Expiry
• Click on Criteria
• Choose Activity Completion (or other)
• Choose Activity or Activities
• List requirement of all or one
• Click on message
• Edit it
• Open License.txt and copy and paste into message
• Enable badge so it can be earned!

28. • Moodle Mountain Moot
• mike.agostinelli@montanadigitalacademy.com
• http://bit.ly/badgemotivation
• http://bit.ly/badgeted