The document discusses the D2L Brightspace Awards Tool, which allows for the issuance of badges and certificates to enhance learner engagement and recognize achievements. It provides details on customization, sharing options, and automated awarding processes, along with its integration to platforms like Mozilla Backpack. Additionally, the text highlights the tool's compliance with the IMS Open Badges standard and the transition from Mozilla Backpack to the Badgr platform.

1. Badges and Certificates with the
Brightspace Awards Tool
Dan Semi – D2L Brightspace Sr Solutions Engineer

2. Badging and Certificates
Increase learner engagement and
recognize achievements with Badges
and Certificates.
Badging and Certificates can be
awarded using the Awards Tool.

3. Cogitate on Micro-credentialing

4. Motivate your Learners
Reward learners with Badges and Certificates to
recognize the knowledge that they have gained.
Learners can see the awards that they have
already earned, as well as those that they have
yet to earn.
Learners can let others know what they have
earned by sharing their awards to their learner
profile or to social media by using Mozilla®
Backpack.

5. Instant Gratification
Reward your learners with Badges and
Certificates immediately when they earn
them.
Release Conditions can be used so that
learners receive Badges and Certificates
automatically without the Instructor having
to manually reward them.

6. Customize your Awards
Create Awards that are unique and
meaningful to your learners.
You can leverage default icons in the
image library, or upload your own images.

7. Features
Issue ~ Host ~ Display ~ Verify
• Create a badge or Certificate
• Add a badge to a course with achievement method
• Manually award a badge
• Revoke a badge
• Automatically awarding a badge
• Awards notifications
• Awards expiry
• Sharing badges in my Brightspace profile
• Sharing badges with Mozilla Backpack via OpenBadges
• View My Awards
• View Available Awards
• Notifications for Issue and Expiry
• Manage Icon Library
• Manage Certificate Templates
• Print Certificates

8. Sharing
Sharing badges
Micro-credentialing
Credentials as Currency
Mozilla Backpack via OpenBadges
Share to Social Networks
LinkedIn, Twitter, WordPress

9. How do I get it?
• Available in Core Learning Environment
• Before Instructors can use this tool, it must
be configured by an Administrator. They
do this by going to Tools, then
Organization Tools and enabling the
Awards tool. Once the tool is on, they can
add it to their Nav Bar, then configure the
permissions.
• Visit the Brightspace Community for more
detailed steps and a video on how to
create Badges and Certificates.

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D2L Awards Tool
Integrations

11. Open Badges – IMS Global
History and CHANGE
• Today our Awards Tool uses version 1.0 of the IMS
Open Badges standard. Version 2.0 is out, we are in
discussions with IMS groups.
• “Badging and digital credentialing is an important part
of building the future of learning and assessment, and
the evolving world of capturing skills, achievement,
and experience,” said Jeremy Auger, chief strategy
officer, D2L Corporation. “IMS Global is the perfect
choice for the ongoing stewardship of Open Badges...”
• Mozilla will be retiring the Mozilla Backpack and
helping users migrate to the Badgr platform. Transition
for D2L using Mozilla Backpack in 2nd Qtr 2019.