Creating Digital Badges with Awards

Create a Badge to add personality and specialized awards and certificates to your course.

From your Course Homepage select More from the navigation and then scroll to the bottom to locate Awards.

Select the Course Awards tab, then select Add Award To Course.

Here you view Badge and Certificate availability. Choose additional Badges by selecting the Add button or create your own Badge by selecting the Create button.

On the right-hand side of the page, you can see All Awards or filter by Badges or Certificates. Using the checkbox under the filter navigation choose to view only awards that you created.

Select the Create button.

You must Name your Badge and add a Description before you will be able to save. Select the Award Type from the drop-down menu, in this case, Badge. Be sure to select availability; either, Make this award available to all of my courses or Make this award available to other award creators in their courses.

Choose an expiration date, or leave the default as Never.

We will look at three options under Choose Award Images.

Selecting the From Existing Library button, allows you to select a premade badge from the Award Icon Library.

By selecting the Upload New Icon button, you can upload a badge from your computer.

Lastly, select the blue link, Create your own award image.

This takes you to the Classic Badge Designer. Enter a valid email address if you want to download or save your badge, or, if you’re going to take it for a spin, select Have a play first.

The best way to design a badge is to start with Shapes at the bottom of the accordion navigation and work your way up through the tabs to Curved text.

First, select a background shape. Notice there are alternative shapes available above the shield icons. Next, apply the color of your choice to your shape.

If you want an inner shape, click on the tab above Shapes. Select a shape, then a color.

If you prefer an icon, select the icon shape, then a color. The first slider allows you to adjust the transparency of the icon. The next two sliders, adjust the horizontal and vertical position.

Badge text is easy to add. Type in the Badge text, then select a color, adjust the horizontal and vertical position, and choose a font. The bent arrow icons place the text behind, or in front of the banner or shape. Curve your badge text by selecting the top navigation bar and adjusting the controls.

When you are happy with your design, select the Download Badge button and save to your computer. Review page 5 to see where to upload your badge into Awards.