Badges

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Learning badges are symbols representing evidence-based softskills that go beyond academic prowess and demonstrate cross-academic/professional skills.

What is badging?

For more details, please visit the short videos created by HWDSB on the use of badges. This is to illustrate the concept of badging; LMS-specific behavior of badges will certainly differ.

Why badge?

There are many reasons to use badges, from informal sharing of abilities all the way to providing formal evidence of professional development. According to Dr. Bernard Bull, employers of the future may use badges (i.e., evidence of experience) as a way to differentiate job candidates with comparable degrees. Looking at a candidate’s badges, employers can tell what skills s/he brings in addition to his/her academic degree.

Got an example of badging?

Sure. Have a look at this free Concordia University course that uses badging instead of letter grades. Each module gives you missions associate with experience points. Earning a certain number of points unlocks the module badge.

For an in-depth dive, consider watching:

Can I badge?

This feature is currently undergoing testing. Once available in our Brighstpace/D2L learning environment, it will allow you to create and award badges to your students. When you create badges, you’ll have the opportunity to describe the criteria based on which students earned the respective badge. Badges thus represent skills that students have learned or knowledge that they’ve build during your course. You can manually award badges or set automatic release conditions. Students can display their badges in their ePortfolio and/or export them to Mozilla Open Badges.

Want a sneak peak of how it’s done in Brighspace/D2L?

For more concrete examples in the Brighspace/D2L learning environment, please refer to the videos created by Paul Hatala for:

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