Awards and Certificates
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Access Awards Tool
Step 1
From your course site, select Course Admin.
Step 2
Under Assessment, select Awards.
Create Badges or Certificates
Note
There are two types of awards that an instructor can issue to students: badges and certificates. Badges are digital markers that represent an accomplishment while certificates are a PDF. Both are based on the criteria selected by an instructor.
Step 1
From Awards, select Course Awards.
Step 2
Select the Add Award To Course button.
Step 3
Select Create.
Step 4
Give your award a name, description and describe the criteria recipients must meet to earn it. The description and criteria display to students. To see how to use Release Conditions to automatically release your award, see Award Release Conditions below.
Step 5
Using the Award Type dropdown, select either Badge or Certificate.
Step 6
Under Availability, choose the radio button either to Make this award available to all my courses or to Make this award available to award creators and their courses.
Step 7
Under Expiry, select the radio button for when the award expires: never (default); fixed date (enter the MM/DD/YYYY in the box); relative time period after earning the award (enter a number and select the time measurement from the dropdown); or a specific day or month after award is earned (enter the corresponding value in the applicable box). If you select an expiry, select the checkbox to Notify before the expiry and enter a corresponding number and choose a time from the dropdown.
Step 8 (a-e)
Under Choose Award Image, decide if your award will use an image: From Existing Library or if you will Upload New Icon. Select the applicable button.
Step 8a
From Existing Library allows you to browse the images you have already used for awards and select one to use in the new award. The pop-up menu will present you with the images; use the radio button next to the image you want and choose Select. Once selected, the image appears underneath the box.
Step 8b
Upload New Icon allows you to browse your device and select an image you want to use for your award. Follow your devices settings to find and select the desired file. Once selected, the image appears underneath the box.
Step 8c
The Create Your Own Award Image hyperlink takes you to a 3rd Party site (Openbadges.me) where you can register and create your own badge images. The Instructional Technology Team does not provide support with this external website. Support for OpenBadges can be found on their homepage.
Step 8d
If creating a certificate, you must select a file for your certificate template under Choose Certificate Template. You can select either From Existing Library to use a template you’ve already used before or Upload New Template to upload a new template.
Step 9
Under Issuer Information, enter your name and email address. For the required URL, you can use https://d2l.arizona.edu or any other website’s URL you want to appear with the issuer information.
Note
The https:// protocol is required with the URL. You must include it in order to proceed.
Step 10
By default, the checkbox for Use this award in “Course Site Name” now is selected. If you don’t want the award to be available, deselect the checkbox.
Step 11
Select Save and Close.
Add or Remove Awards to a Course
Step 1
Select Course Awards.
Step 2
Select Add Award to Course.
Step 3
Select the checkbox(es) of the award(s) you want to add.
Step 4
Select Add.
Edit Existing Awards
Step 1
Select Course Awards.
Step 2
In the list of awards, search for the award you want to edit and, under the award image, select Edit Award.
Step 3
Perform the desired edits.
Step 4
Select Save.
Note
Changes made to an award apply to all instances of the award, including to users who have already been awarded the award.
Award Release Conditions
Step 1
Select Course Awards.
Step 2
In the list of awards, search for the award you want to enter release conditions for, under the award image, select Edit Properties.
Step 3
Under Release Conditions, select Create.
Step 4
Under the Condition Type dropdown, select the release condition from the available menu.
Step 5
Depending on the release condition selected, you may have Condition Details to enter via the available dropdown. Select the applicable option for the release condition you desire.
Step 6
Select Create.
Step 7 (optional)
If desired, add additional release conditions. If multiple release conditions have been given, you must select via the available dropdown: all conditions must be met or any condition must be met. You may also select the number of credits to give an awardee.
Step 8
Select the checkbox for Award is hidden until earned if you wish to hide the award until earned.
Step 9
When done, select Save.
Manually Issue or Revoke Awards
Step 1
From Awards, select Classlist Awards.
Step 2
Using the checkbox(es) to the left of the student(s) from the classlist, select the students you wish to issue or revoke an award for.
Step 3
Select either Issue or Revoke.
Step 3a
If issuing an award, the pop-up menu asks you to select via the dropdown which award you are giving and then enter evidence for the award, which is visible to the student. Select Issue when done.
Step 3b
If revoking an award, the pop-up menu asks you to select an award to revoke via the dropdown and supply a reason via the text entry box.
Share an Award
Note
Awards can be shared on LinkedIn or sent to others to view with a public link.
Step 1
From Awards, select the Share link.
Step 2
From the pop-up menu, select either Badgr Backpack, LinkedIn, or Create Link.
Step 3
In the next menu, select Share to Badgr/LinkedIn or copy the link to your clipboard via Copy Link.
Step 4
Select Close when done.