Awarding Digital Badges to Increase Engagement - Credentials

Integrate Canvas Credentials 

As an instructor, you can install Credentials at the course level. 

Before install Credentials, you need: 

• Canvas account as a teacher role

• Client ID: Canvas Credentials US - 170000000000727 

Step 1. View App Configurations. 

• Go to the Settings link [1] from the course navigation. 

• Click the App [2] tab. 
• Click the View App Configurations button [3]. 

Step 2. Click the Add App button. 

Step 3. Add App.

• Choose By Client ID [1] as Configuration Type. 
• Copy and paste the Client ID [2]. 
• Submit [3]. 

Step 4. Install and refresh.

• Credentials will be loaded in your course navigation after installation. You may need to refresh Canvas course page before you see Credentials on the course navigation. 

Configure Badgr and Canvas Credentials 

In this step, we will create an issuer and digital badges in Badgr US. Badgr US is a platform that stores your data and supports supports open standards like Open Badges, making it compatible with various badge-issuing platforms and ensuring that the badges earned are verifiable and shareable across different systems.

Login Badgr US

• Navigate to Badgr US: https://badgr.com 

• Sign in via Microsoft using SPU’s email account.  

Creating an Issuer 

A badge issuer profile describes an organization or individual responsible for issuing    badges. An issuer could represent an individual, a course or instructor, a department, school or organization. Instructors may create issuers for courses or create an issuer to represent yourself. 

1. Open the tab of Issuers 
2. Click the button of Create issuer 

      3. Fill in issuer info (The issuer’s email will be used as a verification for connecting Canvas Credentials and Badgr US.) 

Connect the issuer with Canvas Credentials 

After creating an issuer in Badgr US, instructors can build a connection between the issuer and Canvas Credentials. 

1. Open Credentials from your course navigation bar. 
2. Verify your email (this is the email you used to create the issuer). 
3. Select the issuer you want to connect to this course.
4. Authorize Canvas Credentials access your badgr.com account. 

Create Digital Badges 

1. Login Badgr US:  https://badgr.com 
2. Select Issuers from the top navigation bar. 
3. Select the issuer you would like to create a badge for and click View issuer  
4. Select the Create badge button.

      5. Add basic information, upload badge image, and earning criteria. 

1. 1. You can upload a designed badge image (Recommended specifications for badge images) or you can design a badge using icon maker or you can design a badge by clicking design a badge 

                 b. Criteria URL or text. What must be done to earn the badge.

                     Note: URL is *not required* if you enter text into the criteria field. If a URL is included, it should be publicly accessible, not behind a login such as a Canvas course. 

      6. Additional information

     a. In the Expiration section, you may add an expiration data when authoring a badge. The expiration date is relative to the badge award date. For example, if the badge is created with a 1-month expiration and is awarded on January 1, the badge will expire on February 1. If the same badge is awarded on March 1, it will expire on April 1. 

Setup the Path for Earning Badges in Canvas

Add Completion Requirements to a Module 

After you associate a badge to a module, you need to add completion requirements. Canvas can award the badge to students who complete the defined requirements of the module. 

Note: You cannot add requirements until you have added module items, such as assignment, pages... 

• Locate the module and click the Options icon [1]. And select Edit link [2]. 

• Add module completion requirements by clicking “Add requirement” link.  To require students to complete all requirements listed on the Edit Module Settings page to earn a badge, click “Students must complete all of these requirements” option. 

• Click the button of Update Module.

If you change module requirements that students have already fulfilled and earn the badge, Canvas will revoke the badge from student’s end and award the badge again until they complete the new requirements.

Setup Badges for Canvas Course

After you created digital badges in Badgr US under the issuer you connected with Canvas, you could use them through Canvas Credentials.  

Canvas can award digital badges to students when they meet the requirements you set in the course. You also can check student’s progress from Credentials too. 

• Go to Credentials [1] from the course navigation bar. 
• Go to Setup tab [2] and click tab of Badges [3]. 
• Click the tab of Add Canvas Course Badges [4]. 
• You can use the drop-down to choose which badge will be awarded automatically when students meet a specific module completion requirement. 

Check Student Progress 

• Navigate to Credentials from the course navigation bar. 

• Select the Progress tab. 
• You can check each student’s progress based on each badge earning status. Or you can check badge progress. Canvas badges provides different views for instructors to understand student learning. 

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