Awarding Digital Badges to Increase Engagement - Canvas Badges

Integrate Canvas Badges

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

Before install Badgr, you need: 

• Canvas account as a teacher role. 
• Badgr account: https://badgr.com/ 

(You may use @spu.edu account to login via Microsoft option or create a new badgr account using personal email address.) 

Get consumer key and shared secret key 

1. Login Badgr:  https://badgr.com 

       Click Sign with Microsoft if you use SPU account.

      2. Navigate to your icon on the top right corner and click Privacy and security. 

     3. Choose Canvas LTI under App integrations. 

     4. You will see your consumer key and shared secret key. TIPS: keep this page open until you finish the integration. 

Build connection between Badgr and Canvas 

1. Login Canvas and navigate to the course you want to install Badgr. 
2. Go to Settings [1] from the navigation bar. 
3. Open Apps tab [2] and search “badgr” [3] in the search box. 
4. Open badgr US [4]

      5. Click “+ Add App” button. 

      6. Paste consumer key and shared secret key you got from the last section.

      7. Click Add app. 

      8. Refresh Canvas page and you can see Badges from the course navigation bar. 

Configure Badgr and Canvas Badges 

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. Login Badgr US :  https://badgr.com 
2. Open the tab of Issuers 
3. Click the button of Create issuer 

      4. Fill in issuer info (the issuer’s email will be needed when you setup Canvas Badges in Canvas.) 

Connect the issuer with Canvas Badges 

After creating an issuer in badgr.com, instructors need to login Canvas to finalize the settings in Canvas. 

1. Open Badges 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. 

Create 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

1. 1. 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. 

Award Badges

 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... 

Depending on the module item type, requirements include up to five options: 

1. View the item 
2. Mark as done 
3. Contribute to the page 
4. Submit the assignment 
5. Score at least 

• 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 Canvas Course Badges

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 Canvas Badges too. 

• Go to Badges [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 the module completion requirements. 

Check Student Progress 

• Navigate to Badges 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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