Steal My Idea - eCornucopia15 Panel Discussion
Badges in Moodle - by Cindy Sifonis
Deciding What To Award
!! Badges should be linked to the learning outcomes of your course!!
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Award badges for behaviors/skills not specifically tied to grades
Award badges for behaviors/activities students are not intrinsically
motivated to engage in
Award badges for class components that are already extrinsically
motivated
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Students report that these badges are acknowledging their hard work and
appreciate the recognition
Beware the overjustification effect
Create Badges
Option 1: Create your own badges
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Must be png
Must not exceed 256 kb
Must be at least 90 x 90
Option 2: Find badges online
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Google image search
Use the search tools
o Type = "clip art" or "line drawing"
o Usage rights = "labeled for reuse" or some variation thereof
Use image editor for size and file type
Option 3: Use/Adapt some of my badges https://www.dropbox.com/s/imw06b7s7p2vic4/Badges.zip?dl=0
Adding Badges To Your Moodle Course
1. In "Course Administration" select badges
2. Choose "Add a new badge"
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Provide the name of the badge
Provide a description of the badge
Save changes
3. Select Criteria Tab
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Select Criteria for earning the badge (manual issue, course completion (automatic),
activity completion (automatic)
4. Select Message Tab
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If desired, adapt the message sent to students notifying them they have earned a
badge.
5. Enable Access (making sure everything is as it should be because it can't be
changed as soon someone earns the badge)
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When manually issuing badge - select students who will be given the badge.
Make sure you are giving the right students the right badge. You can NOT revoke a
badge that has been awarded