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25th September 2015

Badges, Certificates and Achievements in Blackboard

Matthew Deeprose Bb Assessment, Bb Badges, Blackboard, How to… Bb Guides for students 0 Comments

As you use your Blackboard course you may find that you received achievements in the form of certificates or badges.

What can you achieve?

1. You can view what achievements may be possible by clicking on the achievements menu in your course (if your instructor has added this menu) or by clicking on Tools and then achievements.

Possible achievements

2. When viewing achievements that you have not yet earned you can click on the noted icons to

1) see what the requirements are to be awarded the achievements

2) the details of the achievement

Achievement Unlocked!

3. When you unlock an achievement you will be immediately notified within Blackboard. Click on View Now.

Certificate

4. If you have received a certificate you may print it by clicking on the print icon.

Dat Certificate

5. To print the certificate click on Print Certificate.

25th September 2015

Achievements, Badges, and Certificates in Blackboard

Matthew Deeprose Bb Assessment, Bb Badges, Blackboard 0 Comments

Instructors can reward students on their Blackboard courses with achievements in the form of badges and certificates. These can be set up so that students receive the badge or certificate when they have fulfilled certain criteria that the instructor has set, for example achieving a certain level in a test, completing certain course activities, and participating in group work.

In non-academic uses of Blackboard badges and achievements can be used to demonstrate extra-curricular activities.

Creating an achievements menu in your Blackboard course

If you plan to use badges and achievements it’s a good idea to have a special menu item that will allow students to see all the badges and achievements they could possibly earn within your course.

Rewarding students with badges, certificates, and achievements

This guide demonstrates how to create achievements with badges and certificates for your Blackboard course.

Student Guide to Blackboard achievements

Badges, Certificates and Achievements in Blackboard

This guide for students covers receiving a reward and putting it into their Open Backpack.

25th September 2015

Creating an achievements menu in your Blackboard course

Matthew Deeprose Bb Assessment, Bb Badges, Blackboard, eLearn Review 0 Comments

If you plan to use badges and achievements it’s a good idea to have a special menu item that will allow students to see all the badges and achievements they could possibly earn within your course.

Plus icon

1. Enter your Blackboard course.

2. To do this ensure the Edit Mode is enabled and click on the Plus (+) icon at the top left of your course menu.

Tool Link

3. From the menu that appears choose Tool Link.

Achievements

4. Type in a name of your choice.

5. From the Type dropdown menu choose Achievements.

6. Tick Available to Users.

7. Click on Submit.

8. Move your newly created menu item to the position your would like it to have in your menu.

Success!

9. Now when students click on this menu they will see what achievements they have earned and what achievements they could earn.

25th September 2015

Rewarding students with badges, certificates, and achievements

Matthew Deeprose Bb Assessment, Bb Badges, Blackboard 0 Comments

Instructors can reward students on their Blackboard courses with achievements in the form of badges and certificates. These can be set up so that students receive the badge or certificate when they have fulifilled certain criteria that the instructor has set, for example achieving a certain level in a test, completing certain course activities, and participating in group work.

This guide demonstrates how to create achievements and badges for your Blackboard course.

Choose Content Area

1. Enter your Blackboard course.

2. Check that Edit Mode is set to On.

3. Enter a content area where you wish to hold the achievement.

Achievements

4. Hover over the Tools menu and choose Achievements.

Name

5. Enter the name for the achievement; pick a colour if you wish.

Location

6. The location of the achievement will be automatically set as the content area you were in at step 4 above.

Visibilty and Description

8. Choose whether you would like for students to know that this achievement is attainable by setting the Visible to students before receiving option. If you wish for students to know about this achievement before they have earned it select Yes. If you wish students not to be aware of this achievement until they have earned it select No.

9. Enter a description about this achievement.

10. Click on Define Triggers.

Achievement Type

7. Choose the type of achievement you wish to give.

Course Completion: A certificate reward is given, optionally a badge can be given too. A certificate can be printed out. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

Milestone: A badge is given. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

Custom: The reward could be a badge or a certificate. A certificate can be printed out. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

La Règle du jeu

11. Next we define the rules that must be met in order to qualify for the achievement. Multiple rules can be created that must all be met in order to qualify. Rules are created one at a time.

12. Choose the name for your rule.

Criteria

13. Next we will go through the different types of criteria you can use to determine whether a student qualifies to receive the achievement. You can use any of the following criteria for each rule you create.

14. The date setting allows you to choose a specific due date for the achievement to be awarded. If students meet the criteria after the due date they would not qualify for the achievement.

15. Membership. Here you can select that the students have to have a certain username (i.e. the achievement is only available to certain students) or belong to a group. To use the group feature you should already have created the groups in your Blackboard course.

More criteria

16. Grade. This allows you to set that the student must have achieved a certain graded outcome via the Grade Centre. For example achieving a 70% or above in a test. If you set a grade rule click on Add Item. You may then add further grade rules if you wish.

17. Review status. Set that students must have reviewed certain content in order to obtain this achievement. You should have set review status on those content items already.

Another rule?

18. Choose to add another rule, or click Select Reward.

The Big Issue

19. Set the Name of the Issuer of the badge. The default is University of Southampton but you can change this.

20. If you wish you may set the badge or certificate to only be valid for a limited time.

Certificate, badge, or both?

21. Select the Certificate image and badge image as appropriate. Remember that for…

Course Completion: A certificate reward is given, optionally a badge can be given too. A certificate can be printed out. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

Milestone: A badge is given. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

Custom: The reward could be a badge or a certificate. A certificate can be printed out. A badge can be sent to Open Backpack.

22. Note that you may upload your own badge image if you wish.

23. The “publish to mozilla” functionality is no longer working.

24. Click on Save and Exit.

Success!

25. Your achievement is shown together with an indication of how many of your students could currently qualify to receive it.

Student View

26. When students view the Achievements menu item you added in the previous guide they will see what achievements they could earn.