Step 3: Awarding Badges
Now that you've created a badge and linked your account, let's integrate it into your Canvas course. Badges act as digital awards, celebrating student accomplishments when they complete specific tasks within modules. You can add one badge or multiple.
- Build your Canvas course modules and set all prerequisites and/or requirements.
- Add your badge(s) to your Canvas course.
Need more detail?
Delve into the in-depth walkthrough below, complete with images and various notes for every step.
In-Depth Walkthrough
You can award a badge for completing any Canvas Module. However, if you create several modules and set each as a prerequisite, students must complete each module to earn the award. Setting prerequisites and requirements within your modules mapped out to your expectations is crucial to ensure badges are awarded correctly.
Requirements can involve completing assignments, passing quizzes, or simply setting module content required to be viewed or marked as done. To set requirements in your modules, follow this Canvas guide on How to add requirements to a module.
1. Navigate to Badges in your course navigation menu.
2. Under the Badge progress tab, Click Manage badges.
3. Select Add badge to assign a badge to your module. Choose the module you expect students to complete.
4. From the drop-down menu, choose the badge you have created.
5. Select Canvas integration to trigger an automatic badge award when learners complete the assigned criteria.
6. In the Specify Requirements section, choose the course module students must complete to earn the badge.
7. From the Trigger type menu, select Complete item.
8. Define when students receive the badge: immediately upon meeting the requirements or on a specific date.
9. Once you've defined the badge criteria, click Add Badge to integrate it into your module.
10. To check Badge progress and see the students who have earned a badge, go to Badges in your course menu and click the badge link for more details.
11. Follow the steps above to add multiple badges.
FAQ
Can I award multiple Badges in my course?
Yes, Canvas allows awarding one badge per module.
Is it possible to revoke a badge?
Yes, you may revoke a student's badge by following these 3 steps:
1. Find the Badges section in your course and click a badge to open more details.
2. Select the student under Learner progess.
3. Select the three-dot menu in Award Details to revoke. Confirm the revocation when prompted.