Manually awarding badges in Badgr

Manually awarding badges in Badgr

You can manually award a badge to an earner or group of earners, with optional Narrative or Evidence links, from your account at Badgr.com.
Manually awarded badges from Badgr.com do not appear in the Badgr for Canvas LTI app. Visit our Bulk Award page for more information about awarding badges to groups of recipients. 

Once a badge has been awarded, its data is baked and unchangeable. If you are made aware of a necessary change to a badge after it has been awarded to an individual (such as an error in the spelling of a name), you can make this change by first revoking the badge, and then awarding it again with the correct data.

Manually awarding a single badge
  1. Login into Badgr.com and select the Issuers tab from the navigation pane at the top of the screen.
  2. Select the issuer of the badge you would like to award.
  3. Select the Badge you would like to award.
  4. Select Award Badge.

























Badge Award page
  1. Enter the recipient name (optional)
  2. Enter an email address into the Recipient Information field for whom you wish to award a badge.
    1. You may also award a badge to a URL or phone number.
  3. Evidence may be optionally included (see below).
  4. To send a notification email to the earner, along with a copy of their badge, use the Notify Recipient by Email checkbox.
  5. Click the Award Badge button.


      






















Optionally Including a Narrative or Evidence with a badge award 
Learn more about using Evidence in Open BadgesNarrative text supports Markdown and may consist of personalized information about the award including a writing sample or other reference, or observations/commentary supplied by the issuer. Evidence URLs are typically linked to learning artifacts. These links could go to a published article, a YouTube video, or an online project or photo gallery. 
  1. Enter the recipient information.
  2. Select the Narrative and/or Evidence button(s).
    1. For the overall Narrative, you may use Markdown formatting to add more information to the badge.
    2. For Evidence Items, each may include an external URL, a narrative, or both. The narrative of each item often is used to describe what is found at the URL so a badge consumer understands what the content is before viewing.
    3. Enter information into the appropriate field(s).
    4. There is one overall Narrative and as many Evidence items as you wish.
    5. Select the Award Badge button to finish the process and award the badge.
Badgr recipient information   Badgr additional information write example   


View the awarded badge
  1. To view the awarded badge, go to the Issuer Detail page.
  2. Find the badge under Issuer Badges, then select the badge you wish to view.
  3. Select Awards tab below the badge.
  4. To view all recipients select Include Revoked and Expired Badges boxes.


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