Creating Badges

The awards tool built within D2L can be used to create Badges that show achievement within your course.  D2L provides a library of images that you can use when creating badges, or use your own. Badges can be used for many different achievements in your course.  

Step-by-Step: 

1. Click on Reports
2. Click on Awards
3. Click on Course Awards
4. Click on Add Award to Course
5. Click on Create
6. Enter a Name and Description for your badge  
7. For Award Type, be sure it is on Badge
8. Under Availability, you have the following options: (Recommend, default Make this award available to all of my courses)
   
   
   
9. Under Choose Award Image, you have the following options: From Existing Library, Upload a New Icon, or Create your own award image using the built-in badge builder.
   
   (For help on personalizing your badges, contact us at mycourses4faculty@spcollege.edu)
   
   
   
10. Under Issuer Information, you can personalize this information with your Name, URL, and Contact information.
    
11. Click on Save and Close
12. You will now see your Badge, click on Edit Properties
    
13. If you are issuing Credits, enter the number of credits. (Not very common for badges)
    
14. Decide if you want the Award hidden until earned
    
    
    • Hidden- Can't see the badge until earned
      
      
    • Not Hidden - Badge greyed out until earned. Under Release Conditions, click on Create. (This is where you are going to decide how a student is going to earn this badge. You can add several conditions for each badge.)
      
      
      
15. Under Release Conditions, click on Create. (This is where you are going to decide how a student is going to earn this badge. You can add several conditions for each badge.) 
16. Click on Save, when all your conditions have been added