The Credentials menu section organizes platform features that help manage badges awarded to Students. Review the Badge Manager article for additional information about the Badge Manager.
Credentialing Life Cycle
A badge is a credential that allows students to demonstrate specific skills gained through various educational experiences. Institution Admins can create badges manually in the platform via the Badge Manager or in bulk via the Badge API. Once created, the Badge Assertion Badge Process can optionally be used to award badges in bulk; if bulk awarding is not performed, the platform awards a badge once the student meets the configured award criteria. Once awarded, students receive an email notification to claim their new digital badge.
Award Criteria
Badges can be associated with courses or co-curriculars via the experience's Details page. When associated with an experience, badges are configured with specific award criteria to define when a student is deemed eligible to receive a badge.
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Experience Enrollment & Completion |
Badges configured with this award criteria are aligned to an experience, and students will be awarded the badge on the term end date, given they are enrolled in the course or co-curricular activity and have completed it. |
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Multiple Experience Enrollment & Completion |
Badges configured with this award criteria are aligned to an experience, and students will be awarded the badge on the term end date, provided they are enrolled, have completed the course or co-curricular activity, and have also completed the additional associated course(s) and/or co-curricular activity(s) defined when the award criteria was configured. |
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Successful CLO Assessment |
Badges configured with this award criteria are aligned to an experience, and students will be awarded the badge upon successful assessment of specific Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) which are completed on the last day of class for the following term and are awarded then. |
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None |
Badges not aligned with an experience enrollment/completion or CLO assessment do not have award criteria and can be awarded at any time only through the Badge Assertion Batch Process. |
How Badges Are Awarded
The platform offers multiple options for awarding completion badges when a student is enrolled in and completes a course section or a co-curricular section.
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Data Files: This method awards completion-based badges. The badge will be awarded on the current term-end date.
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CLO Assessment Aligned: These badges also utilize the data files, but are awarded at the end of a successful CLO assessment, which completes on the last day of class for the following term.
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Platform Enrollment Import Process: Unlike data files, this process can award badges before the term end date. Learn more:
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Badge Batch Assertion Process: Use this process for badges that are not aligned to course or co-curricular enrollment or to a term. These badges can be awarded at any time through the badge batch assertion process. Learn more.
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The badge award criteria is Experience Enrollment & Completion |
The student was enrolled and completed the experience by the term end date |
The badge is completion-based and will be automatically awarded on the term end date. |
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The badge award criteria is Multiple Experience Enrollment & Completion |
The student was enrolled and completed the experience by the term end date as well as the additionally configured associated experiences |
The badge is completion-based and will be automatically awarded on the term end date. |
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The badge is aligned with an experience and is completion-based but needs to be awarded before the term end date |
The student was enrolled in the experience before the term end date |
The badge can be awarded before the term end date by using the platform’s enrollment import/export template process. |
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The badge award criteria is Successful CLO Assessment |
The student successfully completed the specific Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) |
The badge will be automatically awarded upon successful assessment of specific Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs), which completes on the last day of class for the following term. |
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The badge is not aligned to course or co-curricular enrollment or to a term |
The badge award criteria is None |
The badge can be awarded at any time through the Badge Batch Assertion Process. |
FAQ
Are the public URLs for badges only for a specific badge for a specific student, or is there a link to a list view?
The public URL is specific to the student and the specific badge.
How are privacy concerns around what is exposed via the public URL handled?
HelioCampus follows the Open Badges v2.0 certification through 1EdTech.
What information appears on the public URL for awarded badges?
Badge image, badge title, student’s name, who issued the badge, keywords, and the award criteria.