Badges settings: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:09, 11 June 2019

Individual user settings

A user can manage badges from Navigation>My profile>My badges.
A user can view available course badges from Navigation>Current course>Badges.

Viewing course badges

Viewing the badges of other users

A student can view other students' course badges by going to Navigation>Participants and clicking on the course profile of a chosen user. Badges are visible in the short (course) profile.

Course administration settings

A teacher can add and manage badges in their course if the administrator has enabled course badges in Site administration>Badges settings.
They will see a link to badges in Course administration>Badges. where badges may be managed and added.

Site administration settings

Badges are enabled by default and can be disabled in 'Advanced features' in the Site administration. (Note that disabling the feature once badges have been awarded does not prevent those badges being verified by external backpacks.)
The site settings for badges are located in 'Badges' in the Site administration.
From 'Backpack settings' you can select the active external backpack.

Default badge issuer

Here you set the name and email address of the issuer. The name will appear where the badges are displayed and might typically be the name of the organization.

Salt for hashing recipient's email address

If a hash is used (numbers and letters only) then backpack services can confirm a badge earner without exposing their email address.

Enable course badges

Ticking this box will allow teachers to add and manage badges in their courses.

Backpack settings

New feature
in Moodle 3.8! In Moodle 3.7 onwards, backpack.openbadges.org or badgr.io can be set as the external backpack for users to connect to.

Note that the Mozilla Open Badges service is due to be transitioned to Badgr in the near future. Open Badges users will then receive notification emails advising them to move their badges from Open Badges to Badgr.

For new 3.7 sites, it is recommended to set badgr.io as the active external backpack.
For upgraded 3.7 sites with users who previously connected to the Open Badges backpack, it is recommended to leave the active external backpack as backpack.openbadges.org until users receive notification emails about moving their badges to Badgr.

Badges capabilities

There are a number of capabilities associated with badges:

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 ==Site administration settings==
-*Badges are enabled by default and can be disabled in 'Advanced features' in the Site administration. (Note that disabling the feature once badges have been awarded does not prevent those badges being verified by external backpacks.)
+* Badges are enabled by default and can be disabled in 'Advanced features' in the Site administration. (Note that disabling the feature once badges have been awarded does not prevent those badges being verified by external backpacks.)
+* The site settings for badges are located in 'Badges' in the Site administration.
-{{New features}}
+*From 'Backpack settings' you can select the active external backpack.
-*The site settings for badges are located in 'Badges; in the Site administration.
-*From 'Backpack settings' you can select the active external  backpack, for example Badgr
-*From 'Manage Backpacks' you can view and edit the list of backpacks
 ===Default badge issuer===
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 If a hash is used (numbers and letters only) then backpack services can confirm a badge earner without exposing their email address.
-===Enable connection to external backpacks===
+===Enable course badges===
+Ticking this box will allow teachers to add and manage badges in their courses.
+===Backpack settings===
-This should be enabled in order to connect to an external backpack provider such as the [https://badgr.io Badgr backpack].
+{{New features}}In Moodle 3.7 onwards, ''backpack.openbadges.org'' or ''badgr.io'' can be set as the external backpack for users to connect to.
-===Enable course badges===
+Note that the Mozilla Open Badges service is due to be transitioned to Badgr in the near future. Open Badges users will then receive notification emails advising them to move their badges from Open Badges to Badgr.
-Ticking this box will allow teachers to add and manage badges in their courses.
+* For new 3.7 sites, it is recommended to set badgr.io as the active external backpack.
+* For upgraded 3.7 sites with users who previously connected to the Open Badges backpack, it is recommended to leave the active external backpack as backpack.openbadges.org until users receive notification emails about moving their badges to Badgr.
 ==Badges capabilities==

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