Badge criteria
  • 01 Feb 2022
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Badge criteria


Article Summary

Site badge criteria

Site-level badges can be issued based on one, or a combination of, criteria.

In order to be able to award a site badge based on completing one or more courses, completion tracking needs to be enabled on the site and in relevant courses. In each course, activity completion must be set for the chosen activities, which must be then checked in the course completion settings.

CriteriaDescriptionNotes

Manual issue by role

Select which system-level roles can manually award the badge to specific users. 

Choose from Any or All of the selected roles.

Badges are awarded via the Recipients tab within the Manage Badges area.

This criterion is typically used where badges recognise behaviours outside of the system or soft skills demonstrated across different areas of the site.

Completing a set of courses

Select one or several courses which must be completed in order to earn the badge.

Use Ctrl+select to select multiple courses.

Profile completion

Select which profile field(s) must be populated for the badge to be awarded.

Standard and custom profile fields may be used.

Audience membership

Select which audience(s) a user must belong to, in order to be awarded the badge.

Please see What is an audience? for more information.

Program completion

Select which program(s) and/or certification(s) a user must complete in order to be awarded the badge.

Please see programs and certifications for more information.

Course badge criteria 

Course-level badges can be issued based on one or a combination of criteria.

For badges to be awarded based on completion of courses, Completion tracking must be enabled in the site and the courses.

Criteria
Description
Notes

Manual issue by role

Select which course-level roles can manually award the badge to specific users. 

Choose from Any or All of the selected roles.

Badges are awarded via the Recipients tab within the Manage Badges area.

This criteria is typically used where badges are recognising behaviours outside of the course or soft skills demonstrated within the course environment.

Course completion

Enter a minimum grade or complete by date which must be met by a user in order to earn the badge.

Add a Description of the criterion/criteria to provide more information on how the badge was earned.

Activity completion

Select which activity(s) must be completed for the badge to be awarded.

Choose from Any or All of the selected activities.

Add a Description of the criterion/criteria to provide more information on how the badge was earned.

C016 - Badges(2)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Open badges in Totara. Here you can learn more on how to use open badges, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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