Badges Tab Quick Reference Guide

Audience: Main Admin, Sub Admin, User Group Admin 

Overview

Badges are used to award students for completing specific actions within the LMS. There are two types of badges. System Badges are default badges activated during the LMS setup. Content Badges are badges customized by administrators. System Badges include the following:

• Sherlock Holmes — achieved when the learner searches for a piece of content using Search
• Student — achieved when the learner completes their first piece of content
• Honor Student — achieved when the learner completes 10 pieces of content
• Scholar — achieved when the learner completes 100 pieces of content
• Certified — achieved when the learner completes a piece of content that has a certificate attached

Enabled Permissions Required to Complete the Following Steps

• Badges

Steps to Add a Content Badge

1. From Admin Navigation, click Badges.
2. Click Add New Content Badge.
3. Enter the Title of the badge.
4. Enter the Description of the badge.
5. Click Add.

To activate a Content Badge, it must be associated with a piece of content, a learning track, or a program. For detailed steps, see:

• Content — Content Options Quick Reference Guide
• Learning Tracks Quick Reference Guide
• Programs Quick Reference Guide

Steps to Edit a Content Badge

1. From Admin Navigation, click Badges.
2. Double-click the Content Badge to be edited.
3. Edit the Title of the badge if needed.
4. Edit the Description of the badge if needed.
5. Click the Active check box to activate (deactivate) the badge.
6. Select a From and a To date from the drop-down calendars to set the Date Range. If no dates are selected, the badge does not expire.
7. Choose a file to use as the Badge Image if appropriate.
8. Click Save.

Steps to Duplicate a Content Badge

1. From Admin Navigation, click Badges.
2. Select the Content Badge to duplicate from the list displayed.
3. Click Duplicate.
4. Edit the Title and other fields as appropriate.
5. Click Save.

Steps to Delete a Content Badge

1. From Admin Navigation, click Badges.
2. Select the Content Badge to delete from the list displayed.
3. Click Delete.
4. Click Yes.

Best Practices

To archive (hide) a Content Badge for students who have not earned the badge, admins can set the End Date for a badge to be in the past. This will prevent students from earning the badge moving forward but still allow students who have already earned the badge to view it from their Profile page.

Reach out to the TraCorp Help Desk if you want to add an icon (Badge Image) to the Content Badge.