Certificates & Badges

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Presentation at the National eXtension Conference, 24-27 March 2014, Sacramento, CA on the subject of recognizing learning through issuing certificates and badges in Moodle.

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Certificates and Badges to Recognize Online Learning

Larry Lippke

National eXtension Conference

26 March 2014

Campus History

• Certificates offered by 163 active courses

• >35,300 certificates issued since 2008

• 17,900 on 1 course—4Hers showing animals in Nebraska

Types of Requirements

• None• Minutes• Grades• Activity completion• Time window

Options

• Notification to teachers or others• Can include date, code, grade, credit

hours, teacher’s name, logo, signature image

• Custom border/background image

Badges

• Represented by digital image• Associated metadata: name,

description, issuer, expiration date, criteria, evidence, tags

• Store locally or transfer to backpack• Publish to other sites from backpack

Uses of Badges

• Set goals• Motivate behavior• Represent achievement• Communicate success

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