This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
This Course will walk you through all the steps needed to create a badge for P2PU. It will provide links to all resources needed, including Open Source software, font files, and initial templates. You will need a bit of creativity and a bit of patience if you haven't done any graphics work before.
Background.
Badges are a lightweight, engaging way to recognize learning. At P2PU, we've pioneered the use of badges as assessment. Check out our published paper on the subject. Our badge model even scaled for a pilot of 500 learners with our Webmaking 101 Challenge. We've won grants for our badge program, to boot.
But how do badges actually work? How can you make one?
Say you’re designing a Challenge at P2PU. Or as a learner you notice a skill that’s not currently captured by P2PU’s suite of badges. Check 'em out:
You’d like to make a badge yourself. OK, sweet.
Overview.
The badge creation process has just a few steps. In this Challenge, we will walk you through them.
1.) Identify Skills: what are you assessing?
2.) Select and Design Assessment: who is awarding badge and how?
3.) Create Graphics: what does the badge look like?
4.) Community Review and Implementation: how does the magic happen?
Your Task.
In the comments section below, introduce yourself. How did you learn about badges? What specifically do you need help with?
I am a librarian at a middle school, and I just read an article about using badges in the library which had a lot of helpful links to get started, the link to p2pu being one. In my state we have book award lists where students read a certain number from the list and then vote for their favorite. The book receiving the most votes wins that award and is recognized as the winner in all K-12 schools for that year. I'd like to create a badge for students who qualify to vote. There are four lists with each one created to appeal to a certain age group. Because I have a wide range of readers, my students have the opportunity to read enough to qualify to vote for more than one list. I'd like to create several badges for this library event. One badge for each list they qualify for, and a special badge if they read every book on a list, and another badge if they read enough from each list to be eligible to vote in all three of the lists I promote. One list is strictly for lower elementary students, so I don't promote that one. I do keep very close track of student progress. Every time they read one of the books, take an online quiz about it, and earn a certain score on the quiz, I give them a sticker which they put on a poster in the library. Once they have read the required number of books, we have a "voting party" and all who are eligible particpate in the party and vote for their favorite book. I'd like to reward them at the end of that with a badge that they would place on their online school profile.
Hello!
This accont is made for one Facebook page, which can be just for you, called HEI-ON (Higher Education Institutions Online for ECTS). The project goal is to develop an online tool, intended for the use of any HEI that wishes, which will simplify and facilitate the development and dispatch of ECTS Learning Agreements in an online environment. It will realize itself during the autumn, but until then you can reach all the information on our FB page. Moreover, I would be really happy if you are willing to participate making that project better by answering polls and liking the page or sharing this information between your friends.
https://www.facebook.com/heionproject?fref=ts
I would also appreciate if you find 5 minutes to fill this survey
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGhHRTNnTmVmbzJnbGRlYWFROVRyTWc6MQ#gid=0
I am trying to learn how to improve our Facebook page throw badges and reading this article was the first step.
Big thanks in advance! :)
Hi everyone,
I am a librarian at a public technical college. Our library is seeking ways to engage students with information literacy.
In our educational setting, the library lacks a formal means of assessing and rewarding the development of information literacy because it is not an academic program. Badges seem like a great way to motivate students to improve their research and communication skills in an alternative context.
Eventually, we would like to give our students the ability to post their badges within the learning management system used by our college. We also hope to inspire similar innovation in other departments.
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a online-learning platform for religious education. We are thinking about open educational resources and how to improve the quality and engage people to produce media under creative commons licence.
So i'm looking forward on creating badges and tutorials for this in german
Hi everybody,
My name is Justin, I'm a graphic design student working on my web skills to make myself more marketable when I forge my way into the job world. I discovered badges while I was looking at new projects on Mozilla's website. I'm hooked! I really want to help design badges and find people I can work with and collaborate with on designing them.
Thanks!
Justin
(j.morgan22@gmail.com)
Hello everyone,
My name is Peter Rawsthorne. I have been learning about badges for the past year and have created a whole bunch of online resources for badges; http://criticaltechnology.blogspot.ca/search/label/openbadges. I am also working on a couple of other efforts here at P2Pu and need to become more familiar with how to attach badges to P2Pu challenges. It was suggested I start here.
I look forward to learning a bunch of new stuff...
Hi,
My name is Mark and I'm an IT Coach for an international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. I would like to use badges for students (and possibly teachers) for a variety of skills associated in our 1:1 program. For example, a movie creation beginner badge, etc.
I really like the idea of badges as a way to track the amazing learning students have through our inquiry-based program.
Hi, I'm Kevin. I want to issue badges for people who will participant in designing hands-on engineering lesson plans for kids.
I help lead the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) and have worked with OBI to include badge-related data elements in the standards. I hope to issue badges to participants in an upcoming conference session.
Hey, DubTripYS,
I have no swag to speak of but I do have quite a bit of admiration for the good-natured question you've asked. When and if I ever learn how to make a badge, I'll be sure to create swag badge for you.
Hmmm. Maybe it could look like this?
Thanks!
:-)
Jeff
P2PU blog: The Visitor
Hello!
Here I'm learning about OpenBadges for a new and exciting project
Hello, Laura!
You arrived here in the P2PU Badge Maker challenge a good 9 days before I did. Even so, I hope you'll allow me to send greetings. I look forward to seeing what you've discovered and how you'll apply your new knowledge and skills in the project you're working on.
Thanks!
:-)
Jeff
P2PU blog: The Visitor
Hi, I'm Liz, and I'm trying to work out how we might use open badges in awarding Essential Skills at carnegie College in Scotland.
HI I'm Henry, I found the open badges through Mozilla's projects and I am keen to earn some.
I rul a co-curriculuar collge program and am looking for a way to document learning beyond the classroom.
Hey Im Will,
So I think being awarded with badges is a fantastic idea! Dont You?
Anyways so I got interested in badge creation because to me it seems so interesting to say hey that badge you just earned yeah I made it! haha so I love graphics and a meaning to artwork and where people can earn it? Fantastic!
In the comments section below, introduce yourself. How did you learn about badges? What specifically do you need help with?
Hi I'm Paul I'm a music educator and pianist.
I learned from researching and being a part of this website.
I need help with music education/music/music theory badge ideas.
yolo