Badges can be used to highlight student achievement, professional development, and skill-based learning across academic and co-curricular experiences.
What You Can Do with Digital Badges
- Offer Digital Badges in Your Program
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- Recognize student learning and achievement
- Integrate badges into courses, programs, or activities
- Design and Develop Digital Credentials
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- Create badges aligned with learning outcomes
- Build pathways and stackable credentials
- Join the Community of Practice
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- Collaborate with faculty and staff across campus
- Share best practices and learn from others
- Join the Community of Practice
Getting Started
- 1. Define your goals and audience
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Identify who the badge is for and what it should recognize
- 2. Design your badge or pathway
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Establish learning outcomes, criteria, and assessments
- 3. Submit for approval
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Work with your college, school, or unit (CSU)
- 4. Award badges to learners
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Issue badges through Accredible
Designing Digital Badges
Academic courses or programs
Co-curricular or extracurricular experiences
Faculty/staff development
Continuing and professional education
Completion Badges
Recognize participation or completion of an activity
Competence Badges
Recognize demonstrated mastery of knowledge or skills based on learning outcomes, assessment and rubrics
Foundation
Milestone
Terminal
Include skills, competencies, and keywords
Align to professional standards or frameworks where applicable
Governance and Approval Process
1. College, School, or Unit (CSU) Review
- Each CSU defines its own approval process
- Faculty and staff propose badges within their unit
- View CSU Badging Contacts
2. Badging Administration Review
- Approved proposals are submitted for final review and setup
- Additional details and resources are available on the Digital Badging SharePoint Site
Badge Issuing
Issuing Platform
Badges are awarded through Accredible
Additional Information
Interest and investment in digital credentials, such as digital badges, comprehensive learner records and microcredentials, are rapidly increasing among higher education institutions, professional associations, employers, learners and training providers. To learn more, explore these relevant organizations: