Awards
The Awards tool may be used by an instructor to give you a special badge or certificate for accomplishing certain tasks in a course.
When you earn an Award, a pop-up message will appear in Brightspace. You can review all of your earned Awards by visiting the link to the tool in the 'More Tools' menu. For more information on Classlist, check out D2L's documentation here.
Viewing Awards
View Awards
On the navbar, select Awards.
To see the awards you've already earned, click My Awards.
To filter the awards that appear, click All, Badges, or Certificates.
To view all the awards you've earned in the courses you have participated in, select Include awards from other courses.
To view the other awards that you have not yet earned in the course, click View Available Awards.
Share Awards
Depending on how your instructor set up Awards in the course, you could be able to share your awards. Here are some steps on how to share your Awards from Brightspace:
Navigate to your course in Brightspace
Select More Tools then Awards
Click on the Share text below the Award you wish to share
Select one of the Share options to share your award
Share to Profile: Adds your Award to your profile and allows other users who are logged in to Brightspace to see the Award on your Brightspace Profile.
Share to LinkedIn: Allows you to log in to your LinkedIn account and then share your Award as a post on your account.
Create Link: Creates a public webpage for your Award so you can share it with anyone through a link.
Print/Download a Certificate
Some courses may include a certificate upon completion of the course. You can download and print the certificate by doing the following:
Navigate to your course in Brightspace
Select More Tools then Awards
Click on your Certificate
Select Generate Certificate
From there, your certificate will download as a protected PDF. You can then open the PDF in almost any program and print the certificate.
Please note that some certification courses will print and mail your certificate to you.
FAQs
Why can't I access my Award?
Some instructors may add a expiration date to the Awards that they issue in their course. Once this date has been reached, you may no longer access the award to print or share. If you believe this is in error, you will need to reach out to the instructor to request an extension on the Award.
Who can see my Award when I share it via 'Create Link'?
Only users that have the link to your Award can see it, so you can share the link by copying it from Brightspace or by going to the webpage and copying the URL.
How can other Brightspace users see my Brightspace Profile?
Only users that are in your course can see your profile by clicking on it through Discussion Posts or through the Classlist.