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Awards can be used in Brightspace to indicate to a student that they have reached a course milestone through a digital badge or PDF certificate. They can also be shared outside of Brightspace as a way for students to show their achievements more publicly.
There are two steps to building an award in Brightspace: creating the award itself and then attaching conditions.
Go to the course
Click on other Course Tools and then Awards
At the top, click on Course Awards
Click on Add Award to Course
Click on Create
Enter award name, description, and criteria. If the award is shared publicly, anyone the student shares this award with will see this
Choose the award type:
Badge: shows a small badge-icon
Certificate: shows an actual certificate
Under Availability, choose to Make this award available to all of my courses
If applicable, choose an expiration date under Expiry. Choose:
Fixed date
Time period after earning the award
Relative day of the month
Under Choose Award Image, choose From Existing Library. Do not choose Upload New Icon.
If you can’t find an icon there that matches your specific needs, email cite@sjf.edu with a request for a new award icon to be created. DePeters Family Center will work with Marketing & Communication to create a new icon and make it available for use campus wide.
Under Issuer Information, enter in
Issuer Name (most likely the instructor name)
Issuer URL (enter in sjf.edu)
Issuer Contact (enter in the instructor email address).
Click Save and Close
Click on the Edit Properties option below the Award created
Choose if the award is to be hidden until earned
Click on the Create button under Release Conditions
Choose Condition Type (i.e. grade value on a grade item)
Choose Condition Detail (i.e. the specific grade item you want to use)
Set Criteria (i.e. greater than 90%)
Click Create
Click Save
Once an instructor adds an award to a course, set whether or not students have the ability to share the award to LinkedIn. Ensure that any awards created are creditable and worthy of distribution as students may decide to share awards to LinkedIn and beyond Brightspace. In order to determine if an award should be distributed on LinkedIn and other platforms, consider the following questions:
Does this award mean something to potential employers?
Is this award something students would want to display on their LinkedIn profile?
Does the award title, description, and criteria reflect the academic rigor we expect at St. John Fisher University?
The setting to make the award available on LinkedIn lives in the Awards tool under Course Awards. At the top of the page, there is a checkbox that needs to be checked.
View student awards by clicking on the Classlist Awards tab from the Awards tool area. Once students meet the criteria of the award, they'll be alerted of the award via email, a pop-up message in Brightspace, and a notification in Brightspace. Students can share their awards to Linkedin from Brightspace.
When using educational technology tools, be FERPA aware. To learn more, visit the Registrar's FERPA Guidelines site.