Consider awarding badges for accomplishing a goal, demonstrating key skills or understanding.
Create badges for skill mastery that require task list completion to achieve it.
Allow students to "turn themselves in" to be considered for a badge.
Don't forget to include IN THE MOMENT badges that are more whimsical and fun! 💡
Reward your staff and students with a token of achievement, digital badges!
BADGES CAN BE USED:
In an email signature
Shared via social networking
To trade in for a reward
Posted on a Leaderboard
Printed and framed
Placed on a refrigerator!
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Share your moments of pride, get everyone in the spirit of fun skill building and competition!
This screencast will take you through all of the steps to build your own digital badges in Google Drawings.
You can create your own, click on the link above to get a quick copy of a blank Google Drawing you can try your draw skills with!
Once your own base model for a badge is created, then you can Make a Copy and redesign it in the activity below...
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Then comes the easy part, click on the link above to get an already created badge, but practice redesigning it.
Screencast on HOW TO do it!
STEPS:
In your Google Drawing of your digital badge...
Go to File--->Download
Download as PNG or JPEG (*PNG has more DPI, FYI, LOL!)
Go to your Leader Board in GSheets
Select "Insert Image in Cell" then Upload the Image
PRO TIP: Upload the newly created badge image file into a folder in Google Drive so you have access to it no matter what device you are on... you can issue your badges via email and insert it into the leaderboard from anywhere on any device!