Moodle Course Design Best Practices - Second Edition

Creating badge-generating courses

Earning badges upon completion of a level or a course and then displaying them in a cloud-based location as well as on Facebook or other social media sites is just one popular example of the "gamification" of training. Gamifying training helps one motivate learners because, as in the case of video games, one can display their competency as they ascend to different levels. Follow the same steps covered in the previous section to create a certificate-generating course. Then continue with the following steps:

1. In the Site administration menu, click on Badges.
2. Click on Manage badges and then click on the Add a new badge button.
3. After creating a badge, configure the badge's Criteria tab so that it generates a ...