How to award digital badges using the DSC Badgr Account

  1. First create an account using Badgr US and make sure to log in to your account in order to accept the invitation.
  2. You will receive an invitation from Canvas Credentials saying “you have been invited to be an editor for the University of Victoria Libraries -Digital Scholarship Commons”. View and Accept the invitation.
  3. Once you have accepted the invitation and see the DSC as a personal issuer
  4. Click on the View issuer, this will show the list of badges that we currently offer.
  5. Next, select the badge you wish to issue.
  6. Click the Award badge button.
  7. Copy and paste the email address of the badge earner in the identifier email address. Then press the Award badge button.
  8. Once you have awarded the badge to the workshop participant send this message to the email address provided (copy and paste the message below) from the DSC email, do not use your personal email.
Great job! Here is your badge:
______**Add the link to the badges for the learner**_______

Here are instructions on how to add your badge to your LinkedIn certifications: https://lib.uvic.ca/badges

If you would like to check out some of our other DSC workshops, you can see what we have coming up here: https://lib.uvic.ca/curric

Lastly, we'd love to get your feedback on what aspect of the workshop was most helpful to you, and what we might do to improve it: https://lib.uvic.ca/eval

Cheers, _________

P.S. Never forget that learning is not a spectator sport!

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