building achievments in blackboard

by Emilie Ledner I 4 min read

Access the achievements tool from the Control Panel > Course Tools -OR- from a content area > Tools on the action bar. On the Create Achievement page, provide a name. Select a presentation location . Choose a place in your course where students are likely to earn the badge or certificate.

There are three types of achievements in Blackboard:
  1. Course Completion: The certificate reward is required. An additional badge is optional.
  2. Milestone: The reward can only be a badge.
  3. Custom: The reward can be a badge, certificate, or both.
May 27, 2021

Full Answer

How do I create an achievement in Blackboard?

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What are achievements in Blackboard?

What are achievements? You can use Blackboard achievements to create opportunities for students to earn recognition for their work. You designate criteria for issuing achievements to students in the form of both badges and certificates.

How do you view achievements on blackboard?

You make the achievements tool available in courses and organizations using the Administrator Panel. On the Tools page, under Achievements, set its availability.

How do you use badges on blackboard?

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How do I get my certificate of completion on blackboard?

Locate the “YSU Search Committee Compliance Training” Certificate and Click on the “Printer” button next to the certificate. 3. Your Certificate will appear and Click on the “Print Certificate” button located at the end of the certificate.

How do I upload a certificate to Blackboard?

1. In your course/organization Control Panel select the Customization tab and click Tool Availability. 2. Scroll down the list of tools and click the two check boxes for the “Certificate of Completion” and then click Submit.

Achievements Description

  • The achievements description describes the achievement and identifies the criteria students must meet to receive a reward. There are three achievement types: 1. Course Completion: The certificate reward is required. An additional badge is optional. 2. Milestone: The reward can only be a badge. 3. Custom: Badges, certificates, or both are allowed. Achievements is built upon th…
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Reward

  • Each achievement must have at least one reward identified during set up. The reward is the item awarded upon meeting the required criteria. It is given in the form of badges and certificates. Digital badges are an online representation of an acquired skill or a completed educational milestone. It is a digitally signed and verified badge that can't be copied and used by a different l…
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Notification

  • Students are notified immediately they have received an achievement reward. This appears as an overlay notification at the top of the page they are currently viewing. It's possible the student will receive the reward when s/he is elsewhere in the course because an instructor graded an item or manually entered a grade. The overlay notification will appear wherever the student may be withi…
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Sharing

  • When allowed, students can publish their earned badges to their Badgr Backpack. For earned certificates, students can view and print the certificate which displays the issuing organization, the course title, their name, and the date earned.
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Enable and Configure Achievements

  • You make the achievements tool available in courses and organizations using the Administrator Panel. Administrator Panel > Tools and Utilities > Tools On the Tools page, under Achievements, set its availability. After you make the tool available, you can manage achievements directly from the Tools and Utilities module in the Administrator Panel. Administrator Panel > Tools and Utiliti…
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Firewall Considerations

  • When enabling badge publishing to Badgr Backpack, administrators should confirm that there are no firewall restrictions that would prevent the Badgr Backpack server from accessing the URL specified in this configuration.
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Important Notes

  1. Blackboard Learn is a badge issuer to the Badgr Backpack from the Mozilla Open Badge Initiative.
  2. The achievements tool is built upon the content adaptive release technology of Blackboard Learn.
  3. When enabling badge publishing to Badgr Backpack, administrators should confirm that ther…
  1. Blackboard Learn is a badge issuer to the Badgr Backpack from the Mozilla Open Badge Initiative.
  2. The achievements tool is built upon the content adaptive release technology of Blackboard Learn.
  3. When enabling badge publishing to Badgr Backpack, administrators should confirm that there are no firewall restrictions that would prevent the Badgr Backpack server from accessing the URL specified...

Known Issues

  1. At this time it is not possible to review earned achievements across courses.
  2. At this time, setting an end date or a deadline by which the learner must meet criteria to earn the reward is not supported.
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Considerations For Use on Shared Computers

  • Mozilla Backpack authentication is handled through Mozilla Persona. As such, when a user's Backpack session either expires or terminates due to explicit logout, the user's Mozilla Persona account may still remain logged in. Because of this, Blackboard recommends that students using achievements on shared computers explicitly log out from Mozilla Persona directly and ensure c…
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Limiting Availability

  • Some institutions may want to limit the ability to use achievements to certain parts of the organization. In these cases, use Institutional Hierarchy to limit the tool availability. More about making the achievements tool available in courses and organizations
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