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Create Badges and Badge Systems

Mozilla Open Badges is free software and an open technical standard. This means any individual or organization can create, issue and verify digital badges. Whether you are an educator who wants to implement a few badges in your classroom, or a professional organization creating a complex badge system, you  help build the open badge ecosystem! Here are some resources to get you started.

Tools for Creating and Issuing Open Digital Badges

A number of online tools and platforms are available for designing digital badges and awarding them using a badge issuing system:

  • Achievery
  • Badge List
  • Credly
  • Makewaves
  • Open Badge Designer

These and other badge issuing platforms can be found on the community curated Platform Issuing Chart. Another great resource is the Badge Systems for Schools Platform Comparison from Makewaves.

Badges in Learning Management Systems

The following Learning Management Systems offer integration with Open Badges:

  • Blackboard Learn
  • Canvas
  • Moodle

Badges System Design

The following resources may be of use to new designers of badge systems:

  • Mozilla’s Open Badge Community
  • Badge Canvas design template from DigitalMe
  • Badges Design Principles Documentation Project
  • MOOC Badging and the Learning Arc
  • Badge Alliance
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