As a side note, I have also explored several different options for creating custom badges. I wanted to find something that the teachers in my district could use fairly easy without having to learn a whole new program for creating badges. I have decided that using PowerPoint is a very good option for badge creation. It is something that our teachers already have and it can make some great looking badges. Here are some examples of some badges I created for our districts badging course.
The background of the badges were created with shapes and shape attributes in PowerPoint. Some of the icons for the badges were found through a Google search and were marked "Labeled for reuse".
As apart of our badging course I actually included a PowerPoint file that walks teachers through how to manipulate images, shapes, text, etc. within PowerPoint and create their own customs badges if they choose to go that route. I have attached the PowerPoint file to this post if you are interested in looking at it or using it for yourself or with your staffs. It is not the prettiest thing, but it seems to get the job done and helps people learn how to create custom badges with a program many people already have and use. Feel free to use this file and make changes to it that meet your needs if you want.
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