How do I create a badge issuer in Canvas Badges?

A badge issuer is an organization, department, or individual responsible for issuing badges.

To set up badging in a Canvas course you must have an issuer.

Open Issuers

Open Issuers

In Credentials Navigation, click the Issuers link.

Create Issuer

Create Issuer

To create an issuer, click the Create issuer button.

Add Issuer Details

Add Issuer Details

To add an issuer name, type the name in the Name field [1].

Add your institution's or organization's URL to the Issuer website field [2].

To add a contact email for the issuer, type the email in the Issuer email field [3].

To add a description for the individual, group, institution, or organization managing the Issuer, type a description in the Issuer description field [4].

To add an image to the issuer profile from your computer, click or drag and drop an image file to the Issuer image uploader [5].

By default, new issuers display on your organization's public page. To hide the issuer from your organization's public page, deselect the Show on Organization Public Page checkbox [6].

Review Instructure's Data Processing Addendum policy. To accept the terms, click the I have read and agree to the Data Processor Addendum checkbox [7].

Save Issuer

Save Issuer

To create and save the issuer, click the Create Issuer button.