How to Succeed with Badges Without Really Trying

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Looking to gamify Canvas courses? Want to award badges to students who complete learning objectives? This interactive session will help you climb the ladder from simple window-washer to big-time Canvas Badges expert. You will learn about incentives for learning to enhance student outcomes and ideas to engage students.

Presenter: Jared Ward

[QC99_tsilvius]

This is a great supplemental resource to extend your badging course you're offering,  @jward ​. Thanks for offering the course and for continuing to help others understand through collaborative learning how to find success in cultivating their own badging ecosystems.

[drimmer]

 @jward , can badges be set-up to reward actions in Canvas? I am thinking of encouraging engagement and as part of an orientation to Canvas programme, e.g. First Person to Start a Discussion, Completed First Quiz, Set-up Profile, Submitted Assignment at least 24hrs before Deadline...

[johnmartin]

Thanks  @jward 

I appreciate that gamification — at the least — can help force instructors to think about concrete learning objectives. Creating a badging system that is less about "collecting" and diverse enough to attract different types of gamers is something I still haven't see a great example of (in education). Any leads?