Earn an Online Learning Environments Essentials Badge
Academic Technology is happy to introduce badging opportunities for faculty and staff!
What’s in it for me?
Badges are a way of demonstrating competency in a subject area. Internally, they can be used to track professional development engagement. Externally, they can be shared on social media sites (such as LinkedIn).
How are the badges tracked?
We are leveraging a tool embedded within Canvas called Credentials (formerly Badgr). The badges currently available are linked to mini courses in Canvas, but the system has the ability to track synchronous engagement as well, so you may see sessions with QR codes for tracking future badging options as well.
Where do I find my badges?
If the course is using digital badges, these will be accessed in the Canvas course by clicking on “Credentials” on the course navigation menu. The Canvas Training Course is one of our courses set up with badges, and one that all faculty are enrolled in, so you can see what this looks like from there.
What if I think I should have earned a badge but haven’t received it yet?
We did our best to review engagement in badge-earning activities prior to the Canvas Credentials system being implemented, but auditing this and then inputting it into the Credentials system was a manual process, so we may have missed you. Please submit an Academic Tech Request for our review if you believe you should have earned a badge you’re not seeing.
Badges currently available
Below are opportunities currently available to faculty and staff to complete. Look for more options as Academic Technology and other departments make more use of the Credentials badging tool!
Canvas Essentials Badge
Earn the Canvas Essentials badge by completing the identified activities in the St. Kate’s Canvas Training Course. This course is available on demand.
Online Course Design Essentials Badge
Earn the Online Course Design Essentials badge by completing the identified activities in the Online Course Design Essentials course (or their equivalent). This course is available on demand.
Online Teaching Essentials Badge
Earn the Online Teaching Essentials badge by completing the identified activities in the Online Teaching Essentials course (or their equivalent). This course is run as a cohort.
Quality Assurance Essentials Badge
Earn the Quality Assurance Essentials badge by completing the requirements for the Online Course Design Essentials badge (or their equivalent) and then passing a quality assurance course review with an instructional designer.
Online Learning Environments Essentials Badge
This badge is a culmination badge earned upon completing four other badges: Online Course Design Essentials, Online Teaching Essentials, Canvas Essentials, and Quality Assurance Course Review. The recipient of this badge demonstrates foundational knowledge and capability in building and teaching courses that meet essential quality standards.