Digital Badges#
A digital badge is a credential that embeds metadata (issuer, criteria, evidence) following the Open Badges standard. Badges can represent individual achievements such as completing a course or passing an exam.
The Badges feature issues badges through external providers. Built-in support includes Credly (by Pearson) and Accredible, with the ability to add custom providers.
Key concepts#
- Badge template
Defines a badge’s design, name, and awarding rules. Called “group” in Accredible.
- Badge
The credential a learner earns when they fulfill all requirements of a badge template.
- Requirement
A condition that must be met to earn a badge, tied to a specific event type (e.g. course completion).
- Data rule
A filter on a requirement’s event payload (e.g.
course.course_key equals course-v1:edX+DemoX).- Group
Requirements in the same group use OR logic (any one fulfills the group). Requirements in different groups use AND logic.
- Penalty
A rule that resets badge progress when a learner no longer meets a requirement (e.g. grade drops below passing).