Parchment Digital Badges (Badgr) - Creating an Account, Viewing Badges, and Sharing Badges

Viewing and Sharing Badges from a Canvas Course

If you earned one or more badges from a Canvas course that uses the Parchment Badges integration to automatically reward a badge or badges for completing one or more course modules, you can view and share the badges awarded to you in that Canvas course by selecting the Credentials link in the course navigation menu of that course.

  1. Select the Parchment Badges link the course navigation menu of the Canvas course where you earned the badge.

    Screenshot of the Parchment Badges link in a Canvas course navigation menu
     
  2. Under "My badge progress" select the name of the earned badge you want to view and/or share to open its page.

    Screenshot of the My badge progress section of the Canvas Badges integration page with the name of an earned badge highlighted
     
  3. On the badge page, select the Share Badge button to view options for sharing your badge by link, social, or HTML embed code. You can alternatively select the Print Certificate to view your badge award in a printable certificate format.

    Screenshot of a badge page in the Canvas Badges integration with the Share Badge button highlighted

Using the Parchment Digital Badges Website to View and Share Badges

You can use the Parchment Digital Badges website to view all of your badges at once, including badges awarded to you through a Canvas course and badges awarded elsewhere. The Parchment Digital Badges website also has multiple options for sharing your badges.

Creating a Parchment Digital Badges Account

To use the Parchment Digital Badges website to view and manage the badges that you have been awarded, you will need to sign up for a free Parchment Digital Badges account with your UWGB email address (if you do not have an @uwgb.edu email address, you should instead use the same email address you used to register for your Canvas account) . Follow the instructions below to create an account and view your badges.

  1. Navigate to the Parchment Digital Badges sign-up page at badges.parchment.com/auth/signup .
  2. On the Parchment Digital Badges sign up page, enter your UWGB email address in the email field, then select the Continue button.

    IMPORTANT: You must use your UWGB email address when you sign up to track badges you've received through UWGB Canvas courses. If you do not have an @uwgb.edu email address, you must instead use the same email address you used to register for your Canvas account. Do not use a different email address or a social media login to create your account.

    Parchment Digital Badges "create an account" screen with the email field highlighted
  3. Verify your email address for the account you just created. 
    1. Using another device, the Outlook application, or a separate browser tab or window, open your UWGB email inbox and find an email with the subject line "Parchment Digital Badges email verification code" from <noreply@badges.parchment.com>. It may take a few minutes for this email to appear. Check your junk folder if it doesn't appear in your main inbox.
    2. Return to the browser tab or window with Parchment Digital Badges open and enter the 6-digit code sent to your email. Select Verify.
      screenshot of the Verify Code Field for entering a 6-digit verification code
  4. On the Complete Signup page:
     
    1. Enter your First name, Last name, and Occupation/job title.
    2. Enter a password in the Password field and re-enter the same password in the Cofirm password field.
    3. Check the box, "I have read and agree to the Terms of Service."
    4. Select the Create account button.

    Screenshot of the Parchment Digital Badges Complete Signup page

 

Viewing a Badge

  1. Log in to Parchment Digital Badges with your email address and the password you set when creating your account.

    Screenshot of the Canvas Badges login portal with the email and password fields highlighted
     
  2. Select Backpack in the top menu bar to view all your badges.

    Screenshot of the Backpack link in the Parchment Digital Badges website menu bar
     
  3. Select the tile for a badge to view the full description and criteria.

    Screenshot of a sample badge tile in the Parchment Digital Badges backpack
     

 

Sharing a Badge

There are several ways to share a Canvas Badge. Share links can be added to documents or websites as a hyperlink and they allow anyone with the link to view a public page with information about your badge and verification of your award. Embed codes display the badge image, name, and some other badge details within a web page. Viewers can also select the embedded badge to view the public page with badge details. You can also download the badge as an image file (.PNG) and then add it as a regular image to documents or email signatures.

Sharing a Badge with a Share Link

  1. From the Backpack tab in Parchment Digital Badges, select the options (three dots) icon on the badge's tile, then select Share.

    Sample badge tile in Parchment Digital Badges Backpack with its options menu and share link highlighted
     
  2. In the Share Badge menu, select the Copy button next to the share link.

    Screnshot of the Share Badge menu of the Parchment Digital Badges website with the copy button highlighted
     
  3. Paste the link your document, email, web page, or assignment submission.

Sharing a Badge with an Embed Code

  1. From the Backpack tab in Parchment Digital Badges, select the options (three dots) icon on the badge's tile, then select Share.

    Sample badge tile in Parchment Digital Badges Backpack with its options menu and share link highlighted
  2. Under, "HTML" in the Share Badge menu, select the options for your embed (type, show email, etc.).
  3. Select the Copy button under the "Embedded code" box.

    Screenshot of the embedded code under HTML in the Share Badge menu of Parchment Digital Badges with the Copy button highlighted
     
  4. Go to an editable web page and paste the embed code into an embed code menu or directly into an HTML editor (e.g., in Canvas or WordPress; see an example of what an embedded badge looks like on a Canvas page).

Downloading a Badge Image

  1. From the Backpack tab in Parchment Digital Badges, select the options (three dots) icon on the badge's tile, then select Download.

    More options menu of a Parchment Digital Badges badge tile with the download option highlighted
     
  2. The badge image will download to your device's "Downloads" folder.
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