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This page provides case examples, tips and suggestions for uses of the Achievement tool badges and/or certificates in a Blackboard course. These examples can be used for online, hybrid, and "blended" or what we call web enhanced courses.
How can Blackboard Achievements be used for motivating and recognizing students in my course?
The Blackboard Achievements tool can be set up to simply deliver a certificate to acknowledge completion or it can be set up to be more nuanced. Using milestones, customized criteria, and combinations of criteria, the Achievements tool can be configured to reward, motivate, or gamify a Blackboard course.
This link will take you to some text-based examples of using badges in a Blackboard course: Put a Badge on It - case examples from Blackboard faculty users As you review these cases, look for ideas that you can use in your own courses.
This link will take you to a video recording (50min) of a web presentation from the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center of NIU showing detailed configuration of the Achievements tool for several different sets of rules. Motivating and Recognizing Your Students With The Blackboard Achievements Tool
How can Blackboard Achievements be used in gamification (game design mechanics) in my Blackboard course?
This video is a recorded webinar from Blackboard (54m) for those seriously considering the gamification approach using their Blackboard course:Webinar: Incorporating Gamification into Your CurriculumYou will find this an excellent resource for learning the basic game mechanics terms and strategies, their relationship to mastery learning, and full of great ideas for integrating badges with a gamification focus. Worth the 54 minutes of your time to consider what we know about gamification and learning. You can select just a few of the concepts to begin experimenting with badges in a gamified course.
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