{"id":4483,"date":"2018-07-05T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources-dev\/?page_id=4483"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:19:44","slug":"awards-tool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/awards-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><button class=\"bellows-menu-toggle bellows-menu-toggle-skin-vanilla\" aria-controls=\"bellows-main-269\"><i class=\"fa fa-bars\"><\/i> <span class=\"bellows-menu-toggle-text\">Section Menu<\/span><\/button><div id=\"bellows-main-269\" class=\"bellows bellows-nojs bellows-main bellows-source-menu bellows-align-left bellows-skin-vanilla bellows-type- bellows-expand-current bellows-mobile-collapse\"><ul id=\"menu-assessment\" class=\"bellows-nav\" data-bellows-config=\"main\"><li id=\"menu-item-42331\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-42331 bellows-item-level-0\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Assessment<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42361\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42361 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/choosing-the-proper-tool-for-assessment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Choosing the Right Assessment Tool<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42365\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42365 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/assignments\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Assignments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42335\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42335 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quizzes-tool-creating-a-quiz\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42349\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42349 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/randomizing-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Randomizing Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42343\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42343 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/manually-grading-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grading Quizzes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42347\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42347 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/create-a-quiz-report\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Quiz Reports<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42357\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42357 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quizzes-synchronous-quizzes\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Synchronous Quizzes (New)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42339\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42339 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/eportfolio\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">ePortfolio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42353\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42353 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/brightspace-grade-book\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grade Book<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42345\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42345 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/quick-eval-overview\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Quick Eval<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42351\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42351 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/respondus\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Respondus Quiz Builder<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42355\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42355 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/special-access-versus-accommodation\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Special Access &amp; Accommodation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42359\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42359 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/creating-a-video-assignment\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Video Assignments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42363\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42363 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/grades2banner-interface\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Transferring Grades to Banner<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42367\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42367 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/self-assessments\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Self-Assessments<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42369\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42369 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/using-rubrics\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Rubrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42371\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-42371 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">peerScholar<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42373\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42373 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/creating-a-classic-activity\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Classic Activity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42375\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42375 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/creating-a-case-study-activity\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Case Study Activity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42377\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42377 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/facilitating-in-peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Facilitating in peerScholar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-42379\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42379 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/peerscholar\/grading-in-peerscholar\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grading in peerScholar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-42333\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-42333 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/awards-tool\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Awards<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pagecontent is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Awards tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a fun and creative way to increase engagement with the course content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Awards tool can be used to create <strong>Badges<\/strong> and <strong>Certificates <\/strong>to reflect the achievement of different milestones within a course. In the Awards tool, instructors can design badges and certificates and link them to release conditions to allow automatic awarding. Learners can see the awards that they have already earned, as well as those that they have yet to earn, in the associated My Awards tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learners can let others know what they have earned by sharing their awards to their learner profile or to social media via Mozilla\u00ae Badgr Backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Use Awards?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the Awards tool to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reward learners with badges and certificates immediately after they have completed an activity or assignment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build an element of gamification into your course and better engage your learners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a consolidation\/ celebration piece to the completion of an assignment or activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Track learner progress and development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build a hands-off method of instant feedback.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide learners with certificates that they can share through social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create a Badge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awards - Create a Badge - Instructor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQHN_LZvFLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-cac09653d9448400532f2c1a576f63b0\">Awards &#8211; Create a Badge &#8211; Instructor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create a Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awards - Create a Certificate - Instructor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYCB5WO8qDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-fed46a67b8ce86b05b524113f1566216\">Awards &#8211; Create a Certificate &#8211; Instructor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Revoke an Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awards - Revoke an Award - Instructor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvZIU8Q51Pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-740fc7c4e0a6d514bd2f86898fd0a927\">Awards &#8211; Revoke an Award &#8211; Instructor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Awards tool in Brightspace, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/kb\/articles\/3473-create-and-manage-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brightspace Community resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards The Awards tool in Brightspace provides instructors with a fun and creative way to increase engagement with the course content. The Awards tool can be used to create Badges and Certificates to reflect the achievement of different milestones within a course. In the Awards tool, instructors can design badges and certificates and link them &#8230; <a title=\"Awards\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/assessment\/awards-tool\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Awards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"parent":41377,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[335,231],"class_list":{"0":"post-4483","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"category-assessment","6":"tag-awards","7":"tag-brightspace-tools"},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42753,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4483\/revisions\/42753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}