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Joining and Onboarding

Joining Badge Nation - Complete Guide to Writing and Issuing Digital Badges

I've been gifted a Badge Nation membership package, what happens now?

Choosing a Digital Badge Issuing Platform

Joining Badge Nation - Understanding Open Badge Factory

Joining Badge Nation - Understanding Credly

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About Digital Badges

Digital Badges Explained

What are Digital Badges?

How do Digital Badges work?

What benefits do Digital Badges have for the people I award them to?

What benefits do Badges have for my organisation?

Can organisations be awarded digital badges?

The RSA Badge Standard

Why we love digital badges

What is a Meta Badge?

Blog - Create a Banging LinkedIn Profile with Digital Badges

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The Badge Zone

Register for the Badge Zone

Log into the Badge Zone

The Badge Zone - Badge Status explained

The Badge Zone - View and respond to Quality Assurance comments

The Badge Zone - View and edit badges written by other members of your organisation or community

The Badge Zone - Who can comment on your badge

The Badge Zone - Collaborate with other members of your organisation or community

The Badge Zone - Invite a Gifted Membership organisation

The Badge Zone - Accept a Gifted Membership invitation

The Badge Zone - Change account password

The Badge Zone - Update personal details

Why aren’t all my organisation’s badges appearing in the Badge Zone?

The Badge Zone – Delete a draft badge

The Badge Zone - Terminate account

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Digital Badge Writing

Badge Writing Cheat Sheet

Digital Badge Writing Workshop Event Bookings

Digital Badge Writing Workshop Recording

Badge Planning Document

Top 5 questions to ask yourself when writing a new Digital Badge

Common badge writing mistakes and how to solve them

Badge Ideas and Examples Bank

Pre-Quality Assurance Checklist

Writing a great Badge Description

Choosing a Short Title for your badge

Choosing a layer of the RSA Badge Standard

How to write Earning Criteria

Generating Skills Tags with the Skills Scanner

How can I state who my activity is available to?

Passing the 'Stranger Test'

Referencing skills tags in earning criteria

Add partner / funder / programme information to a badge

Write a Meta Badge

Write a badge for skills and behaviours

Write a badge that relates to a qualification

Write a badge for an apprenticeship

Write a badge for a course

Write a badge for a workshop

Write a badge for an internship / placement

Write a badge for volunteering

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Quality Assurance and Publishing

What is Badge Nation Quality Assurance?

How does the Badge Nation Quality Assurance and Publishing process work?

How long does the Quality Assurance process take?

I submitted a new badge and it hasn't been published yet, what should I do?

Badge Visuals

Badge Visuals Explained

Badge Standard Visual Templates

Logo Requirements for Badge Visuals

Understanding Badge Visual Previews

Badge Visual Previews: Problems and FAQs

How are the different layers of the RSA Badge Standard represented in badge visuals?

What are the options for dual branding badge visuals?

How can I change the visual on a badge after it has been published?

My organisation is rebranding, how can I update our badge visuals?

I need bespoke badge visuals, can I get any support?

Visuals Templates: Bronze, Silver, Gold

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Managing Your Badges

Earner Personal Data, Consent and GDPR for Issuing Digital Badges

Top 5 tips to increase Digital Badge acceptance rates

How can I make changes to a badge after it has been published?

Can I issue badges to children under the age of 13?

Can I issue badges to a parent / guardian on an earner's behalf?

Can I backdate issuing for activities that happened in the past?

How can I support students to keep their badges when they leave my school/college/university?

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Text and Templates

Website / Newsletter Copy

Social Media Posts

Offline Badge Certificate Templates (for printing, or earners without email address/consent)

Credly

Getting Started with Credly

Log into Credly

Credly - Issue a badge

Credly - Bulk issue badges

Credly - View analytics

Credly - Generate an analytics report

Credly - Add or remove a Collection Manager

Credly - Search for an earner

Credly - Delete an assertion

Credly - Accept first badge

Credly - Share a badge to LinkedIn

Credly - Add badges to a CV

Credly - Add a badge to email signature

Credly - Print a badge

Credly - Add multiple email addresses to your account

Credly - Merge accounts

Credly - Issuing Email Template 1: Help to Accept Badges

Credly - Issuing Email Template 2: Help To Share Badges

Credly - Keep Your Badges! Email template for school/college/university leavers

Credly - Parent/Guardian Information & Consent Letter

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Navigatr

Getting Started with Navigatr

Log into Navigatr

Navigatr Help Centre

Navigatr - Provider Platform Walkthrough

Navigatr - Add badges to a CV

Navigatr - Share a badge to LinkedIn

Navigatr - Add multiple email addresses to your account

Navigatr - Issuing Email Template 1: Help to Accept Badges

Navigatr - Issuing Email Template 2: Help to Share Badges

Navigatr - Keep Your Badges! Email template for school/college/university leavers

Navigatr - Parent/Guardian Information & Consent Letter

Navigatr Poster - Discover

Navigatr Poster - Sign Up

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Open Badge Factory (OBF)

Getting Started with Open Badge Factory (OBF)

Log into Open Badge Factory

OBF - Choosing to connect to My Skills Pass or My Skills Backpack

OBF - User roles explained

OBF - Add a new user to your account

OBF - Issue a badge

OBF - Bulk issue a badge via CSV file

OBF - Issuing to a parent / guardian on an earner’s behalf

OBF - Review a badge application

OBF – Use criteria addendum

OBF - Create a badge application with claim code

OBF - Create a badge application with quiz

OBF – Create a badge application form template

OBF - Create a badge application for review

OBF - Share a badge application

OBF – Locate a Badge Application claim code

OBF – Simple Badge Application and claim code poster/flyer template

OBF – Detailed Badge Application and claim code flyer template

OBF – Claim information letter template for parents of children under 13

OBF – Create a milestone badge

OBF – Best practice for writing milestone badges

OBF - View badge issuing statistics

OBF - Generate a badge issuing statistics report

OBF - Create an email template

OBF – Create a recipient list

OBF – Find the public URL for a badge

OBF – Download a published badge visual

OBF - Accept a badge

OBF - Add a badge to LinkedIn profile

OBF - Add digital badges to a CV

How To Import Credly Badges to Open Badge Passport

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My Skills Pass/Backpack

Getting started with My Skills Pass or My Skills Backpack

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Set up an account

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Import Credly badges to your account

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Import Navigatr badges to your account

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Import Open Badge Factory badges to your account via URL

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Import Open Badge Factory badges to your account via PDF

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Import OpenLearn badges to your account

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Edit your profile

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Upload files to your account

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Merge your accounts

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Add a badge to LinkedIn profile

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Share a badge

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Download badge as PDF certificate

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Add badges to CV

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Create a digital CV with Pages

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Share a Page

My Skills Pass/Backpack – Export badge to another wallet, backpack, or passport

My Skills Pass – Request endorsement on a badge

My Skills Pass - Respond to an endorsement request

My Skills Backpack – Managing badges on behalf of an earner

My Skills Pass/Backpack - Spaces set up explained

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