Goals and Achievements (Badges)

If permitted, Staff can create bespoke Badges for your school.

NOTE: If you do not have access to the badge creation area, please check the permission has been allocated to allow staff to do this by talking to a Superuser at your school.

1. Navigate to the ‘Badges’ area, by selecting the icon in your Top Menu or by adding /learning/badge to the URL.

2. Next select the ‘+ Create Badge’ button in the top right corner.

3. Add a name for your Badge.

4. Add a description.

5. Add or select an icon for your badge. You can either select a badge icon from the library, or you can upload your own, bespoke image.

6. If using the Icon Library, select 'Browse Icon Library’ to explore the options, then select your Icon.

7. Use the left menu to change categories of icons, and select an icon by clicking on it.

Alternatively, you can upload a custom image of your choice.

Select 'Upload from your device'.

NOTE: The image is recommended to be either an SVG or a PNG file with a transparent background no larger than 250 x 250px. We recommend you utilise 78 x 78 pixel icons if possible.

8. Select the bin to delete the icon if you wish to select another.

9. Select ‘Animate Badge on Achievement’, should you wish students to see an animation of the greyscale badge changing to colour when they first view the achievement.

10. Select 'Allow Use as Goal' if you wish students and staff to be able to select to set this as a goal.

11. Set the ‘Goal Duration’ by selecting the drop-down arrow, which will determine how long the goal is available for, before expiring and being removed from a student’s ‘Goals’ page.

12. Set the 'Achievement Duration’ by selecting the drop-down arrow, which will determine how long the achievement will remain visible on a student’s ‘Achievement’ page before expiring and being removed.

13. Select a Category from the drop down menu. This will be used for filtering purposes.

14. Select year levels to associate the Badge with. These will be used to filter automatically from your class page, if year levels have been associated with the pages.

15. Select Curriculum Codes if required.

16. Select 'Create Badge' to create your badge.

A Superuser can manage Goal and Achievement categories from the Administration area.

1. Navigate to Administration > Lists > Badge Categories.

NOTE: Categories can be renamed.

2. Select the grab handle and drag the category into the required location. 

The order of these will be reflected inside the ‘Set Goals’ page for students and classes.

3. Select 'Add New Row' to add further categories.

4. Select 'Save'.

Filters can be utilised to search for specific Goals and Achievements.

There are four categories of filter: 

• Category
• Curriculum Codes 
• Name
• Year Level

NOTE: The Categories map to the predefined ‘Badge Category’ list generated by a Superuser at your school within the Administration area of your instance.

1. Navigate to the Badges page.

2. Select your required Filters.

3. Select 'Apply Filters'.

1. Navigate to a Class or a Group Page that you manage.

2. If it a Class Page, select the '3 dot menu' and then 'Class List'.

3. If it is a Group Page, navigate to the Group Page, then select the '3-dot Menu' and 'Badge Report.

4. Select the students you are awarding an achievement to.

NOTE: All of the students can be selected using the top checkbox or you can select individual students by selecting the checkbox next to each of their names.

Class List

Badge Report

5. Select ‘Set Goals’. 

Class List

Badge Report

6. Select the Goal/s you wish to set using the checkbox next to the badges.

7. Select ‘Set selected goals’.

8. Select ‘Set Goal’ to finalise.

1. Navigate to the student’s Profile page.

2. Select ‘Set Goals’.

3. Select the goals you would like to set using the checkbox next to the chosen goal/s.

4. Select 'Set selected goal/s'.

5. Confirm you wish to set the goal by selecting ‘Set Goal’.

NOTE: You can also set a goal for an individual student or multiple students from the Class List.

Students are able to set themselves goals.

1. The student can select ‘Set My Goals’ from their Dashboard, if your school has chosen to use the ‘Student Toolkit’ component.

Alternatively, the student can navigate to their Profile Page, and select ‘Set My Goals’.

2. Goals can be set by selecting the checkbox next to the chosen goal/s.

3. Select 'Set selected goal/s'.

4. Select ‘Set Goal’.

The students will then be returned to their Profile Page and the Goal will be visible on their Activity Feed, and by selecting the ‘Goals’ tab.