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Canvas: Adding Badges to a Canvas Course
Badgr for Canvas is a free service that enables organizations to automatically issue badges to learners as they complete modules in their Canvas courses. Setup takes 5 minutes for an instructor or admin, and students can receive and manage their badges without the need to create a Badgr account.
Add Badgr to a course in Canvas
Create an account on Badgr.com using your UW-Stout email address. Log in.
Click ACCOUNT in the
upper-right settings menu in Badgr. Click APP INTEGRATIONS.
Click
the Canvas LTI tile.
Here
is the Consumer Key and Shared Secret that you will need to add to your Canvas
installation. You will need to copy these.
Open
Canvas in another window or tab.
Open the Canvas course.
Click Settings in course
navigation menu.
Select
the Apps tab.
Select Badgr from the list of apps.
Enter or paste the values for your LTI Consumer Key and Shared Secret into the dialog.
Submit
the form and refresh the page.
Observe that a new Badges tab will appear on your left-side course navigation.
