Blackboard Badges

These badges have been developed to teach CWI students about various tools, resources, and policies that are important for their success. They will complete 1 badge per week during Weeks 1-10 (Weeks 1-6 in the 8-week course) and will submit confirmation of completion as a graded item for each badge.
Grading notes: There is no rubric for the badges. They should be graded on a completion basis. Please include feedback that helps students see the potential value of each badge. For example, for the Library badges you might add a comment about how they will be helpful when the students complete the research requirement for the Culminating Assignment. See the resources section of this book for additional suggested grading/feedback comments.
Dual Credit notes: Although your course is likely not offered through Blackboard, your students have Blackboard logins (same as their CWI email logins) and they will have access to these badges. They will need to log in to blackboard.cwi.edu, look for the “myCommons” link in My Organizations, and then locate the assigned badge.

Following are the Blackboard Badges instructions provided in the CWI 101 Q course. The weeks shown are for the 16-week session.

Overview and Required Badges

The CWI badges assignments will familiarize students with CWI tools and resources (SLO 2, SLO 3), and teach them how to take screenshots (SLO 3(1)). Check the course schedule for badge due dates. Students will need to complete the following badges in this class:

  • Blackboard Basics. SLO 3(1a). Estimated time: 60 minutes (Week 1)

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  • One Drive Badge. Estimated time: 45 minutes (Week 2)

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  • Academic Integrity Badge. Estimated time: 60 minutes (Week 3)
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  • Library SLO 1(2); SLO 2(1-3). Note: You only need to submit the Research Basics Mega Badge, which shows me you have completed all library badge assignments. Estimated time: 20-30 minutes per badge, 1.5-2 hours total (Week 4)image
  • Counseling Services Badge (just the first one) SLO 3(3b). Estimated time: 45 minutes (Week 5)

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  • CWI’s Multicultural Community Badge SLO 1(1). Estimated time: 45 minutes (Week 6)
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  • GEM Badge SLO 3. Estimated time: 60 minutes (Week 7)
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  • Work Based Learning Center Badge SLO 3. Estimated time: 45 minutes (Week 8)
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  • Know Your Advisor SLO 1(2); 3(3-4). Estimated time: 45 minutes (Week 9)

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  • Cybersecurity Badge SLO 3(1a). Estimated time: 60 minutes (Week 10)

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How to Complete Your CWI Badges

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Step 1: Log into Blackboard and go to myCommons under “My Organizations” (note: your organizations will look different than mine).

Step 2: You will see links to several badge collections on the myCommons home page. For this course, you will complete the 10 badges listed on the previous page across multiple weeks of the course. Most badges take 30-60 minutes to complete.

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Step 3: Complete the required badges. Follow the instructions on each assignment to make sure that you complete the required modules. If you have questions about a specific module, use the “Contact Information” section in each badge to ask for help. The first page of this assignment sheet shows the screenshotted badges you will need to submit.

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Step 4: To retrieve your completed badges, go to my Badge Book. Scroll down until you see the badges that you are submitting for your assignments. Then use the snipping tool to create a screenshot of your badges. For more information on how to use the snipping tool, see this video (also available in Blackboard tutorials): https://youtu.be/dvYJnT2kByY

Step 5: Save the screenshot and submit it to the assignment link in Blackboard. Let me know if you have questions or need help! The Tutoring Center tutors are also a great resource for this assignment.

NOTE FROM YOUR INSTRUCTOR: As is always the case with technology, things can go wrong. Troubleshooting problems is often a skill as valuable as the information contained in the badge. If you can’t access your badge, send me a picture of your completion certificate instead. If you struggle with screenshots, take a picture with your cell phone. If the lesson content isn’t opening correctly, try using a different browser and/or clear your browser’s cache/cookies. If you run into problems that you can’t solve, contact me or the badge contact listed on each badge folder in MyCommons.

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