What is Open Badging system?
The Open Badges (Open Badge Infrastructure or OBI) is basically a project initiated by Mozilla with a vision of encouraging lifelong learning process.
It is an open technical standard developed by Mozilla.
It extends the concept of digital badges by allowing for verification of the
- skills
- interests and achievements represented by badges
- identity of the badge earner
Open Badges are designed to be portable between systems.
The basic intention of OBI is to help people of all ages gain and display 21st century skills and unlock new career and educational opportunities.
It is trying to make it easier for anyone to issue, earn and display badges across the web, through a shared technical infrastructure.
More info:
http://badgewin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/open-badging-system-and-how-to-implement-it.pdf
https://www.drupal.org/project/OpenBadging
http://badgewin.com/drupal-open-badges-system
INSTALLATION
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Install as usual, see http://drupal.org/node/895232 for further information.
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Revert feature module "open_badges".
HOW TO USE OPEN BADGES
Three taxonomies are created by Open Badges module:
- Badge type: this is used to manage different badges types. "Badge image style" field is used to define size of image which would be created after an award.
- Courses: this is used to manage courses.
- Lessons: this is used to manage lessons.
Three content types are created by Open Badges module:
- Issuer: this is used to manage information of badge issuer.
- Badge: this is used to manage badges.
- Award: this is used to award a badge to an user.
Three more pages are created by Open Badges module:
- Manage Issers: admin/open_badges/manage-issuer
- Manage Badges: admin/open_badges/manage-badges
- Manage Awards: admin/open_badges/manage-award