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Open Badges

Overview

LEAST supports IMS Global Open Badges v2.0 — digitally verifiable credentials that learners can add to LinkedIn, email signatures, or CVs. Badges are cryptographically signed and publicly verifiable via a hosted assertion endpoint.

Badge Anatomy

Every badge has:

  • Name and description — what the badge represents
  • Criteria — what the earner did to earn it
  • Image — the badge artwork (PNG, 512×512 recommended)
  • Issuer — the organisation issuing the badge

Creating a Badge Class

  1. Navigate to Admin → Badges → New Badge
  2. Enter name, description, and criteria text
  3. Upload badge image
  4. Set the issuer organisation
  5. Save — the badge class is now available for issuance

Issuing Badges

1. Manual Issuance

  1. Navigate to Admin → Badges → Issue Badge
  2. Select the badge class and the learner
  3. Add an optional note
  4. Click Issue

2. Automatic Trigger — Quiz Pass

Set a badge to auto-issue when a learner passes a specific quiz:

  1. Open the badge class → Triggers
  2. Add a Quiz Pass trigger
  3. Select the quiz
  4. Set the pass threshold (e.g. 80%)
  5. Save — LEAST issues the badge automatically when any learner passes

3. Batch Issuance

Issue a badge to multiple learners at once:

  1. Navigate to Admin → Badges → Batch Issue
  2. Select a badge class
  3. Upload a CSV of learner email addresses or select a cohort
  4. Preview and confirm

Email Notification

When a badge is issued, the learner automatically receives an email containing:

  • Badge name and description
  • Criteria met
  • Link to the public badge assertion (verifiable by third parties)
  • Instructions for adding to LinkedIn

xAPI Statement on Badge Issue

When a badge is issued, LEAST dispatches an xAPI statement to your configured LRS:

  • Verb: earned
  • Object: the badge class IRI
  • Result: includes the badge assertion URL

Configure your LRS endpoint at Admin → xAPI Settings.

Public Verification

Each badge assertion is publicly verifiable at: /openbadge/assertion.php?id={assertionId}

The assertion JSON follows Open Badges v2.0 and can be verified by Credly, Badgr, LinkedIn, and any OBv2-compatible platform.

Revoking a Badge

  1. Navigate to Admin → Badges → Issued Badges
  2. Find the learner and badge
  3. Click Revoke and provide a reason
  4. The assertion is marked as revoked — verification endpoints return revocation status

Badge Display

Earned badges appear on:

  • The learner's public profile page
  • The learner's “My Badges” dashboard panel
  • The organisation's member roster (with badge count)