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Awarding Custom Badges

How to create and award custom badges to your students

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Written by Zach Galant
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Students love recognition, and here at CodeHS, we wanted to give teachers a tool for awarding students with custom badges! You can design badges that are perfect for your students and classes.

Here are some examples of what we mean: 

Examples of custom badges such as a Leadership, Growth Mindset, Persistence, and Picasso award

Getting to the Badges App

You can find the Badges App on the left navigation bar, under the Classroom Category:

GIF demonstrating how to navigate to the Badges App from the left navigation bar.

Or, click on the Search Bar on the top navigation bar and search for Badges:

Screenshot of the search bar, searching the word "badges"

Creating a Custom Badge

⚠️ Note: Free Teachers can create up to 5 custom badges, while Pro Teachers can create unlimited custom badges.

There are two tabs here: Award and Library.

  • Award: Here, you can assign badges to students. You'll need to create some badges before you can do this!

  • Library: Click on this to start creating custom badges and view all custom badges.

Use the Create Your Own button to create a new badge. You'll see a pop-out where you can give the badge a title, upload an image (square images are best), and write a short description so your students know what they're being recognized for.

Screenshot of the badges app, pointing to the Library tab and the "Create Your Own" button

Removing a Custom Badge

To remove a custom badge from a student:

  1. Visit the Badges App

  2. In the Award tab, click the blue "View All" button next to the student's name whose badge is being removed

  3. Select the Custom Badge you'd like to remove

  4. Click the red "Remove Badge" button

  5. Click the blue "Remove" button

Gif shows how to remove a custom badge from a student

Ideas for How to Use Badges

  • Consider assigning badges based on your school's "Core Values" or growth mindsets.

  • Make posters of the badges for your classroom so you can show off what your students are earning and learning.

  • Celebrate students with a class cheer when a student earns a badge.

  • Design badges based on people who inspire and motivate your students: characters in novels, historical figures, famous athletes, renowned scientists, etc.

However, you choose to use badges in your classroom, we hope they are a great tool for motivating students and building a joyful classroom culture!

Creating and Awarding Badges - Video Walkthrough

Still have questions? Contact our team at support@codehs.com to learn more!

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