Badges are great, we should make more. Here’s how:

Design the badge image (anyone!)

These sites are useful:

• https://badge.design: An interactive badge editor

• http://flaticon.com: Lots of pictures you can copy to put on the badge.

Get the PNG for your badge.

Create the badge (Ask a Forums Moderator!)

Go to https://discuss.openedx.org/admin/badges, and use the New button.

• Icon: It doesn’t matter that much, because your image will take precedence.

• Image: select Upload an Image, and upload the badge image you made.

• Type (bronze, silver, gold): Probably at least silver. Look at the existing badges to see other badges for comparison.

• Group: “Contribution” is likely, but we can make another group if you want.

• Write descriptions

• Be sure to check off:

  • “Show badge on the public badges page”

  • “Show post granting badge on badge page”, if appropriate

  • “Enable badge”

Award the badge (Forums Moderator)

There are a few ways to do it.

• The badge can be awarded in response to a post in Discourse. Click the “…” button on the post, then the admin wrench, then Grant Badge

• The badge can be awarded manually to a person from their user page: https://discuss.openedx.org/admin/users/3/nedbat/badges

• The badge can be bulk-awarded to a list of people. Go to https://discuss.openedx.org/admin/badges and use the Bulk Award button.