What is included in BadgeKit?

Currently, BadgeKit supports key points in the badging experience, including: * '''Design''': A tool for defining all of the metadata, including criteria pages, and finalizing visual design for each badge. ** ''Templates'': Visual and metadata designs that can be remixed by anyone creating a badge. ** ''Milestones'': The ability to have a group of badges level up to a larger, more significant badge. * '''Assess''': A tool for mentor or peer assessment that includes issuer defining rubrics and criteria for a badge, the ability for learners to apply for a badge by adding information and evidence, as well as access for assessors to manage applications and enable review and scoring. * '''Issue''': A tool for awarding badges to learners and hosting assertions to enable badges to be pushed to Backpacks. * '''Collect''': A “Backpack” for collecting badges across various experiences or organizations. Throughout 2014, we will be adding additional tools to BadgeKit, including: * '''Discover''': A directory of available badges with features for searching, filtering, wish listing and endorsing badges. * '''Share''': A tool to enable easy sharing of badges on various sites across the web (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.). * '''Collect''': Backpacks will become “federated”, meaning that different instances still plug into the broader ecosystem and can share data across.

Currently, BadgeKit supports key points in the badging experience, including:

• Design: A tool for defining all of the metadata, including criteria pages, and finalizing visual design for each badge.
  • Templates: Visual and metadata designs that can be remixed by anyone creating a badge.
  • Milestones: The ability to have a group of badges level up to a larger, more significant badge.
• Assess: A tool for mentor or peer assessment that includes issuer defining rubrics and criteria for a badge, the ability for learners to apply for a badge by adding information and evidence, as well as access for assessors to manage applications and enable review and scoring.
• Issue: A tool for awarding badges to learners and hosting assertions to enable badges to be pushed to Backpacks.
• Collect: A “Backpack” for collecting badges across various experiences or organizations.

Throughout 2014, we will be adding additional tools to BadgeKit, including:

• Discover: A directory of available badges with features for searching, filtering, wish listing and endorsing badges.
• Share: A tool to enable easy sharing of badges on various sites across the web (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.).
• Collect: Backpacks will become “federated”, meaning that different instances still plug into the broader ecosystem and can share data across.