Ready-to-use Badges on CN

Course-level badges

The following badges are available in all CN courses for instructors to award.

Instructors can modify the description and skill tag(s) of each badge. Institution admins can also manage these badges from CN Channel>>Badges, Certificates, & Transcripts>>Course Badges.

Badge name	Image	Description	Skill tags	How to award
Great Post		This badge recognizes CN members whose post was selected as a high-quality post.		Instructor manually
Top10%		This badge recognizes students earning a Top10% rank in a class.		Instructor manually
Top 25%		This badge recognizes students earning a Top25% rank in a class.		Instructor manually
Anar Badge		This badge recognizes top Anar Seeds earners of a class.		Instructor manually
Best Participant		This badge recognizes active members of a class.		Instructor manually
Best Paper		This badge recognizes course members who write a high-quality paper.		Instructor manually
Creative Thinker		This badge recognizes learners who demonstrate creative thinking skills. AACU identifies creative thinking (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/creative-thinking) as an essential learning outcome.	#CreativeThinking	Instructor manually
Critical Thinker		This badge recognizes learners who demonstrate critical thinking skills. AACU identifies critical thinking (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/critical-thinking) as an essential learning outcome.	#CriticalThinking	Instructor manually
Outstanding Award		This badge recognizes outstanding performance in a learning activity or a course.		Instructor manually
Post of the Week*		This badge recognizes CN members whose post received the highest ranking based on peer ratings over the past seven days in their class.		Automatically, do not need setup
Lesson Completion*		This badge recognizes the completion of a lesson in CN Pathway courses.		Automatically, require instructor setup
Course Completion*		This badge recognizes the completion of a course.		Automatically, require instructor setup
Attendance		This badge recognizes course members who have well attended a class or event.		Instructor manually
Meet with Advisor		This badge proves that a student has met their academic advisor.		Instructor manually
Academic Integrity		This badge recognizes a learner’s commitment to and demonstration of honesty and moral behaviors in learning.		Instructor manually
Career Readiness		This badge recognizes students who put effort into getting themselves ready for their future careers.		Instructor manually
Register for Classes		This badge proves that a student has signed up for classes.		Instructor manually
Scavenger Hunt		This badge recognizes a student’s participation and/or completion of the Scavenger Hunt activity.		Instructor manually
Inquiry and Analysis		This badge recognizes inquiry and information analysis skills. AACU identifies inquiry and analysis (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/inquiry-analysis) as an essential learning outcome.		Instructor manually
Communication		This badge recognizes strong communication skills. AACU identifies written communication (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/written-communication) and oral communication (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/oral-communication) as essential learning outcomes.	#Communication	Instructor manually
Teamwork		This badge recognizes learners’ collaboration experience and skills. AACU identifies teamwork (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/teamwork) as an essential learning outcome.	#Teamwork	Instructor manually
Problem Solving		This badge recognizes strong problem-solving skills. AACU identifies problem-solving (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/problem-solving) as an essential learning outcome.	#ProblemSolving	Instructor manually
Community Service		This badge recognizes contributions to local and global communities. AACU identifies civic engagement (https://www.aacu.org/civic-engagement-value-rubric) as an essential learning outcome.	#CommunityService	Instructor manually
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence		This badge recognizes demonstrations of effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts. AACU identifies intercultural knowledge and competence (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/intercultural-knowledge) as an essential learning outcome.	#InterculturalCompetence	Instructor manually
Lifelong Learning		This badge recognizes the endeavors of learning on an ongoing basis to improve knowledge, skills, and competence. AACU identifies skills for lifelong learning (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/lifelong-learning) as an essential learning outcome.	#LifelongLearning	Instructor manually
Global Learning		This badge recognizes global learning experience and skills. AACU identifies global learning (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/global) as an essential learning outcome.	#GlobalLearning	Instructor manually
Knowledge Application		This badge recognizes skills of making connections among ideas and capabilities of transferring learning to new situations. AACU identifies integrative and applied learning (https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/integrative-learning) as an essential learning outcome.		Instructor manually

*Post of the Week, Lesson Completion, and Course Completion are system auto-awarded badges, but the last two need course instructors to set up.

Institution-level badges

The following badges are available in CN Channel for institution admins to award to their Channel members. The place to award and manage institution badges is in CN Channel>>Badges, Certificates, & Transcripts>>Institution Badges.

Badge name	Image	Description	Skill tags	How to award
Dean’s List		This badge recognizes students who are recipients of the Dean’s List award.		Channel admin manually, or based on Institution Showcase assessment result
Graduate with Honors		This badge recognizes students who graduated with honors.		Channel admin manually, or based on Institution Showcase assessment result
Distinguished Award		This badge recognizes institution members who earned a distinguished award.		Channel admin manually, or based on Institution Showcase assessment result
Best ePortfolio		This badge recognizes an outstanding ePortfolio and ePortfolio building efforts.		Channel admin manually, or based on Institution Showcase assessment result
Career Readiness		This badge recognizes students who put effort into getting themselves ready for their future careers.		Channel admin manually, or based on Institution Showcase assessment result

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