From the course: Learning Desire2Learn 2016

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Distribute D2L Brightspace Awards

Distribute D2L Brightspace Awards

From the course: Learning Desire2Learn 2016

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Distribute D2L Brightspace Awards

- [Instructor] If you really want to help motivate your students, or acknowledge especially successful behavior, consider using the D2L Awards tool, which allows you to distribute virtual symbols of recognition viewable through your users' profiles. There are two basic kinds of awards: badges and certificates. Badges are award icons, many of which are available preloaded into D2L. You can preview your selections here in the Award Icon Library. Once awarded, these badges become associated with your user's D2L profile. Certificates, on the other hand, are prebuilt templates that users can eventually download and print out. You can preview them by selecting one here. These certificates can be useful at the completion of a major project, or even the course as a whole. As you can see, you can ultimately customize the award based on your user's specific circumstance. We'll zero that out on that on. Before you can issue either of these award types though, you have to either create them or…

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