Describes the features and benefits of Open Badge Factory and its companion platform, the Badge Passport. This innovative solution from Finland is coming to Canadian servers in early 2015.

1. A Badging Platform for Canada
March 22, 2016
Don Presant
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/badges-getting-started

2. Built on: Open Badge Factory
Cloud-based badge platform
openbadgefactory.com

3. Features and Benefits
openbadgefactory.com
• Innovative “Software as a Service” from Finland
– Centralized cloud service
• Manage badges in one place, issue in many (LMS, HRIS, face to face etc.)
• Current plug-ins: Moodle, Totara, Mahara, Optima, Canvas (LTI), Blackboard
(LTI), BadgeOS (Wordpress), soon: D2L Brightspace
• Build your own plug-ins with the Open API
– Controlled access for organizations, roles within organizations
• Creator, Issuer, Administrator
• Organization verification (Premium level)
– Detailed reports (how successful are your badges?)
– Badge applications (assessment forms)
– Milestone badges (“meta-badges”)
– Badge sharing (delegated issuers - badge issuing networks)
– Continuous improvement cycle – new features on a regular basis

4. Emergent credentialing ecosystem
Open skills exchange – modular, flexible, interoperable
Mozilla Backpack
Store, Share, Display
Open Badges
Open Badge
Factory
Create, Issue, Manage
Open Badges
Open Badge
Passport
skills passports
“micro-portfolios”
badge communities
store, share, connect
Open
API
Open
API
Global Badge Community
Issuers, earners, consumers
Open
API
Issuer
Groups
Earner
Passports
Open
APIs
eLearning
Platforms
ePortfolio
Platforms
Community
Platforms
WordPress
(CMS)
Possible plug-ins to:
Open Learning
(OER, etc.)
ePortfolios
Personal
Websites
Communities
of Practice
ERP/HRIS
Other display alternatives
Job portals
LMS
SAP, Oracle
(ERP/HRIS)
LinkedIn
Facebook
Talent
Management

5. FREE
FOR BADGE EARNERS
Accept Store
Display Share
SUBSCRIPTIONS
FOR BADGE ISSUERS
Create Issue
Manage Track
Flexible
eCredentialing
in Canada

6. SUBSCRIPTIONS
FOR BADGE ISSUERS
Create Issue
Manage Track
eLearning
Platforms
ePortfolio
Platforms
Community
Platforms
WordPress
(CMS)
Issue
remotely
Issue
directly
Manual,
bulk issue
Milestone
Badges
Badge
Applications
Issuer
Networks
Claim
codes
Flexible eCredentialing for Canada
Mozilla
Backpack
Personal
Websites
Other Badge
Platforms
Display remotely
LinkedIn
Facebook
ePortfolios
Online
Communities
FREE
FOR BADGE EARNERS
Accept Store
Display Share
Display directly
Pages
VideoFiles
Links
Text
Single
Badges
Badges

7. Benefits of centralized management
Using Moodle / Totara LMS as an example
Feature/Aspect Internal LMS Tool External plug-in
System Control Ad hoc badge creation, abandonment
at the course level. No global system.
Centralized, role-based badge system
design, issuing, tracking.
Access to badges Hard to copy/access between courses Create once, access system-wide
Reports No comprehensive reports Detailed global reports
Records management
(“badge rot”)
Badge records are vulnerable to
course deletion, system upgrades
Centralized, secure badge records
stored outside of LMS
Badge Criteria Moodle / Totara statement only Complete editing control
Adding Evidence No way to add evidence Option to add evidence
Badge applications By assignment completion only Fully customizable assessment form
Badge claiming Inside Moodle / Totara only Inside or outside Moodle
Milestone badges No Yes – stack small badges into big ones
Mahoodle Issue in Moodle only Issue in Moodle and/or Mahara
Road Map, future
flexibility
Modest road map; flexibility is LMS-
dependent; Totara / Moodle “fork”
Agile road map, highly flexible, LMS-
independent

8. • Coming to Canadian Cloud early 2016
– Privacy-friendly for public institutions
• Tiered subscriptions
– 2-month free trial (Premium tier)
– Free tier
• Maximum 2 badges
– Basic: $195 / year
• Maximum 10 badge library, other limitations
– Premium: $995 / year
Open Badge Factory
Getting Started
More info at Getting Started: Open Badge Factory

9. don@learningagents.ca
Twitter: @donpresant
ePortfolio: donpresant.ca
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/badges-getting-started