Creating Awards in D2L BrightSpace

Awards are way to give kudos to students for accomplishing certain tasks in D2L Brightspace. 

Giving an Award

  1. Log into D2L Brightspace and go to Assessments – Awards in one of your classes. 
    • a screenshot of the awards option under Assessments in D2L
  2. Click Course Awards.
    •  Course Awards is to the right of Classlist Awards
  3. D2L Brightspace includes some badges. Click Add Award To Course to add an existing badge.
    • ​​​​​​​a screenshot of the add award to course button
  4. Next, click the box to the left of each badge that you would like to add, and then click Add.
    •  A screenshot of the checkbox to the left of each badge and the add button beneath
  5. Click Add Award To Course to make other badges and create certificates.
    • a screenshot of the add award to course button
  6. Then, click Create.
    •  The create button next to the add button

​Follow the steps to create a new badge or a certificate: 

  1. Log into D2L Brightspace and go to Assessments – Awards in one of your classes.
    • a screenshot of the awards option under Assessments in D2L​​​​​​​
  2. Enter information for the new award:
    • a screenshot of the new award entry box
  3. After adding or creating an award, you can edit the information by selecting Edit Properties.
    • a screenshot of the assignment upload badge area
  4. When you look at Classlist Awards, you will see which students have earned a badge or certificate.
    •  a screenshot of classlist awards​​​​​​​