Badgr has a new course leaderboard, a privacy-aware method of allowing students to track each other's progress through a course learning pathway.

Watch a video overview: How to use Badgr's Course Leaderboard in Canvas

Enabling Badgr Course Leaderboard

Teachers using the Badgr app in their courses have a Leaderboard tab. The leaderboard is disabled by default, but turning it on is as easy as checking the box.

Once enabled, teachers and students will be able to access the leaderboard showing course progress sorted by which students have earned the most badges. Teachers can view students' real names, but students will only see cute randomly-generated animal nicknames for each other by default. Here is what leaderboard looks like for a teacher:

Students will also be able to view the leaderboard. Here is what it looks like for a student. Note the logged in student is listed fourth for having earned 2 of 5 available badges.

Students can see their own real name, but only an animal nickname for all of the other students. If they de-select the "Keep my name private" box, other students will see them as their real name. The leaderboard scrolls and paginates through the full list of students and course objectives.

Have fun with course leaderboards and badges in Canvas!

Questions / Comments?

Nate Otto, Director of Open Badges at Concentric Sky is tracking course discussions during this course, so feel free to ask questions there.

Course Discussion Index

Any specific questions on getting Badgr working in your courses, or if you'd like to ask about custom solutions or badge system design help from Concentric Sky, please contact help@badgr.io.