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BadgeKit Glossary

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matthew w edited this page Dec 5, 2013 · 4 revisions

Common words and jargon-bombs.

Assessor - A person who checks a person's evidence to see if it meets a badge's criteria. They sometimes use a rubric.

Backpack - A tool used to collect, organize, and show earned badges.

Criteria - A list of things a person must show as evidence to earn a badge.

Earner - A person who shows evidence to earn a badge.

Evidence - Links, text, images, and other media used by a person to show that they meet the criteria for a Badge.

Issuer - Person or organization that issues a badge to a person who has earned it. The issuer sometimes later validates that the badge was earned. Sometimes the issuer is also the assessor.

Metadata - Information attached to a badge that names it, describes it, and links to other important details like the badge's criteria and issuer.

Rubric - A tool to help different people consistently check evidence to see if it meets a badge's criteria.

System - A collection of badges, criteria, rubrics, etcetera, connected by a plan that yields a sum greater than its parts.

Validate - Confirmation that a specific badge was issued to a specific person.

Help

For support working with BadgeKit or Open Badges, use any of the following channels:

  • Post general questions in our Community Google Group and post technical questions in our Dev Google Group.
  • Reach members of the Open Badges team directly on IRC (irc.mozilla.org) on the #badges channel.
  • Email questions directly to [email protected] and a member of the team will follow-up.
  • Follow or tweet the Open Badges team @OpenBadges.
  • Get involved or submit issues via the GitHub repos - feedback is always appreciated!

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