BadgeKit Glossary

Common words and jargon-bombs.

Assessor / Reviewer - 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.

Badge Status

• Active - A published badge available for earning
• Archive(d) - A badge no longer Active or available to earn
• Draft - A saved badge that's not yet Active
• Template - A generic badge used to initiate a new Draft badge
• Publish - The act of making a Draft badge into an Active badge

Criteria - The requirements for earning a badge.

Earner - A person who performs the necessary requirements 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 who offers badges and issues them to earners. Sometimes the issuer is also the assessor.

Metadata - Information contained within a badge that defines it, e.g., names it, describes it, and links to other important details like the badge's criteria and issuer.

Rubric - A tool used to assess badge criteria in a standardized way; to aid consistency in review. Can also be used to check evidence to see if it meets a badge's criteria, if the badge requires evidence.

System - A collection of different items, e.g., badges, criteria, rubrics, etcetera, connected by a plan/goal/idea that often yields a sum greater than its parts.

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