Description
This add-on allows you to directly issue Open Badges from your WordPress site. The add-on works with the BadgeOS plugin exposing achievements earned as Open Badges Assertions. The add-on integrates with the Mozilla Issuer API to allow award badges to be pushed to their Mozilla Backpack.
Resources / Helpful Links
This plugin was developed using the BadgeOS Boilerplate Add-On by @mhawksey at the Association for Learning Technology for the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL). For more information about BadgeOS see the resource below:
- BadgeOS.org – Contact Us, Video Tutorials, Examples, News
- Credly.com – Manage lifelong credentials that matter
- BadgeOS on GitHub – Report issues, contribute code
Screenshots
Settings screen. Options include specifying a different user data field for the Open Badges recipient and setting IssuerOrganisation
Screenshot of issued Open Badges Log. Results are tagged for success and failed issues. Failed issuing includes returned error message from Mozilla Backpack
Issuing of badges is done using modal Mozilla Issuer API
Installation
- First get and activate the free BadgeOS plugin.
- Get and activate the free JSON API plugin.
- Then upload the ‘badgeos-open-badges-issuer’ plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress (or upload to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory).
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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Contributors & Developers
“Open Badges Issuer Add-on” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.2
- fixed issue with sending badges to Backpage from http sites
- stronger salt to obscure recipient email
1.1.1
- option to not include the plugin css
1.1.0
- Integrated ‘send to backpack’ in all badge listings where user has achieved award
- Improved [badgeos_backpack_push] shortcode functionality including search option
1.0.1
- Fixed missing from menu
1.0.0
- Intial release