Badge Champions

Champions play a key role supporting the creation and issuing of University open digital badges.

Looking for a badge Champion in your space?  Quicklink to the Champions list. 

Invitation to become a Digital Badges Champion

With the expansion of BadgEd beyond our early adopters we would like to invite colleagues from Schools not currently involved to consider becoming Open Digital Badge Champions.

This role would involve supporting others in your School who are interested in offering digital badges for their activities. Training and support would be provided for a role which would give those involved the opportunity to shape the development of alternative accreditation of skills and achievements in the University.

About being a Digital Badges Champion

What does a Digital Badges Champion do?

Digital Badges Champions provide local expertise and support to badge issuers and other University staff interested in digital badges. A Champion is the main point of contact for people interested in Digital Badges.

Champions assist issuers when they are applying to create a new badge before the applications are submitted to the badge Governance Group. Once the new badges are approved, Champions can also assist in the creation and issuing of badges for their department or program.

Who can be a digital badges Champion?

Any member of staff with the interest and time to be able to provide support to their colleagues. Induction and support for the role will be given by the central team and Champions also have the mutual support of the other Champions.

Interested in becoming a digital badges Champion?

First have a look at the current Champions list. If there is a Champion for your school/department, we recommend having an initial chat with them. 

Then contact us to express your interest in becoming a BadgEd Champion using the New BadgEd Champion Request form in the Unidesk Self-Service portal. The form can be found in the Information Services category. The Self-Service portal is available to all staff.

Find the New BadgEd Champion form in the Unidesk Self-Service Portal.

List of Current Champions

Open Digital Badge Champions are the main point of contact for any queries and issues.  They assist with the open digital badge applications and may help manage the creation and issuing of badges for their School or professional service group.   

You can find the list of Champions below. If your School or Deanery is not listed, or if you are unsure who to contact, please contact the Digital Badges service team via IS Helpline for assistance.

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Go to the BadgEd Catalogue 

Further information

If you would like to join as a Champion,  please use the New BadgEd Champion Request form in the Unidesk Self-Service portal (Information Services category). 

If you are an existing Champion, please use the forms in the Self-Service Portal to request a new issuer space, request a new badge, or get initial feedback on a draft badge request. 

Find the forms in the Unidesk Self-Service Portal.

Introductory training sessions for BadgEd are available to all staff in People & Money. 

BadgEd: Introducing the Digital Badge service for the University of Edinburgh

If you have any other questions about digital badges, contact us via the IS Helpline with as much detail as possible about your question. 

Contact IS Helpline

 

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