Sharing your digital badges

Guidance for badge earners about sharing your BadgEd digital badges.

Sharing your badge

You can share your digital badges with others to highlight or celebrate your achievements, evidence your learning experiences, and allow others to verify the authenticity of the badge.

Your digital badge can be shared in several ways:

  • Using a link.
  • Using HTML.
  • Directly to social media. 

These sharing options allow you to share the badge in different locations, such as your CV, portfolio, LinkedIn, social media, website, email, and more. 

When the person you have shared it with clicks on the link or image, they will see a public page of your badge, where they can view and verify the details. 


Share using the link

Use the link when you want to share your badge within text. 

For example, when you want to add the badge link to your CV, a cover letter, a blog post, an email, or similar. 

Screenshot showing the name of the badge hyperlinked in a CV. In this case, it's a volunteering badge listed under the heading related experience.

 

Click on the plus (+) icon below to see instructions for sharing by link. 

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Credentials account using the link below.
  2. Select the My Badges tab.
    • If you are in the personal space rather than the University of Edinburgh space, the My Badges tab will be called the Backpack.
  3. Click on the badge you want to share.  
  4. Click on the Share button. A panel opens showing the sharing options.
  5. Find the Link section in the panel.
  6. Select whether you would like the verification page to show your email address.
  7. Click 'Open in new window' if you would like to preview the verification page that someone clicking the link will see.
  8. Click the Copy button.
  9. Go to the text you want to share the link in and insert the link as you would any URL webpage link. 

A screenshot with the My Badges tab circled. The Share button is circled. A share badge panel with several options is open on the right. The Link section at the top is circled.
Click the Share button for your badge to open the sharing options.
Screenshot of the options for sharing by link. The box is ticked for show email address in link. There is a link with a copy button to the right. Blue text below indicates a link to Open in New Window, which refers to the badge’s public verification page.
Options for sharing links.

Share as an image using HTML

Use HTML when you'd like to share your badge as an image and include its verification information. 

The image can be embedded in your website, portfolio, presentation, blog post, email signature, etc. 

You can select an image style and which information displays with the information. 

Screenshot showing a circular badge image with a verify button and a badge image in a card style.

Click on the plus (+) icon below to see instructions for sharing as an image using HTML. 

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Credentials account using the link below.
  2. Select the My Badges tab.
    • If you are in the personal space rather than the University of Edinburgh space, the My Badges tab will be called the Backpack.
  3. Click on the badge you want to share.  
  4. Click on the Share button. A panel opens showing the sharing options.
  5. Find the HTML section in the panel.
  6. Select the type of image you prefer: card or badge.
    • For card style images, use the tickbox to show the email address the badge was awarded to on the image. Leaving the tickbox blank means the email address won't show.
    • For badge style images, you can select to show or hide:
      • Badge name.
      • Date it was awarded.
      • A verification button.
      • Email address. Ticking email address shows your name on the badge image and includes your email address in the badge verification page.   
  7. Use the preview area to check if this is how you want the image to appear.
  8. Scroll down under the embedded code box and click Copy to copy the embed code.
  9. Paste the HTML embed code into your website, portfolio or other location, according to the location's instructions for embedding HTML. 

Screenshot of badge sharing panel showing the HTML section circled. There are radio buttons to select card or badge type images, and a tickbox for showing the email address. Beneath this is a preview of the image, followed by the embed code and a copy button.
Click the share button and locate the HTML section in the panel.
Screenshot showing badge sharing options for html, including the card type and preview, the badge type and preview. The embedded code box has the title circled and the copy button circled.
Card and badge sharing options, with previews, and the embedded code area with copy button.

Share on social media and LinkedIn

Use the option to share on social media when you want to share your badge via LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Pinterest, or your Canvas profile.

Note that for some platforms you can choose to share in your profile, as a post or both. Sharing the badge in your profile means it has long-term visibility. 

Sharing your badge as a post means that, at first, more people may see it and engage with the post, but the badge will be less visible over time and may not remain visible in the long term. You can share to both your profile and as a post if you wish. 

Screenshot of a badge on a LinkedIn profile page.

 

Click on the plus (+) icon below to see instructions for sharing on LinkedIn or other social media.

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Credentials account using the link below.
  2. Select the My Badges tab.
    • If you are in the personal space rather than the University of Edinburgh space, the My Badges tab will be called the Backpack.
  3. Click on the badge you want to share.  
  4. Click on the Share button. A panel opens showing the sharing options.
  5. Find the Social section. 

A screenshot with the My Badges tab circled. The Share button is circled. A share badge panel with several options is open on the right. The Social section is circled.
The social media section of the sharing options panel.

To share the badge to your profile: 

  1. Click the Add to Profile button. A LinkedIn pop-up window appears.
  2. Enter any skills or media you would like associated with the badge.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Decide whether to also share the badge as a post.
    • Click Post Now and then Next to share in a post as well.
    • Click Skip to only share in your profile right now.
  5. Check your profile for the badge. You may need to refresh the browser. 
Screenshot showing the button Add to LinkedIn profile circled in the badge sharing options To the right, there is a screenshot of a popup window for sharing the badge to the linked in profile. All information is filled out except Skills and Media. The save button is at the bottom right and is circled.
Sharing a badge to your LinkedIn profile.

 

To share the badge as a post in your feed:

  1. Click the LinkedIn icon button.
  2. Type a message to personalise your badge post and share your learning.
  3. Click Post. 
Screenshot showing options for sharing to social media feeds. The LinkedIn button, in the centre of 5 buttons, is circled.
Use the smaller LinkedIn icon to share your badge as a post to your feed.

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Credentials account using the link below.
  2. Select the My Badges tab.
    • If you are in the personal space rather than the University of Edinburgh space, the My Badges tab will be called the Backpack.
  3. Click on the badge you want to share.  
  4. Click on the Share button. A panel opens showing the sharing options.
  5. Find the Social section.
  6. Find the icon for the social media you want to share the badge in. Choices include Facebook, X, Pinterest and your Canvas profile.  
  7. Follow the prompts for your chosen social media to add as a post, profile item or both. Note that the options vary with the social media platform.
  8. Check your social media profile or posts for the badge. 

A screenshot with the My Badges tab circled. The Share button is circled. A share badge panel with several options is open on the right. The Social section is circled. The Share to feed options are circled. there are 5 buttons with icons left to right for Facebook, X, Linkedin, Pinterest and Canva.
Click share and find the Social section to share to social media.

If you tried sharing your badge to social media but didn't see the pop-up to do so, you may need to change your browser settings. 

By default, some browsers block pop-ups from automatically showing up on your screen. When a pop-up is blocked, the address bar will be marked 'Pop-up blocked'. You may wish to allow pop-ups from the Canvas Credentials/Badgr website. To do so, please check and change your browser settings.

If you have done this but still have an issue, please contact IS Helpline for support.

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