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title: How To Enable Badgr and Add a Badge For The Course?
description: EdX, a popular online learning platform, offers a range of features to enhance the learning experience. One such feature is Badgr, a badge-issuing system that allows instructors to recognize and rewar
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# How To Enable Badgr and Add a Badge For The Course?
### Overview
Badgr is an open-source digital credentialing platform that integrates with your learning management system (LMS) to issue verifiable digital badges. Using Badgr, course teams can design and automatically issue secure digital badges to recognize and reward student milestones, task completions, or passing statuses.
Configuring badges requires a two-part setup: connecting your global Badgr account credentials to your administration platform settings, and assigning specific badge identifier keys to an individual course run.
### Step 1: Extract Your Issuer Details from Badgr
Before configuring your platform settings, you must have an active Badgr account and an Issuer profile set up. The steps below show you how to locate the two identifier values — your Issuer Slug and your Badge Server Slug — needed to complete the integration.
1. Navigate to the official credentialing portal (e.g., [badgr.com](https://badgr.com)
). Sign up or log in to your organization's administrative account.
2. Select your designated **Issuer** profile tab.
3. Look closely at your browser's address window. Copy the specific trailing string text representing your unique **Issuer Slug** from the URL path.
- *Example path format:* `https://badgr.com/issuers/{your-issuer-slug}/badges`
### Step 2: Link Badgr Credentials to Your Administration Panel
Next, you must establish a secure master synchronization bridge using your platform's backend panel settings.
1. Log in to your platform's administrative **Management Panel** frontend.
2. Expand the **Settings** directory and select **Integrations**.
3. Locate the **Badgr Issuer Slug** input field and paste the text string you copied in Step 1.
4. Input your official Badgr administrative profile credentials directly into the **Badgr Username** (Account Email) and **Badgr Password** text fields.
5. Click **Save**.
The platform securely verifies your API connection. If the connection is successful, a new section titled **Add Badgr Fields** or **Course Badges** appears below your integration settings. If the section does not appear, verify that your credentials are correct and try saving again.
### Step 3: Extract the Specific Badge Server Slug
Each badge you create has a unique identifier — the Badge Server Slug — that you must assign to a specific course run.
1. Return to your open **Badgr Account Dashboard** tab.
2. Under your active Issuer profile, click directly on the specific image thumbnail or title of the **Badge** you intend to use for this course.
3. Locate and click the **View JSON** or **Technical Details** option button on the badge management card.
4. Review the raw data block to find the `"id"` metadata text line. It will resemble this structure:
```
"id": "https://api.badgr.io/public/badges/Your-Unique-Badge-Server-Slug"
```
5. Carefully copy **only** the tail segment of that path string string (the variable string representing your actual `Your-Unique-Badge-Server-Slug`).
### Step 4: Add the Badge to Your Course Key
The final step tells the platform exactly which course run should trigger and issue your digital badge asset.
1. Return to your platform's **Management Panel \> Settings \> Integrations** view workspace.
2. Locate the freshly unlocked **Course Badge Assignment** fields.
3. Complete the configuration rows:
- **Course Key:** Enter the complete backend string ID of your target course run (formatted strictly like `course-v1:OrgCode+NumCode+RunCode`).
- **Course Mode:** Select or enter your explicit enrollment track mode criteria (e.g., `verified`, `honor`, or `audit`).
- **Badgr Server Slug:** Paste the distinct badge ID segment string you extracted from the JSON file view in Step 3.
4. Click **Save** to compile changes.
Badgr is now configured for this course run. When a student meets the completion requirements defined in your platform settings — such as earning a passing grade or a certificate — the platform will automatically issue the badge to their Badgr account.
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