{"id":12485,"date":"2025-09-22T09:55:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:55:44","slug":"blackboard-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2025\/09\/22\/blackboard-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Available now!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extrinsic motivators can be a powerful tool for encouraging students to progress in your courses. You can use <strong>Achievements <\/strong>to keep students motivated and congratulate them for how they&#8217;ve participated in your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should now notice a new addition to the top tab in your Blackboard module areas called <strong>Achievements<\/strong>. This is where you start in creating a badge for students to achieve based on specific criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Achievements is a very simple tool that you can use in your module or programme areas in different ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Support self-directed learning pathways<\/strong>. You can give learners tasks, goals, or &#8216;quests&#8217;with clearly defined criteria. Learners can have more flexibility in how they approach their activities. They might choose to focus on a particular area of development before moving on to another. This can replace a set sequence, personalising the learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engage and motivate learners<\/strong>. Some learners respond to extrinsic motivations. They feel satisfied when they complete tasks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adds transparency of learning<\/strong>. Course badges that define the skills and competencies in a course can help students to see how they\u2019re developing competencies and also can better understand and demonstrate to others what they\u2019re learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why not consider how you could incorporate Achievements into your teaching?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2025\/09\/achievements3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2025\/09\/achievements3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12486\" style=\"width:738px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2025\/09\/achievements3.png 940w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2025\/09\/achievements3-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2025\/09\/achievements3-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Interact\/Achievements\">Blackboard Help pages<\/a> and also in our <a href=\"https:\/\/learningedge.edgehill.ac.uk\/ultra\/courses\/_285117_1\/outline\">Blackboard and Supported Tools Course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available now! Extrinsic motivators can be a powerful tool for encouraging students to progress in your courses. You can use Achievements to keep students motivated and congratulate them for how they&#8217;ve participated in your course. You should now notice a new addition to the top tab in your Blackboard module areas called Achievements. 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