• Navigate to Course Admin in the navigation bar of your course.
• Click on Awards (under Assessment). You will land on the Classlist Awards tab. Here, you will see an overview of all participants in the course

• Click Course Awards (the second tab). Here, you will find all the awards used in this course.
• Click Add Award to Course to create a new award and/or add an existing one to your course.

You will see an overview of existing awards that you can add to your course. These are awards you have previously created or that have been created by colleagues and made available to others.

1. Use Search Awards to easily find the desired awards.
2. Select Show Only Awards I Created if you want to view only your own awards.
3. If you want to add an existing award to your course, select it.
4. Then click on Add. Awards you have previously added to your course will already be checked.
5. Click on Create to make a new award. You will now be taken to the New Award page.

1. Give the award a title.
2. Use the Description field to explain why students receive this award. This description will also be visible to the students.
3. Use the Criteria field to describe what the student must have done to earn the award.
4. Use Availability to select who can use this award:
   • Make this award available to all of my courses: only you can use this award in your own courses.
   • Make this award available to other creators and their courses: other instructors can use this award in their courses.Note: enabling this option means that all instructors using Brightspace can use and modify this award. This is not recommended.
   • Select Restrict award to [current course] and its child org units if other instructors should only be able to use this award within the current course.
5. Choose whether the award can expire, using the Expiry settings
   • Never: the award does not expire and remains visible to the student indefinitely.
   • Fixed Date: the award expires on a specific date at midnight. Note: once the award is issued, it becomes visible to the student.
   • Relative Time Period After Earning the Award: the award expires a set period after being granted. You can use the dropdown to select days, weeks, months, or years, and enter the number accordingly.
   • Relative Day of Month: the award expires a specific number of days and months after being granted. If you don’t specify a day, the award will expire on the last day of the selected month.
6. Select whether you want students to be notified in advance of the award’s expiration. You can use the dropdown to choose days, weeks, months, or years, and enter the amount of time accordingly.

1. Use Choose Award Image to select an image for your award:
   • Click on From Existing Library to use an image from your existing database.
   • Click on Upload New Icon to upload an image from your computer. Note: The ideal size is 100x100 pixels.
   • Click on Create your own image to design a new award using the Classic Badge Designer
2. Use Issuer Information to enter details about who is issuing the award:
   • Issuer Name: This is the person or entity issuing the award.
     When sharing the award with colleagues or using it in multiple courses, it's advisable to choose a general name.
     We recommend using “Hanze,” but you can also use the name of your program or school.
   • Issuer URL: The default URL is correct: (http://www.brightspace.com/)
   • Issuer Contact: The default contact email is correct: ([email protected])
3. Select Use this award in [current course] now to immediately add the award to the current course. If you don’t want to add it now, you can always do so later.
4. Click Save and Close to save the award and return to the Course Awards page. You will now see the new award listed in your overview.