Course and badge information

By studying this course and meeting the required completion criteria, you have the option of gaining a digital badge. If successfully complete the quiz at the end of the course you will gain a digital badge compatible with Mozilla Open badges upon successful completion of the course. The course is divided into 3 sections, there is practice quiz at the start to familiarise you with key terms and the format of the quizzes. Then there is a quiz at the end to test your overall knowledge of the material.  You can study the course in small chunks to fit in with your work/life commitments.  It will take no more than 6 hours to study.


By studying this course and meeting the required completion criteria, you have the option of gaining a digital badge. If successfully complete the quiz at the end of the course you will gain a digital badge compatible with Mozilla Open badges upon successful completion of the course. The course is divided into 3 sections, there is practice quiz at the start to familiarise you with key terms and the format of the quizzes. Then there is a quiz at the end to test your overall knowledge of the material.  You can study the course in small chunks to fit in with your work/life commitments.  It will take no more than 6 hours to study.

What is a badged course?


Badges are a means of digitally recognising certain skills and achievements acquired through informal study and are entirely optional. They do not carry any formal credit as they are not subject to the same rigour as formal assessment; nor are they proof that you have studied the full unit or course. They are a useful means of demonstrating participation and recognising informal learning.

If you'd like to learn more about badges, you will find more information on the following websites:

  • Open Badges – this information is provided by Mozilla, a leading provider of the open badges system.
  • Digital Badges – this information is provided by HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory), a global community working to transform how we learn, and particularly making use of technology.

Gaining your badge


To gain the My Seaweed Looks Weird: An Introduction to Seaweed Pathogens digital badge, you will need to:

  1. Attempt all the quizzes, this includes the practice quiz associated with the video at the start of the module, this is formative and is really helpful in consolidating your learning but there is no pass mark.
  2. Have worked your way systematically through the course material
  3. Successfully complete the quiz that you’ll find at the end of the course and achieve at least 75%.

When you have successfully achieved the completion criteria you will receive your My Seaweed Looks Weird: An Introduction to Seaweed Pathogens badge. You will receive email notification that your badge has been awarded and it will appear in the My Badges area in your profile. Please note it can take up to 24 hours for a badge to be issued.

SAMS My Seaweed Looks Weird badge

Your badge demonstrates that you have achieved the learning outcomes for the course. The digital badge does not represent formal credit or award, but rather it demonstrates successful participation in informal learning activity.

Accessing your badge


From within the My Seaweed Looks Weird: An Introduction to Seaweed Pathogens course:
  1. Go to the navigation block and under My Profile you can access My Badges. When you click on My Badges you will be taken to your My Badges page on OpenLearn Works.
  2. To view the details of the badge, to download it, or to add it to your Mozilla Backpack, click on the badge and you will be taken to the Badge Information page.
  3. You can either download this page to your computer or add the badge to your Mozilla Backpack.

Sharing your badge


Badges awarded within OpenLearn Works can be shared via the Mozilla Backpack.

Downloading your badge to your Mozilla Backpack


You will need to create a Mozilla Backpack account.

When you have done this, click on the ‘Add To Backpack’ button, and you will be asked to login to Mozilla if you have not already done so.

Follow the instructions on the screen and your badge should be automatically added to your backpack.


Last modified: Thursday, 24 March 2016, 2:45 PM