Issuing badges to session attendees encourages continued learning and gives them a sense of accomplishment. Our robust badge editor lets you design, customize, and issue professional, visually appealing badges in just a few minutes.

Available on all paid plans (Starter and Professional).

1. Conduct a session and navigate to the Settings tab.
   
2. In the Create Badge, click Clone from library to choose the edited certificate template from the library.
   
3. In the Create Badge, click Create Badge to choose a new badge template from the list of options. 
   
4. Hover over the badge templates to customize or preview them.
   Select: To customize the badge template.
   Preview: To preview the badge template. 

Customizing badges

You can also select Insert fields at the top-left corner to access the Fields tab.

There are four types of fields available, and they are listed below:

1. Attendee name
   
2. Attendee completed date
   
3. Reward issued date
   
4. Credential ID
   
5. Product name
   
6. Organization name
   
7. Trainer name
   
8. Trainer designation

Master fields:

The fields you set in the academy's Master fields will be displayed here.

Signup fields:

The fields you set in the academy's signup form will be displayed here. 
 

Images

Design images to suit your academy's brand.

The three different options for inserting images are:
Images: To insert images from your academy's library.
Upload image: To upload images from your device.
Gallery: To insert the default stock images that are available in TrainerCentral.

Validation 

Add validation to badges to help others validate learners’ rewards. This validator redirects people to the reward verification page, where learners' credentials can be verified.

The reward verification page is a dedicated webpage for academies created through TrainerCentral, designed to authenticate their learners' rewards. Refer to this help article to learn more.

Credential ID

Generate a Credential ID to uniquely identify a learner’s badge. The system automatically generates this ID in TrainerCentral.

Add Credential ID: Display a link to the reward verification page at the bottom of the badge. Enable anyone to verify the badge’s authenticity when learners share their badges on LinkedIn or other social media platforms.

QR Code

Enable QR codes for learner badges to allow quick verification using a mobile device.

Add QR Code: Redirect users to the reward verification page when they scan the code, where the learner’s badge and all associated credentials are displayed. 

Copy URL

Copy the URL to view the learner’s reward on the verification page. 

Format text in badge templates

Format text options let you modify the text elements and fields based on your preferences. With this option, you can set the tone and style of the badges.

Here's how you can format a badge.

To format text options: 

Select the required text.
Choose Font, and the font navigation drawer will open.
Customize the required font by using the options below:
Alignment—Align the text left, center, and right of the field.
Size indent—Indent the space between letters and words. 
Text size—Increase or decrease font size.
Text color—Apply font color.
Text style—
These are the options available:   
Emboldens the selected text
Italicizes the selected text
Underlines the selected text

Up arrow icon—To move the selected field one position in front of all other fields. 
Down arrow icon—to move the selected field one position behind all other fields.

Delete and duplicate text or image

Select the text or image in the badge template.
A delete icon and the More Options -> Duplicate will be displayed.
Delete: To delete the text or image.
Duplicate: To duplicate text or an image.