1EdTech Open Badges 2.0 Certification Suite

Open Badges Issuer

A Open Badges Issuer is an application that allows for the creation of BadgeClasses and the subsequent delivery of Assertions to recipients that conform to the Open Badges Specification. Beginning with Open Badges 2.0, the candidate platform must issue a valid baked badge and demonstrate how the badge is retrieved by the recipient.

Test

1. Create a valid baked 2.0 badge and issue it to the recipient conformance@imsglobal.org.
2. Demonstrate through video the candidate platform's methodology for a recipient to retrieve their badge.

Note that the artifacts you submit will not be fetched for permanent storage on IMS servers. You will therefore need to make sure that the artifacts remain accessible at their respective URLs until you have received an email notification that your certification has been approved.

Note also that all fields are required.

Open Badges Displayer

An Open Badges Displayer is an application that displays verified badges to viewers. Beginning with Open Badges 2.0, the candidate platform must display a minimum set of badge metadata and support viewer-initiated verification of a badge.

Test

1. Demonstrate through separate videos that the platform allows viewers of badges to see the following data in three different badges. (Note that IMS is not supplying these badges; you will have to supply them yourself.)

   Badge 1

   1. BadgeClass image, name, description, issuer name, issuedOn date
   2. Neither expired nor revoked

   Badge 2

   1. BadgeClass image, name, description, issuer name, issuedOn date
   2. Expired status (display of date optional)
   3. Not revoked

   Badge 3

   1. BadgeClass image, name, description, issuer name, issuedOn date
   2. Not expired
   3. Revoked status (display of reason optional)

2. Demonstrate through video that the platform allows viewers of badges to do one or both of the following:

   1. Trigger verification of the badge and retrieve results verifying that the badge assertion is not expired, and not revoked.
   2. Consume pre-existing verification information that includes the results and timestamp of latest verification.

Note that the artifacts you submit will not be fetched for permanent storage on IMS servers. You will therefore need to make sure that the artifacts remain accessible at their respective URLs until you have received an email notification that your certification has been approved.

Note also that all fields are required.

Open Badges Host

An Open Badges Host is an application that can aggregate and publicly host Assertions for recipients. It also supports export of badges at user request. Beginning with Open Badges 2.0, the candidate platform must be able to import all formats of Open Badges as well as prove that badge metadata is not lost upon export of the badge.

Test

1. Using the artifacts provided below, demonstrate through video the ability to import each of the provided artifacts (baked PNG badge, baked SVG badge, and Assertion URL). Note that the applicant may be required to create a fake account in the candidate platform.
2. Using one of the badge formats provided below, demonstrate through video the full process of importing the badge into your platform, exporting it out of your platform, and then submitting that badge to IMS for diff comparison with the original.

Note - the recipient identity in these badges is conformance@imsglobal.org.

Note that the artifacts you submit will not be fetched for permanent storage on IMS servers. You will therefore need to make sure that the artifacts remain accessible at their respective URLs until you have received an email notification that your certification has been approved.

Note also that all fields are required.