Open Badge Directory [Cycle 1]
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The Open Badges Directory is a community resource for storing and retrieving badge classes and issuer organizations using an API. It allows third party apps to search and integrate badge data. The directory currently provides basic badge class and issuer information but will expand to include extensions, endorsements, and badge instances. Developers can register badges and get involved in the project.
![Submitting Badge Classes
to the Directory
Issuers register a url that contains a list of badge classes.
This list looks like:
{
"badgelist": [{
"location": "http://my-site.com/location-of-badge"
}, {
"location": "http://my-site.com/location-of-other-badge"
}]
}
Register the url at: http://mozilla.github.io/openbadges-directory/#
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Open Badge Directory [Cycle 1]
- 1. Open Badges Directory September 2014
- 2. What is it? • Created during the Discovery project • Community resource • Storage & retrieval (API) of badge classes
- 3. How can the directory be used? • Third-party apps and badge search • Integrate into your badge system or website • Research
- 4. Examples • http://directory.openbadges. org/examples/browser/#/recent • http://achievery.com/discover
- 5. What Badge Data Can be Retrieved? • Initial Prototype Release: – Badge Class & IssuerOrganization – Extensions & Endorsement specification (Once they rollout) Also any additional fields included in either the Badge Class or IssuerOrganization.
- 6. Let’s Look at the Standard: Badge Class • name: The name of the achievement (required) • description: A short description of the achievement (required) • image: URL of an image representing the achievement (required) • criteria: URL of the criteria for earning the achievement (required) • issuer: URL of the organization that issued the badge. Endpoint should be an IssuerOrganization (required) • alignment: List of which educational standards this badge aligns to • tags: List of tags that describe the type of achievement example: https://app.achievery.com/badge-class/1221
- 7. Let’s Look at the Standard: Issuer Organization • name: The name of the achievement (required) • url: URL of the institution (required) • description: A short description of the institution • image: An image representing the institution • email: Contact address for someone at the organization example: https://app.achievery.com/badge-issuer/ 1221
- 8. Let’s Look at the Standard: Extensions & Endorsements • A way to extend the information/data in a badge • Uses an external specification • Can and is encouraged to be shared by many - if popular could be adopted into the standard • Examples: – Endorsements – Location – Age Target – Difficulty – Apply Link • Just like any other information in a badge, this info will be searchable
- 9. Submitting Badge Classes to the Directory Issuers register a url that contains a list of badge classes. This list looks like: { "badgelist": [{ "location": "http://my-site.com/location-of-badge" }, { "location": "http://my-site.com/location-of-other-badge" }] } Register the url at: http://mozilla.github.io/openbadges-directory/# addbadges
- 10. API - Get the Badges! • /search – text – tags – name – issuer • /recent • /tags Try it out: http://directory.openbadges.org/developers/api-explorer#! /search/search
- 11. Directory - THE FUTURE • Badge Instances • Endorsements • Pathways
- 12. Get Involved! • Register your badges • Use the API on your websites • Badge Alliance Directory Working Group – Meets every other Thurs at 1pm ET – http://wiki.badgealliance.org/index. php/Directory_Working_Group • Share your expertise and coding skills
- 13. Resources • Help Pages – http://directory.openbadges.org • Repo: – https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-directory • Node Client Library – https://github.com/jpcamara/openbadges-directory-client • PHP & Rails client libraries coming soon Questions & Feedback: • directory-support@badgealliance.org • openbadges-dev@googlegroups.com