Most badges are pushed to recipients. For many programmes, that works well. But sometimes you want the learner to come to you: to see the badge, understand what it recognises, and decide to go after it.
Navigatr's Earn Badge feature is built for that. Learners complete a quiz, submit evidence, or fill in a claim form. The result is a credential they value because they actively earned it.
The whole process can be completed without the learner having an existing Navigatr account.
How it works
Every badge on Navigatr has a public badge page showing what the badge recognises, the criteria for earning it, and who issues it.
When you enable Earn Badge, a button appears on this page. Clicking it takes the learner to a custom earning experience that you define: a form, a quiz, learning content with assessment questions, or an evidence-based application.
The learner visits the badge page and clicks Earn Badge
They complete your custom form: learning material, quiz questions, evidence uploads, or a combination
If they meet the criteria, the badge is issued. This can happen automatically (for example, passing a quiz or submitting a form) or after a manual review by your team
They receive an email with their new badge, and it is added to their Navigatr profile
Badge page showing the "Earn Badge" button.
What you can build
You control what the learner sees and does before the badge is issued. Common setups include:
Knowledge checks. Learning content followed by quiz questions. If the learner gets the answers right, they earn the badge. This works well for awareness programmes, onboarding, and introductory training.
Example earning experience from the Digital Badge Basics badge.
Simple claim forms. A short form collecting the learner's name and email. Useful for event attendance, workshop completion, or any scenario where participation is the earning criteria.
Example simple claim form showing name and email fields.
Evidence-based applications. A longer form where the learner provides written responses, uploads evidence, or describes their experience. This suits recognition of prior learning, CPD, and professional development programmes.
Course applications. A form where someone applies to join a programme. The badge recognises their acceptance or enrolment, and further badges can be earned as they progress through the learning pathway. If you want a single badge to be awarded automatically at the end of a pathway, see the destination badge flow on the pathway editor as an alternative auto-issue mechanism.
How badges are issued
When a learner completes the earning experience, the badge can be issued automatically via a secure webhook or queued for manual review by your team. You choose which approach fits your programme.
If the learner already has a Navigatr account, the badge is added to their profile immediately. If not, they receive an email inviting them to claim the badge and create their account.
Badge notification email received by the learner after earning a badge.
Note: Webhook deliveries do not retry automatically. If a delivery fails, your team will need to investigate and re-trigger the issue manually from the badge admin page.
Setting it up
Note: Setting up an Earn Badge flow is something we do together. Get in touch, and we will design and build your earning experience: a knowledge check, a claim form, or an evidence-based application. We have helped organisations across education, local government, employers, and membership bodies set up effective badge earning flows.
Once your earning experience is ready, we connect it to your badge on Navigatr. The button appears on the badge page, and the webhook handles automatic issuance.
Each badge has its own encrypted webhook URL. To find it, go to the badge admin page, click Issue, then Set up an Integration, then Copy. Your earning experience posts to that URL to trigger issuance.
Webhook posts hit the public API, which is rate limited to 5 requests every 2 seconds per source IP. For most earning flows, this is well within bounds, but if you expect bursts (for example, a cohort all submitting at once), let us know during setup so we can plan accordingly.
Tip: If you would rather run the integration yourself, you can pair the badge's Earn Badge Link URL with its encrypted webhook URL to build a fully self-serve loop. See Creating a Badge for the manual setup.
Integration with Moodle
If you run formal training through Moodle, you can embed Navigatr badges as completion criteria on your courses. When a learner finishes the course, our plugin issues the badge automatically. See Link your Navigatr badges to a Moodle course for the full setup.
Tip: If your learners complete training through Moodle, you may not need Earn Badge at all. Our native Moodle plugin issues badges automatically on course completion. Many organisations use both: Moodle for formal training badges, and Earn Badge for skills recognition, CPD, and community badges where the learner takes the initiative.
Data protection
All communication between the earning experience and Navigatr is sent over HTTPS. Badge data follows our standard consent model: the badge remains in a private, pending state until the recipient registers and consents. It only becomes publicly verifiable once the recipient has given explicit consent.
Getting started
You can see a live example on our Digital Badge Basics badge page.
Tip: To set up your first Earn Badge flow, contact us at [email protected] or speak to your account manager.