The badge image is an important visual element that shows the value and credibility of the achievement it represents. A well-designed badge image makes a stronger impression, enhances its appeal, and aligns with your organisation’s branding.
Your logo is a key part of your brand, and it’s important to make sure it looks great on your badges. The Navigatr Badge Designer lets you customise your badges so your logo stands out. Use these tips to improve your badge design and logo presentation.
If you haven’t created your badge yet, check this article and create your first badge.
Choose the Type and Mode for Your Badge
The Navigatr Badge Framework uses the type of learning and the mode to shape and shade your badge image. This helps show the purpose of the badge and the level of effort needed to earn it.
Type of Learning
- Informal Learning: Represents self-directed or experiential learning.
- Training: Structured learning focused on specific skills or subjects.
- Certified: Signifies externally validated expertise or credentials.
- Qualification: Indicates an accredited program or qualification.
- Membership: Recognises participation in a group or community.
Mode
- Explore: The starting point for engaging with a new subject or skill.
- Deepen: Shows building knowledge and understanding.
- Apply: Reflects practical use or application of skills.
- Teach: Indicates instructing or guiding others in the subject.
- Lead: Signifies leadership and expertise in the field.
Choosing the right type and mode ensures your badge image matches the learning goals and communicates its purpose.
This guide shows how the type and mode affect the badge's shape and shading, making it easier to understand its purpose at a glance.
Add Your Logo
To make sure your logo looks professional and impactful, follow these tips:
- Use PNG Format: Your logo should be a PNG file with a transparent background.
- Crop Any Blank Space: Remove extra blank space around your logo to prevent it from appearing too small. Tools like Canva can help you crop your logo.
Uploading a logo with too much blank space makes it look smaller and less noticeable on the badge.
For example, this logo has a lot of blank space:
Adding this logo to your badge looks like this. Notice how the logo appears smaller and doesn’t stand out:
If you crop the blank space around your logo, it will look bigger and bolder. Here’s how the cropped logo looks:
When added to a badge, the cropped logo looks bold and professional, making your brand stand out:
Change Title and Subtitle
With the Navigatr Badge Designer, you can customise your badge title and subtitle. Titles are the main badge name, while subtitles add extra details. Make your titles meaningful and relevant. Add a line break in the title using `\n`.
Change Colours
Customise your badge’s background colour to match your branding. The Navigatr Badge Designer allows you to pick colours that suit your logo and make your badge look more appealing.
Quality Assurance
Navigatr’s Quality Assurance team can check and improve your badge for consistency and professionalism. We will add the “Quality Assured by Navigatr” ident to show it meets the Navigatr Badge Framework's standards.
Contact Navigatr support at [email protected] if you’d like assistance.
Final Tips
- Preview Your Badge: Use the preview option in the Navigatr Badge Designer to make sure it looks exactly how you want it to.
- Ask for Help: If you’re unsure about your logo or badge design, contact Navigatr support at [email protected].
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