Earn Badge: Let learners actively earn your badges

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.

1. The learner visits the badge page and clicks Earn Badge
2. They complete your custom form: learning material, quiz questions, evidence uploads, or a combination
3. 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
4. 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.

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.

Setting It Up

Setting up an Earn Badge flow is something we do together. Get in touch, and we will design and build your earning experience — whether that is 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.

Integration with Moodle

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.

To set up your first Earn Badge flow, contact us at support@navigatr.app or speak to your account manager.