United StatesBadge Maker is a universal app that brings badges and gamification tools to your classroom. Create unlimited badges with endless combinations, shapes, ribons, icons and images. Assign badges and points to students and publish results in Google Classroom, as a PDF report by e-mail. System features • Universal app (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) • Syncs automatically between devices. Requires iCloud. • Screen lock and password protect, supports touch Id • Works in both landscape and portrait. Supports splitView and slideOver • Recycle bin keeps all your erased badges and classes Badge creation • Full library of shapes and icons • Use custom images and shapes • Fine tuning of position and scale of each element. • Optional ribbons available to include a particular text or students names • Enhance your designs with an extensive color palette • Assign points and sounds to your badges Class creation • Classes can be directly imported from Google Classrrom • Classes can be created from an iDoceo template • Classes can be created manually or from an XLS/CSV file • Students can be also be added or edited manually Classroom management • Automatically calculates total points per student, takes into account badges and scores • Unlimited number of columns and rows available • Badges and scores can be assigned individually or in bulk • Scores and badges are automatically timestamped • Zoom in&out • Soundboard to play sound effects at will • Student detailed view. All assigned scores and badges Reporting and publishing • Publish all your badges and total points to Google Classroom • Send all badges to students by e-mail • Create PDF report of all your students
Lightweight, fast, and unpretentious
I’m a recent convert to iDoceo and their suite of tools for teachers, and this is the one I’ve procrastinated with the longest and experienced the greatest regret from the delay. The other apps by this developer which I’ve used (iDoceo, Grade Scanner, Audiologic) all have self-evident value adds to an analytically minded teacher. But classroom gamification always felt a little too gimmicky for me. (Disclaimer: I think indulging students’ desires to have an aesthetically pleasant or fun experience has gone a little overboard in public education these days.) As a result, I was totally disinterested in this app and bought it only alongside the full package to get Grade Scanner and Audiologic at discount. But I’ve spent the past two weeks noodling around in the application and am pleasantly surprised by its ease of use and the potential for enlivening my classroom. When material incentives are not an option (every student wants a pizza party for just turning in his homework), and when the potential costs of those incentives are huge investments of money and time, enter the Badge Maker. At its core, this is about marketing pride in the accomplishments of your students: Bragging Rights. With only a few hours over the past two weeks, I’ve designed a yearlong scope of badges for all the potential academic and extra curricular achievements which are entailed in successful completion of my high school English course. The idea for me is to print and laminate the different badges in a kind of “I Love Me Wall” in my classroom; each achievement will be based on some critical component of the work and traced over the course of the year. One thing to make note of is that the gamification aspect of this tool is really limited only by how creative you can be in the classroom. For me, that’s not a very high ceiling. Nonetheless, if you struggle to motivate your students and are unwilling to reach into your own pocket (as you very much should be) to provide extrinsic motivation, then this app can help you visualize and phrase students for their good work. The gamification isn’t automatic, and it’s not as though there’s a promise with this application that it will gamify your courses right out of the box. You’ll have to develop an incentive scheme and a delivery mechanism to show your students the pride in achievement that they can have. But in an era where every student thinks she’s God’s gift to everyone else, a little realistic honorific won’t go far amiss. Get the app. It’s fun to build the badges and to try to figure out what’s worth celebrating for your students.
United StatesNo Developer Feedback or Response
The app itself looks great and the awarding of badges looks easy enough. However, I was specifically looking for a gamification solution for Google Classroom and purchased the app on this basis. I messaged several times and still no response regarding Google Classroom connectivity. Also, tapping on the Developer Support link on the App Store is useless. I had to research their website and find a link through there.
United StatesI want it to work
Love this idea! With all the other badge making programs being consumed by big crops, this is an amazing alternative. Like the other reviewer said, “I’ll comeback and increase this review when the Google Classroom is fixed.” Loading kids manually is too much. I too am waiting for Google to verify the app. No response from the developer.
United StatesPotentially Good
I purchased the Classroom Badge Maker to use for Distance Learning during COVID-19 to reward students for doing their online work. I LOVE the potential this app has to family my Google Classroom but I’m on day 2 of my purchase and have yet to have access to link my Google Classroom. The developer tells me that they are waiting for Google to verify my account. Once the Classroom integration access is complete, I will come back for an updated review. Until then, it’s frustrating to wait to put this into place.
United StatesFroze
The app froze the whole time, it is awful! I like the concept but it needs work.
United StatesExcellent App - One Flaw.
This is a great app. Can be very useful with a little imagination. My only issue with it is that it doesn't work without iCloud. It won't operate at all if you sign out of iCloud, so beware. If not for that, I'd give it five stars.
United StatesLove it! Clean and simple
Great app to have students be engaged in class and try to earn badges. Great integration into google classroom as well. Customer support is top notch and prompt.
United States
- Improved interaction with iDoceo. Drag and drop your classes to easily create them in Badge Maker - Improved integration with Google Classroom
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