QA/Execution/Web Testing/Badges getting started

How to get started with badges

• Think of a badge
  • Each badge needs specific criteria for badge work, so users can easily prove eligibility
  • Read up on badge design- ideally it will challenge a user to level up & participate more, be fun, refer to what other teams have done
• Get a badge design
  • Run a contest : https://quality.mozilla.org/2013/06/design-a-general-contributor-badge-for-mozilla-qa/
  • Design your own: https://www.openbadges.me/designer.html
  • Get badge image file
• Create a Badges account
  • https://badges.mozilla.org/en-US/
  • Consider creating a team account instead of a personal account
    • Difficult to use LDAP account with Persona because of password changes
    • Consider using Gmail, or other non-Mozilla account
  • Create a Mozillians account with new email address
  • Vouch the Mozillians account
  • Log into Badges with vouched Mozillians account to create team account - vouched Mozillians should immediately be able to create a badge

• Create a badge
  • https://badges.mozilla.org/en-US/badges/create
  • Add title, image file, description, tags
  • Anyone is able to submit nominations by logging in to Badges.moz.org and adding an email on the badge page
  • Nominations arrive via email, able to approve/reject inside Badges account