Create and award badges

A badge is a lighter form of recognition than a certificate: a small image awarded for a skill, role or milestone. There's no designer. You upload the artwork and assign it.

Create a badge

On the Certification page, switch to the Badges tab and press Add beside the title (New on a phone). In the New badge form, enter a Title and an optional Description, and press Choose image under Badge image (a square image works best). A badge can't be created without an image. Press Create and the badge opens on its detail page.

Assign it to people

A badge detail page has two tabs, Assign and Holders.

On Assign, add recipients the same way as for certificates: Manual (name + email, with spreadsheet paste) or a Spreadsheet upload with column mapping. Then press Assign badges. Each person gets the badge with a unique code, and they appear on the Holders tab. As with certificates, everyone needs a name (the badge page shows it, never the email). Assign badges stays disabled while anyone on the list is missing one.

Send and manage

As with certificates, assigning doesn't email anyone. On the Holders tab press Send emails to notify everyone who hasn't been emailed yet. You can search holders, open a holder's public badge page, remove one badge, or select several and remove them in bulk. Select-all takes only the holders your search shows, and a bulk remove asks you to confirm how many first.

To change the badge itself, use Edit in the top right. To delete it, use the trash icon. Deleting a badge takes it off everyone who holds it, and it can't be undone.

The recipient's badge shows on their Gathin profile and at its own public page (gathin.com/badge/<code>), which they can add to LinkedIn. The LinkedIn Company ID tip from certificates applies here too.