The SDGs on Campus
Earn an SDG Digital Badge with IU Global
IU Global offers students the opportunity to earn digital badges that demonstrate awareness of and experience with different UN SDGs. Through our SDG Explorer Badges, students gain a foundational understanding of different SDGs by completing short modules on Canvas.
Faculty Integration of SDGs in the Classroom
Faculty can integrate the digital badge opportunity into their courses in the following ways:
- Include the badge as a required assignment to give students background knowledge on a global challenge related to your course
- Offer extra credit for students who complete a badge as a way of encouraging global learning related to your course
- Include the SDG badge icon on your syllabus and canvas page to signal the connection to the SDGs
For more information or additional support on using the SDG Explorer Badges in your classroom, contact unsdg@iu.edu.
FAQs about the SDG Digital Badges
Digital badges are a tool that can be used to acknowledge a learner's mastery of small, granular pieces of knowledge or demonstrated achievements or skills. Digital badges are a visual indicator of an earned microcredential and they are embedded with verified metadata, which makes them shareable across social media and the internet.
To start earning your SDG Explorer or Experience badge, visit this Canvas course. Select the SDG you would like to focus on and complete the badge.
It should take about 2 hours to complete the SDG Explorer Badge.
As students work through each Explorer badge, they will learn the following:
- Why that SDG matters around the world and the challenges to achieving that goal
- The targets of the SDG and how they work to address the goal
- Progress made towards that SDG around the world
- Examples of how the goal is addressed and experienced in different international contexts
- How you can take action towards that goal
Once a student completes the SDG Explorer course on Canvas, someone at IU Global will be notified. We will review your materials and issue you your digital badge. When that is complete, the student will receive notification by email. Once a student receives their digital badge, they can attach it to their email, resume, LinkedIn page, or other social media.
