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Instructure SALT LAKE CITY, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) (NYSE: INST) today announced it has completed the acquisition of partner Concentric Sky, the makers of Badgr. Currently the default micro-credentialing tool within Canvas LMS, Badgr will be rebranded as "Canvas Badges" as it joins the Instructure Learning Platform. Canvas LMS customers can also upgrade to Badgr Pro's advanced suite of tools in new "Canvas Credentials," offering unlimited badging, leaderboards, analytics and personalized pathway progress visualizations. The deal underscores Instructure's commitment to building the education industry's most integrated teaching and learning platform to support lifelong learning.
Key Points:
- Currently the default micro-credentialing tool within Canvas LMS , Badgr will be rebranded as "Canvas Badges" as it joins the Instructure Learning Platform.
- The deal underscores Instructure's commitment to building the education industry's most integrated teaching and learning platform to support lifelong learning.
- Canvas Credentials is the leading credentialing platform with stackable learning pathways and shareable learner records.
- The Instructure Learning Platform is an open, reliable, and extensible learning ecosystem enabling a digital learning environment for educators, students, and institutions.
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Instructure SALT LAKE CITY, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) (NYSE: INST) today announced it has completed the acquisition of partner Concentric Sky, the makers of Badgr. Currently the default micro-credentialing tool within Canvas LMS, Badgr will be rebranded as "Canvas Badges" as it joins the Instructure Learning Platform. Canvas LMS customers can also upgrade to Badgr Pro's advanced suite of tools in new "Canvas Credentials," offering unlimited badging, leaderboards, analytics and personalized pathway progress visualizations. The deal underscores Instructure's commitment to building the education industry's most integrated teaching and learning platform to support lifelong learning.
Key Points:
- Currently the default micro-credentialing tool within Canvas LMS , Badgr will be rebranded as "Canvas Badges" as it joins the Instructure Learning Platform.
- The deal underscores Instructure's commitment to building the education industry's most integrated teaching and learning platform to support lifelong learning.
- Canvas Credentials is the leading credentialing platform with stackable learning pathways and shareable learner records.
- The Instructure Learning Platform is an open, reliable, and extensible learning ecosystem enabling a digital learning environment for educators, students, and institutions.
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EUGENE, Ore., Sep. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky, the makers of Badgr and an award-winning software design and development firm, is honored to be recognized as one of the 2021 Top Workplaces in Oregon and SW Washington by "The Oregonian."
Key Points:
- EUGENE, Ore., Sep. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky, the makers of Badgr and an award-winning software design and development firm, is honored to be recognized as one of the 2021 Top Workplaces in Oregon and SW Washington by "The Oregonian."
- "What makes this award truly special is that it's based on the opinions of those who know us best our employees," said Concentric Sky President Cale Bruckner.
- Badgr is a registered trademark of Concentric Sky, an award-winning software development firm with a 15-year track record of enterprise product design and innovation around open technology standards.
- For more information about Concentric Sky, visit http://www.concentricsky.com .
The partnership makes Badgr Pro 's suite of tools, including objective-based automations, leaderboards and personalized pathway progress visualizations, available within Blackboard's leading learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Learn.
Key Points:
- The partnership makes Badgr Pro 's suite of tools, including objective-based automations, leaderboards and personalized pathway progress visualizations, available within Blackboard's leading learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Learn.
- "We're excited to collaborate with Blackboard to integrate Badgr's stackable digital credentialing technology into Blackboard Learn," said Wayne Skipper, Founder of Concentric Sky.
- Badgr Spaces, first available in Blackboard Learn, enables learners to earn personalized digital credentials and instructors to align course objectives and learning pathways with digital badges.
- Blackboard and Badgr previously partnered in 2020 during Blackboard's annual conference, BbWorld, where more than 2,000 digital badges were awarded.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Credential Engine have announced a pioneering new collaboration that will make it possible for credential issuers worldwide to export their open badge-backed professional learning achievements from Badgr's stackable, credential pathways and then publish them into Credential Engine's global Registry .
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- WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Credential Engine have announced a pioneering new collaboration that will make it possible for credential issuers worldwide to export their open badge-backed professional learning achievements from Badgr's stackable, credential pathways and then publish them into Credential Engine's global Registry .
- Many of the micro-credentials issued through the Badgr platform are assembled into stackable learning journeys using Badgr's easy-to-understand Pathways tools.
- Badgr's collaboration with Credential Engine leverages the power of Open Badges , CTDL Pathways , and Badgr's open infrastructure which all share a common digital format.
- Soon, credential issuers will have the ability to connect their machine-readable digital badges and learning pathways from Badgr with Credential Engine's expansive structure of open data.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Emsi today announce the integration of Badgr and Emsi's Open Skills Library .
Key Points:
- EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and Emsi today announce the integration of Badgr and Emsi's Open Skills Library .
- Emsi is a market leader in the field of economic modeling and labor market insights.
- This new collaboration will directly connect the skills-aligned digital badges issued via Badgr with Emsi's rich skills taxonomy and associated labor market data.
- "In order to have currency, a skill must have an independent definition," said Wayne Skipper, Founder and CEO of Concentric Sky.
EUGENE, Ore., April 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and the University of North Texas have launched a first-of-its-kind comprehensive digital learner record.
Key Points:
- EUGENE, Ore., April 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Concentric Sky (makers of Badgr) and the University of North Texas have launched a first-of-its-kind comprehensive digital learner record.
- A comprehensive learner record (CLR) captures student skills and competencies more granularly than previous records, like traditional transcripts.
- Comprehensive Learner Records are inherently digital, facilitating the sharing of a wide array of connected learning experiences between parties.
- When assessed, this evidence allows the university to issue marketable skills credentials reflected in their Badgr-powered comprehensive learner record.
