Badges are the central, visual component of the Recognize platform. Whether they're tagged to Recognitions or Nominations, badges are an effective way to communicate your company values to your employees.
Recognize comes with a collection of pre-loaded badges that can be leveraged for your company's recognitions/nominations. We also have over 100 pre-made company culture value badges available here: Company Culture Value Badges. But you also have the option to create your own if desired. See the below video for an overview of the Custom Badges section in the Company Admin portal.
Using Pre-Loaded Badge Templates:
- After signing in, click on the 'Menu' icon in the upper right-hand corner
- Select 'Company Admin' from the drop-down menu
- Once in the Company Admin portal, select 'Custom Badges' from the left-side menu
- Scroll through the 'Active Badges' to explore the different, pre-populated badge options
- There are also more stock badge options if you switch the 'Status' to 'disabled'
- Once you've found a badge you'd like to use, click 'Details' next to the badge to customize the details for the badge
- Complete the following fields for each badge:
a. Title (e.g. a company value)
b. Change badge icon
c. Enable (activates the badge)
d. Show in badge listing (users can select the badge through the 'Recognize' feature & it will show up on the Badges page)
e. Description (visible during the badge selection process)
f. Additional details (visible in the badge header)
g. Require approval (subjects submissions of this badge to an approval process)
h. Points (optional - assigns a rewards value that can be redeemed after receipt)
i. Approver (if you have chosen to require approval, you must designate who will approve)
j. Allow either sender's manager or recipient's manager to approve (allows either manager to approve)
k. Budget (this module shows what you should budget per employee per month based on badge settings)
l. Badge sending limits (restricts how many badges can be sent by a single user)
m. Roles (restricts the sending of the badge to specific company roles - e.g. Managers)
n. Achievement (toggle on/off to highlight a high-level employee achievement)
o. Instant (enables 'one-click' recognitions to be made by clicking on a user's avatar)
p. Force private recognition (hides this badge from public view when it is sent)
q. Once these details are updated, click 'Save badges' at the bottom of the page
Uploading New Badges:
- After signing in, click on the 'Menu' icon in the upper right-hand corner
- Select 'Company Admin' from the drop-down menu
- Once in the Company Admin portal, select 'Custom Badges' from the left-side menu
- Click the 'Create Badge' button and complete the following fields:
a. Title (badge title)
b. Description (optional)
c. Badge sending limits (optional)
d. Image (see more about 'Badge Image Dimensions' below) NOTE: you are not able to create a new badge without an uploaded image.
e. Click 'Create badge' and your new badge will appear under the 'Active Badges' section.
- Finish adding badge details for your badge according to step 7 above
- Once these details are updated, click 'Save badges'
Badge Image Dimensions:
- We recommend the badges are 200px by 200px and are transparent pngs.
- Badges must be a circle or square, or they shouldn't be different widths vs. height.
- We also recommend the badges are round, as Recognize rounds them on the stream page. Other places, such as emails and the recognition detail page will show it as you have uploaded it.
Other Restrictions
- A title and image are the minimum requirements to create a badge.
- No two badges can have the same title.
- Once a badge is created and it has been used by others, it can not be deleted or that would delete the associated recognitions.
For more information, please refer to the 'Create a Custom Badge' article.