With the release of the 1EdTech Open Badges 3.0 standard Moodle will benefit from the implementation of OB 3 for future proofing of the system.  This is also an opportunity to reduce tech debt in the current implementation.

Implementation phases

Phase 1

Clean up and prepare badges for OBv3.0, working on some of the most voted issues causing problems to users:

• MDL-43938 Allow duplicate badge names --> It will also unify badges/edit.php and badges/newbadge.php pages
  • MDL-72354 Show always issuer details when creating/editing badges
    • MDL-70983 Remove Open Badges 1.0 support
  • MDL-82168 Improve badges workflow: Move enable badge action to a modal
• MDL-82057 Import/Copy badges into other courses
• Improve the badge workflow on the course page:
  • MDL-82503 Merge "Manage badges" and "Course badges" reports

Phase 2

Implement OBv3.0.

Testing site

The following Moodle site has been created for testing purposes. It will be upgraded periodically (at least at the end of each sprint), to include the most recent changes: https://badges.prototype.moodledemo.net/