Awarding Badges with Twitter

Users can now create an account or sign in with Twitter and award badges to Twitter users. Connecting your Twitter account to your profile also allows you to collect badges awarded to your Twitter URL.

You must have a verified Twitter account prior to using these features.

Creating a Canvas Badges Account with Twitter

  1. Go to https://badgr.com/signup and click Create Account.
  2. Click the Twitter button.
  3. If you are not signed into Twitter, you will be prompted to do so.
  4. If you are already signed in to Twitter, you will see an Authorization Screen.
Creating a Badgr Account with Twitter
  1. Select the Authorize button to connect your accounts.

Adding Twitter to a Canvas Badges Account

This will allow you to sign in with your Twitter account.

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Badges account.
  2. From your Account menu, select the Profile icon.
  3. Select the Twitter button shown under the Linked Accounts section
Adding Twitter to a Badgr Account
  1. If you are not signed into Twitter, you will be prompted to do so.
  2. If you are already signed in to Twitter, you will see an Authorization Screen.

Awarding a Badge to a Twitter User

  1. Sign in to your Canvas Badges account.
  2. Select the Issuer from which you wish to award a badge.
  3. Select the badge you wish to award.
  4. Use the dropdown under the Identifier field and select URL.
  5. Enter the full URL address of the Twitter user. This usually starts with the Twitter URL followed by the Twitter user's name.
    Example: https://twitter.com/username
Awarding a Badge to a Twitter User
  1. You may optionally include a recipient name.
  2. Once you have entered all the desired information, select the Award Badge button.
  • Awarded badges do not appear in a Twitter feed unless the recipient shares it to Twitter.
  • Badges may only be awarded to Twitter users one at a time. They cannot be awarded in bulk.
Revoking Access

Sign in to Twitter and select the More button under Profile. This button may also look like Ellipses or 3 dots. Select the Settings and privacy menu.

Revoking Access

Under the Security and account access section find the Apps and sessions menu.

Revoking Access

Click Connected Apps.

Go to Connected Apps

Click the Badgr app.

Click the Badgr app

Click Revoke app permissions to remove Badgr.

Revoking Access