Please note that badges can no longer be added to Merit accounts. If your institution's account already uses badges, this page will walk you through creating or editing them. Please contact the Merit team at help@meritpages.com if you need assistance.
Merit stories can have images/icons associated with them. The image can be a badge, school logo, or seal, and will appear on students' merit pages. It may also appear in social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn when the story is posted there.
Here's an example of how badges are used on student pages:
Designing Badges
In order to use badges inside your account, you'll need to have a member of your team design a set of customized badges for your school. Alternatively, you can use your school's logo or seal as the default image for each of your badges.
Each created image needs to be 150x150 pixels in size in order to appear properly on a student's Merit page.
You may create as many badges as you'd like, but Merit requires the following four badges:
- Achievement (a generic badge for uncategorized achievements)
- Enrollment
- Graduation
- Dean's List or Honor Roll
Here are some sample badges you can use for reference:
Adding Badges to Merit
After designing your badges, you will need to upload them to your Merit account. To add badges, go to the Images section under the Settings tab. Here you will be able to manage your existing Images and add new ones. Click the Add a Badge button to create a new badge from scratch or Import Badges to upload them in bulk:
Clicking Add Badge will allow you to add an individual badge/image to your Merit account. This will open up a window prompting you to configure your badge:
Here you will want to upload an image to accompany your badge, give it a title and category, and adjust how it's used in a sentence. This phrase will only be used in your emails to students themselves. It will NOT appear elsewhere online.
Click Save Changes when your badge is ready.
Editing a Badge
You can make changes to any of your previously created badges at any time. To do so, go to the Images section under the Settings tab. Click Edit to make changes to the badge or Archive to remove this badge from your account: