In this session the presenters share their success, failures and lessons learnt from badging first-year nursing courses for the first time. The goal is to promote discussion about what works and what does not in order to bring badging to the next level. Strategies that have been successful include shared decision-making with students about rewards, facilitating intrinsic motivation among students, gearing badges to content review, promoting badges in the classroom, creating different levels of rewards and reminding students about rewards. Feedback from students about badging in courses will also be shared, which highlights different perspectives on their effectiveness. Labour-intensive process for awarding badges is discouraged as it creates a layer of unneeded complexity for the educator. Also, it is recommended to test badging options like crosswords inside Moodle before going live with the students. Educators new to badging are encouraged to become good friends with their learning management support team. A collaborative approach to badging across courses also improves buy-in. This discussion will be most effective if participants bring a device that can access google documents. Also bring any badges used or considered for integration into the classroom.