Badges are the colored indicators that appear on a student card to surface the most safety-critical information at a glance — allergies, medical conditions, dietary restrictions, and refused consents. They let any practitioner see what matters most about a student without digging through tabs. Each badge is generated automatically from data entered elsewhere in August, so the badge is always a reflection of the underlying record.
This article walks practitioners through what each badge color means and where each one is generated from.
Badge colors at a glance
Badge color | What it flags |
Red | A refused consent or an allergy |
Yellow / orange | A medical condition |
Blue / teal | A dietary restriction |
Red badges — allergies & refused consents
Red is used for the highest-priority flags, so it covers two different things: allergies and refused consents.
Allergies generate a red badge whenever an allergy is recorded on the student. An allergy can get onto the record in a few ways:
Added directly on the student card by a practitioner (Conditions tab → Add allergy)
Submitted by a guardian through an allergy form during enrollment
Synced in automatically if your school uses the Blackbaud bi-directional sync
💡 Tip: An allergy can also carry a severity level (including life-threatening). Severity is set from the allergy record on the student card and doesn't change the badge color — the red badge simply signals that an allergy exists.
Refused consents generate a red badge when a guardian declines a consent during enrollment. For a consent form to drive a badge, the form must include "Consent" in its title and have an electronic signature field. When those conditions are met, a badge is generated based on the guardian's response — and a refused (declined) consent surfaces in red.
Yellow / orange badges — conditions
A yellow/orange badge flags a medical condition on the student. Conditions reach the record the same three ways allergies do:
Added directly on the student card by a practitioner (Conditions tab → Add condition)
Submitted by a guardian through a conditions form during enrollment
Synced in automatically via the Blackbaud bi-directional sync, if enabled
Removing or correcting a condition on the student card will update or clear the badge accordingly.
Blue / teal badges — dietary restrictions
A blue/teal badge flags a dietary restriction. Dietary restrictions are generated from the options your school configures and the selections guardians make:
Managers and SysAdmins set the available options under Settings → Instance Settings → Dietary Restrictions
Guardians select applicable restrictions on the parent enrollment forms
Staff can also add or edit restrictions directly at the bottom of the student card if something changes after enrollment
Best practices & tips
Treat red as your first stop — because red covers both allergies and refused consents, hover or click into the badge to confirm which one you're looking at before acting.
Keep source records clean — badges only reflect what's on the record, so removing an outdated allergy or condition on the student card is what clears the badge.
Confirm consent forms are set up to trigger badges — if a consent badge isn't appearing, check that the form title includes "Consent" and has an electronic signature field.
If you have any questions, reach out to the August Schools Support Team via live chat with the "Help" icon or at [email protected].