Credly Badges
Lipscomb University has partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital version of your competency badges earned through the university’s CORE Competency Assessment Center.
Credly allows you to easily share your badges on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to get instant recognition from your friends, family and professional network for the achievements you’ve worked hard to earn. You can also display your badges in your email signature and digital resume.
There is no fee for this service and acceptance is completely up to you.
What are the benefits of a Credly digital badge?
- A web-enabled version of your credentials that can be shared online
- A more efficient way of posting to social media platforms
- Labor market insights that relate your skills to jobs
- A trusted method for real-time credential verification
- Employers can search for you to fill a job based on your skills
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If you have questions or do not receive an email regarding Acclaim within two weeks, please contact Kelli Garrett, director of assessment, at kelli.garrett [at] lipscomb.edu ()style="text-decoration:none".
A: Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome that can be verified in real time, online.
A: We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company’s Credly Platform. The technology Credly uses on its platform is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.
A: Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly’s Platform also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through the Platform.
A: Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals worldwide.
A: You will receive an email notification from the Credly Platform (admin [at] youracclaim.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
A: You can easily configure your privacy settings in the Credly Platform. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
A: No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.
A: While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly’s Platform. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.
A: You can share your badge directly from the Credly Platform to LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook; over email; embedded in a website or in your email signature.
A: Labor market insights are pulled from live job requisitions. Based on your skills, you can learn which employers are hiring, what job titles you might be qualified for, salary ranges and more. Search active job listings and even apply for them with just a few clicks through the Acclaim Platform. Access the labor market insights from your badge details page by clicking on Related Jobs, or by clicking on the skill tags assigned to your badge.
A: Yes, you can download your badge from the Share Badge page. Your downloaded badge contains Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant metadata embedded into the image. This allows you to store your badge on other OBI-compliant badge sites, such as the Mozilla backpack.
A: Lipscomb University badges expire two years after earning. Competencies may need to be updated as the marketplace changes and/or the competencies are not as frequently utilized, depending on one’s job history. Earners still are encouraged to display expired badges as they do represent competencies that the earner has demonstrated.
A: You can find answers to frequently asked questions here: support.youracclaim.com. For questions related specifically to Lipscomb University badges, contact Kelli Garrett at kelli.garrett [at] lipscomb.edu.