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Digital Badges and Credentials

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Digital Badges and Credentials

At Brown University, we are dedicated to empowering you in reaching your professional aspirations. We recognize that effectively showcasing your credentials in today's rapidly expanding online marketplace can be daunting. That's why we are thrilled to partner with Credly to offer you a digital version of your credentials. 

What is a Digital Badge?

Illustration of man with telescope, envelopes, @ symbol and CVA digital badge is a type of credential that allows you to show specific skills that you have gained through learning experiences. It is clickable and houses information such as the issuing institution, the date earned, the criteria required to earn the badge, and the evidence that shows that you have met the required criteria. Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. 

Digital badges are dynamic credentials that you own, so you can decide how you want to use them. Once you earn a badge you own it, so you may use it however you wish. Digital badges can be put on social media site, such as LinkedIn, added as a link on your digital resume, email signature, embedded in your e-portfolio, and more.

Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted, and can be easily verified in real-time. Badges are an eco-friendly solution to provide employers and peers with concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and your capabilities.

Offerings

Earn badges by graduating from Brown learning programs, such as:

  • Leading from Where You Are (LFWYA) - LFWYA helps individual contributors develop the skills necessary to lead from within their current position.
  • Leadership Certification Program - The Leadership Certification Program (LCP) provides new and existing leaders with the skills necessary to effectively lead at Brown.
  • Management Essentials - The Management Essentials Program offers a strong foundation in crucial information and skills for effective leadership. It focuses on key HR-related policies and procedures within the context of the employee lifecycle, essential for every manager to know.
Examples of Credly badges

How It Works

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Steps

  1. Enroll and graduate from either LFWYA or Leadership Certification Program.
  2. Accept your badge through Credly. Once you have completed a course, you will receive an email from Credly asking you to accept your digital badge.  For first-time users, the email will prompt you to sign up on Credly.
  3. Share your badge. Once you’ve accepted your badge in Credly, you can share on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, by clicking on the "share" button and selecting the social media platform(s) of your choice. You will be prompted to allow Credly to access your social media account(s) to post your badge.
  4. If you choose not to immediately share your badge, you can log in to your Credly account at any time to access and share your badges. To do so you must: Select the badge you'd like to share. You will be brought to the "share badge" screen where you can find different tabs directing you to connect your social media accounts and share your badges. At the top of the page, select the "share" button.

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