How to Accept Badges?

Digital badges are handed out to acknowledge your accomplishments, which may be completing a lab, a course or a set of courses. These are online representations of your achievements. Challenge Labs digital badges provide increased value by enabling interested parties to view and learn more about the credentials with a single-select.

One step verification

Each Challenge Labs badge image contains personalized metadata which tie the badge to your personal certification achievement hosted on Credly’s platform.

Sharing your badge

Your Challenge Labs badge can be used to highlight your Achievements across multiple media and all major social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Sharing your Challenge Labs badge is a great way to develop your professional brand and let everyone know that you’ve completed a hands-on lab learning experience in your technical area. You can begin sharing from Credly’s platform once your Badges are accepted and your account is created.

How to accept and share your badge

You will receive an email notifying you to claim your badge on the website of Credly, our badging partner.

1. Select the link in the email
2. Create an account on the Credly site
3. Claim your badge
4. Start sharing

Credly Platform FAQ

What is an open badge?

Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.

How does my certification get displayed as a badge?

We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company’s 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.

What are the benefits of a badge?

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 provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you are 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.

Who is Credly?

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.

How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?

You will receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.

What if I don’t want my badge to be public?

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.

Is there a fee to use Credly’s platform?

No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.

What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?

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.

Where and how can I share my badge through Credly’s platform?

You can share your badge directly from the platform to LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook; over email; embedded in a website or in your email signature.

What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly’s platform?

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 steps through the 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.

Can I export badges issued through Credly’s platform to other badge-storing platforms?

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.

Can I import badges issued from other platforms into Credly’s platform?

Not at this time.

Can I opt out of getting badges?

Yes, log into your Skillable user account, select on the Achievements icon in the upper right and select I do not want to participate in achievements.

I have a question about the Credly platform. Where can I find support?

You can find answers to frequently asked questions at Credly support.