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Center for Workforce and Professional Education Badging Program
Share verified evidence of your skills and achievements with your professional connections
UCM Workforce and Professional Education’s Digital Badging provides you with a user-friendly way to share your achievements, abilities and competencies. Through badging, you have the ability to share your accomplishments with a professional network, current employer and future connections. Each badge displayed includes verification of the organization issuing the badge as well as the activities and knowledge required to earn the credential. Digital badging is quickly becoming the standard for recognizing and displaying your learning and development in a meaningful and easy-to-access way.
Information for Earners
What is a badge?
A badge is a digital representation of a learning outcome, experience or competency. What makes the badges issued to you by Credly unique is that they represent achievements valued by employers. Badges managed through Credly will help you tell your professional story in a way that is complete and validated. Below are examples of UCM digital badges.
Who can receive a badge?
Anyone! Visit our Credly page to see all of the badges available that you can earn.
What are the benefits of a badge?
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Flexible, short-term learning
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Verifiable proof of skills
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Shareable on LinkedIn, résumés, portfolios and more!
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How do I earn a badge?
Follow these steps to earn and display your badge.
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Earn your badge by completing your program or course.
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Claim your badge. After you have earned your badge, our badge provider and partner -- Credly's Acclaim platform -- will send you a notification email from admin@youracclaim.com. This message will include instructions on how to claim and share your badge, as well as how to create your own profile page on the Credly website. This profile page will serve as a one-stop location to display all badges you have earned.
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Share your badge on your social media accounts (such as LinkedIn, Facebook and X) or add it to your digital resume.
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What if I do not want my badge to be public?
You can keep your badge private by simply disregarding the digital badge email from Credly's Acclaim platform. Or you can accept your badge and then choose to make the badge private within your badge settings. You remain in control of your badges at all times.
Is there a cost for claiming and sharing badges?
No. Managing and sharing badges is free.
May I claim badges from previous courses?
Not at this time. Badges cannot be issued retroactively, but we encourage you to explore upcoming opportunities to earn new credentials.
What credentials do I use to create my badge account?
You must use the email address that the digital badge message was sent to when creating your account on Credly's Acclaim platform.
Information for Faculty
Where do I begin?
Badge Request Form & Approval Process
Faculty can submit badge template information here. An automated workflow will send this request to your dean for approval. Extended Studies will notify you once the badge template has been created.
If you know the badge (microcredential) you want to offer earners, please submit a job request with IMC for their team to design the artwork.
How do I issue badges?
Through Credly, Extended Studies will send an email inviting you to join as a badge issuer. You can issue single badges or upload a spreadsheet for bulk issue.
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Contact
Online & Extended Studies
Tel: Tel: (660) 543-4984
