Status: Complete
What: URI has partnered with Instructure to facilitate badge creation for non-academic credentialing, and to provide a free digital space, or backpack, for individuals to share their accomplishments. Additionally, our Canvas Credentials Pathways subscription enables the design and creation of stackable, cross-disciplinary learning pathways that build off of prior learning assessments, industry certifications, and other external credentials.
Why: Technology is changing the way we think about how we recognize what people have learned, leading to a global micro credentialing movement. Micro credentials, in the form of digital badges, make it easier to recognize, in the moment, specific skills, knowledge, and accomplishments of learners.
Visit the Services page to learn more about digital badging and how your department can issue badges with Badgr.