Open Badge FAQ

The IIA has partnered with Credly’s platform to translate the Learning outcomes or experiences into a digital badge based on the Open Badges standard defined by Mozilla. That means you are now able to accept, manage, and share your credential as a digital asset.

Representing your credentials as badges gives you the ability to broadcast your skills and tell your professional story online with single-click access to validated credential information. Many employers are learning about Open Badges, so curating an online portfolio of your credentials will place you at the forefront of what will become a convenient currency for communicating professional skills.

Credly is a product of Pearson, the world's leading learning company. Its focal point is an enterprise-class badging platform based on Mozilla's Open Badges standards to support the specialized needs of credential issuers, employers, and professionals. The Credly platform provides a secure means of storage, transport, and credential publishing that adds a layer of protection against those who may falsely claim certifications or credentials.

Credly is dedicated to growing a trusted and secure ecosystem around digital credentials to help education providers, high-stakes credentialing organizations, learners, and employers unlock the potential of badges.

If you don't want your credential to be visible to the public, you can make it private. If you don't want your profile to be visible to the public, you can make it private. If you don't even want a credential in the form of a badge, you can discard it. All information regarding you and your credentials can be configured within your Credly account.

No. Using Credly to store, manage, and broadcast your credentials is free for badge earners. Credly works with credentialing issuers such as The IIA to offset any costs and to ensure you have a best-in-class platform.

​Credly works directly with credentialing issuers to display their credentials as badges.

While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on the Acclaim platform. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a traditional paper-based credential.

Yes. Every credential and profile on Acclaim has a unique URL that can be embedded on a resume or website. Acclaim also offers seamless integration with several popular social and professional networking platforms for the display of credentials as badges.

Any credential that is valued by employers or helps you tell your professional story is welcome on Credly. Currently we work directly with credentialing providers in order to accommodate this, but will expand our offerings over time.

​While Credly adheres to the Open Standard defined by Mozilla, we do not currently support the uploading of badges issued by other platforms. However, this is an enhancement we intend to make to our platform.

Representing your professional credential online as a digital badge through Acclaim is more secure and reliable than manually adding static credential information to LinkedIn or other online destinations because of the verification aspect. A badge can be easily verified, in real-time, through the Acclaim platform, which not only reveals the details of your achievement but also deters fraudulent claims of credential earning.

Acclaim and The IIA take the handling of personally identifiable information (PII) very seriously. That's why the storage and sharing of data through Acclaim is encrypted using industry best practices. And it's always up to you to decide where and when to share your badges so you maintain control over your online professional profile.

Employers and clients can easily verify your credential. Once you share the badge over email or your preferred supported social media platform (such as LinkedIn), a viewer can verify its authenticity by clicking on the link that appears along with the badge. The viewer will be taken to the Acclaim platform where he/she can see the full details of your badge.