Three reasons to issue digital credentials to your learners:
- A CV for life
Digital credentials are compliant with the Open Badge standard, which means they can be collected and shared to help learners amplify individual accomplishments in a easily accessible way.
- An easy and verifiable way to celebrate achievements
Digital credentials are easy to share to social media platforms, add to LinkedIn profiles and embed in an email or on a webpage.
- Remove the need for printing and mailing paper certificates
Digital credentials are portable, shareable, embeddable, and always available to showcase skills and accomplishments online.
When an employer, customer or peer clicks a credential to view its information they will be taken to the credential page where they can find out:
- Who the issuer and recipient are
- What the credentialed programme/qualification covers
- What was required to earn the credential
- What skills the recipient can demonstrate
- Earning criteria that made the recipient eligible for the credential
- When the credential was issued and if it’s valid or expired
This allows the skills and competencies of an individual to be validated in an easily accessible way.
Offering numerous advantages compared to traditional paper certificates, digital credentials are transforming the way we share professional learning achievements online.
Automatically issued by email to learners on the successful completion of a programme or qualification, digital credentials are a visual award designed to be shared to social media platforms, added to LinkedIn profiles and embedded in an email or on a webpage.
As learners collect, share, and showcase their achievements, digital credentials represent a rich learning journey of verifiable skills development which employers, customers and peers can engage with online.
Approved centres will need to ensure learners are set up to receive their credentials by adding their personal email addresses when registering learner details on the Walled Garden. This information will be used to issue the digital credential to the learner on the successful completion of their qualification or programme.
City & Guilds Group privacy notices
City & Guilds and its subsidiary companies (City & Guilds business) share personal data to ensure delivery and improvement of its current and future services as well as customer experience.
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Digital credentials are automatically issued to learners who have successfully completed programmes and qualifications with ILM.
We use our digital credentialing platform to issue our credentials by email to successful learners and require a valid personal email address at the time of registration. Please contact your provider or employer if you have not been issued a digital credential following the successful completion of a programme or qualification.
How do I share my digital credential
Digital credentials are designed to be shared to social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook, or embedded to business website, blogs and email signatures. Look out for an email from City & Guilds ILM to start sharing your credential online with peers, potential employers, and customers.
Follow this step-by-step guide for information on how to accept and share your digital credential.
Digital credentials Getting started guide
