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ÍøÆسԹϒs academic micro-credentials and digital badges recognize focused learning, skills, and demonstrated competencies. The university’s micro-credential and digital badging program provides the framework for developing, approving, and awarding badges associated with academic coursework, campus experiences, and other approved learning opportunities.

Micro-credentials and digital badges are best suited for discrete, significant accomplishments that represent a skill, competency, or milestone students may want to share beyond a single course. They are not credit-bearing, but they can be made up of components that include credit or noncredit courses and learning experiences. For example, earning a micro-credential may include completion of a course component, a full course, or a set of courses.

Micro-credentials cannot be used to fulfill certificate, degree, or program requirements on their own and will not be listed on a student’s transcript. If courses offering academic credit are part of the micro-credential, those courses will be listed on the transcript and can also be applied to other program requirements.

Transfer courses and credits accrued through prior learning may be used to demonstrate micro-credential competencies, though these will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are dependent on the competencies and type of artifact required for the specific micro-credential.

Digital badges are electronic emblems that serve as evidence of an individual’s completion of a micro-credential and represent competencies related to a specific topic or topics. Digital badges can include metadata on the evidence of learning and link to the sponsoring institution and evaluation criteria.

Badges at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï are awarded through Credly.