Credentials Academy

Build expertise in digital credentials and the Canvas Credentials platform with the leading learning platform for Canvas Credentials clients.

Get expert advice from our experienced team who will work with you to implement an engaging program for your participants and organization. Learn from thought leaders and trailblazers in the digital credentialing space.

Enrolling in Credentials Academy provides you and your team with unlimited access to all of the courses, learning experiences, and resources offered in the academy. Courses are online, self-guided, and interactive, with opportunities to engage with peers and our team of instructors in each module. You’ll earn badges along pathways as you build expertise in the Canvas Credentials platform and prepare to launch a successful badging program.

Credentials Academy courses

Your journey with Canvas Credentials begins with enrollment in Credentials Academy. Check out this sampling below of the courses that you’ll engage in as a Credentials Academy learner.

Canvas Credentials Onboarding

Learn everything organization administrators need to know about Canvas Credentials subscriptions. This course will cover essential terminology and tasks, including adding a Canvas Badges Free account to a Canvas Credentials organization and advice for setting up a successful badging program.

Learning outcomes

  1. Access and describe your Canvas Credentials organization, including issuers, badges, and group membership.
  2. Implement best practices for setting up an efficient and easy badging program.
  3. Associate existing free Canvas Badges accounts with your Canvas Credentials organization.
  4. Create and award badges from issuers.
  5. Build Pathways and Groups.
  6. Provide the Canvas Badges/Credentials implementation team with the information they need to set up your white label and SSO.
  7. Take the next steps to continue your Canvas Credentials education.

Course modules

  1. Your Canvas Credentials subscription
  2. Your Organization Dashboard and custom organization settings
  3. Create and add Issuers
  4. Design and create badges
  5. Pathways and groups
  6. Additional Canvas Credentials subscription services

Canvas Credentials Mastery

Building a successful badging program depends on a team who are proficient in the many features and functions of Canvas Credentials, and have the knowledge and skills required to steward the development of their Canvas Credentials Organization. This course will equip organization administrators and your entire badging program team to take badging at your organization to the next level.

Learning outcomes

  1. Leverage the advantages and features of Canvas Credentials at your organization.
  2. Manage Canvas Credentials organization issuers and members sustainably and at scale.
  3. Design, award, and manage badges following proven best practices.
  4. Integrate Canvas Credentials with your LMS to automate badge awards and gamify your learning experiences.
  5. Build pathways that unlock the power of stackable digital credentials.

Course modules

  1. Take your badging program to the next level
  2. Manage your Canvas Credentials organization, issuers, and members
  3. Best practices in badge design
  4. Canvas Credentials in your Learning Management System
  5. Leveling up your pathways.
  6. Leveraging the learner record