NCIDQ DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

CIDQ, as part of our 50th Anniversary campaign in 2024, is recognizing, celebrating, and investing in our most important stakeholders. As a value-add to YOU, our active NCIDQ Certificate holder, CIDQ partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital version of your NCIDQ credential that you can use to showcase your accomplishment.

CIDQ is committed to providing you with the tools necessary to achieve your professional goals. We understand that communicating your credentials in an ever-expanding online marketplace can be challenging. Digital badges can be used in email signatures, digital resumes, websites, and social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and X. This digital image contains verified metadata that describes your qualifications and the process required to earn them.

Follow these steps to access your credential:

● Find the original email and click on the Accept button, OR

● Visit https://www.credly.com/users/sign_up and create an account.

● Use the same email address on file in your MyNCIDQ account.

● After you confirm your email, accept the badge!

YOUR BADGE HAS POWER, BUT ONLY IF YOU SHARE IT!

Don’t miss out on the following benefits:

● The web-enabled digital version is easy to share online.

● You’ll see direct connections between skills and jobs.

● This is a trusted method for real-time verification; it is not self-reported.

You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

DIGITAL BADGE FAQ's

Q: What is an open badge?
A: Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.

Q: How does my certification get displayed as a badge?
A: We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company digital badging platform. The technology Credly uses is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.

Q: What are the benefits of a badge?
A: Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through Credly.

Q: Who is Credly?
A: Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.

Q: How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?
A: You will receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.

Q: What if I don’t want my badge to be public?
A: You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

Q: Is there a fee to use Credly?
A: No. This is a service CIDQ provides to you, at no cost.

Q: What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?
A: While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.

Q: Where and how can I share my badge through Credly?
A: You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook; over email; embedded in a website or in your email signature.

Q: What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly?
A: Labor market insights are pulled from live job requisitions. Based on your skills you can learn which employers are hiring, what job titles you might be qualified for, salary ranges and more. Search active job listings and even apply for them with just a few clicks through Credly. Access the labor market insights from your badge details page by clicking on Related Jobs, or by clicking on the skill tags assigned to your badge.

Q: Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?
A: Yes, you can download your badge from the Share Badge page. Your downloaded badge contains Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant metadata embedded into the image. This allows you to store your badge on other OBI-compliant badge sites, such as the Badgr Backpack.

Q: Can I import badges issued from other platforms into Credly?
A: Not at this time.

Q: I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?
A: You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions here: support.credly.com

NCIDQ DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

DIGITAL BADGE FAQ's

How to accept and manage your digital badge