Digital Badging
To support learning outside of the classroom, URI has partnered with Instructure’s Canvas Credentials to provide digital badging for faculty, staff, and students. Digital badges are web-enabled credentials that recognize achievements, content mastery, or new skills through non-academic micro-credentialing. These badges contain rich metadata that validates and verifies the learning outcomes they represent, offering a secure and portable way to showcase accomplishments.
Executive Lead
Karen Lokey
Technical Lead
Catherine White
cathywhite@uri.edu
Support Team
ITS Innovation
About the Service:
Features
- Metadata-Rich Badges: Includes issuer details, criteria, evidence, associated standards, and expiration dates.
- Real-Time Verification: Ensures credentials cannot be tampered with and are instantly verifiable.
- Canvas Student Pathways: Design stackable, cross-disciplinary learning pathways incorporating prior assessments and external certifications.
- Digital Backpack: Provides a free, secure space to share badges via LinkedIn, social media, email signatures, and resumes.
- Employer Integration: Offers immediate access for employers to validate skills and accomplishments.
Access
Issuer Accounts:
- URI departments can request accounts for non-academic credentialing.
- Email the ITS Service Desk to set up an issuer account.
Digital Badges:
- Badges are issued after participants meet specific learning outcomes or demonstrate mastery of skills.
- Use Canvas Credentials for creating and issuing badges.
Explore Tools:
Visit the Canvas Credentials and URI Badgr Homepage to learn more.
Support & Training
Resources:
- Open Badges Format
- Canvas Credentials Documentation
- Canvas Student Pathways
- Canvas Badges Backpack Demo
For questions about digital badging or to request a consultation, contact the ITS Service Desk or the ITS Innovation team.