CredID

Choose the starting point that fits what you want to do with CredID.

• New to CredID?
  ASU students, faculty and staff can sign in to CredID using their ASURITE credentials. Non-ASU users can sign in with a Google or Apple account or create an account using an email address and password.
• Want to view or share a credential you earned?
  CredID earners can share credential awards through LinkedIn or a unique URL. Earners can also copy embed code, download the credential award’s JSON or print a certificate.
• Awarding credentials through Canvas?
  CredID can award credentials based on completion of course requirements, module requirements or assignment requirements. Instructors can also create Canvas assignments that require students to submit a credential they earned through another learning experience. If CredID is not available in your course, email [email protected] with your course information to get the tool enabled.
• Awarding credentials outside Canvas?
  Authorized issuer staff can award credentials to individual learners or to a group in bulk. CredID also allows issuers to revoke an award or set an expiration period when the recognized skill or qualification needs to be renewed.

CredID can support learning activities where you want to recognize a meaningful skill, achievement or milestone with a digital credential that students can share beyond the course.

• You want to recognize a specific skill or achievement.
  Use a digital credential to identify what a learner accomplished, who issued the recognition and what criteria the learner met to earn it.
• You want students to share evidence of their learning beyond the course.
  CredID credentials can be shared through LinkedIn or a unique URL, allowing students to communicate recognized skills and achievements with audiences such as employers or educational institutions.
• You want to connect a credential to completion in Canvas.
  Use CredID with Canvas to award a credential when students complete defined course, module or assignment requirements.
• You want to recognize learning across multiple activities or experiences.
  Define earning criteria that represent a meaningful skill or achievement rather than using a credential to recognize routine course participation or individual grades.
• You want students to submit a credential earned through another learning experience.
  Create a Canvas assignment that asks students to submit a credential award as evidence of learning or an achievement completed elsewhere.

Explore examples of how digital credentials might be used to recognize learning, skills and achievements.

• Recognize a course-related skill: Award a credential after students complete an assessment or series of activities demonstrating a specific skill, such as data analysis, laboratory safety, project management or professional communication.
• Document a program milestone: Award a credential when a learner completes a capstone, culminating experience, portfolio review or other significant stage within a program.
• Recognize professional development: Award a credential for completing a workshop series, continuing education experience or faculty and staff development program.
• Document experiential learning: Recognize skills demonstrated through an internship, clinical experience, service-learning project, research experience or study abroad program.
• Confirm completion of required training: Use a credential to document completion of a meaningful orientation or training experience when learners may need to demonstrate that achievement outside the original course or program.

CredID, Canvas and ASU Portfolio support different ways of documenting student learning and may be used together.

Accessibility

• Write a clear credential title, description and earning criteria so learners and external viewers can understand the achievement without relying on the badge image.
• Do not rely on the badge image, color or other visual design alone to communicate the credential’s meaning or level.
• Use plain language and describe required skills and assessments as specifically as possible.
• If a credential requires learners to complete Canvas activities, ensure those activities and materials are accessible.

Student and course information

• CredID is an ASU-developed platform available to ASU students, faculty and staff. Non-ASU learners may also create accounts and receive credentials.
• Credential awards are designed to be shared beyond the original learning experience. Include only information appropriate for a learner’s public or professional record.
• Do not include grades, student identification numbers, accommodation information or other protected student information in the credential title, description, criteria or public evidence.
• Confirm that evidence links do not provide unauthorized access to private Canvas content, student work or restricted ASU information.

Explore resources for using CredID, awarding and managing credentials and connecting credential activities with Canvas.

ASU resources

• CredID - Using the Canvas LMS Integration as an Instructor: Learn how to use CredID with Canvas to award credentials and incorporate digital credentials into course activities.
• CredID - Issuing and Managing Credential Awards: Learn how authorized issuer staff can award and manage digital credentials in CredID.
• CredID Video Overview: Watch an overview of CredID and how digital credentials can be created, awarded and shared.

More resources

Need technical help?

Contact [email protected] for technical support or assistance with setting up the CredID LTI in your Canvas course.

For general technical support or quick questions, contact the ASU Experience Center.

Want to explore ways to use this tool in your course?

Learning Experience (LX) offers workshops and consultations where you can explore how CredID or other enterprise technologies might support your teaching goals.

• Explore upcoming LX workshops.
• Explore LX resources.
• Schedule a consultation with TechEd Practice.

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