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OKA Digital Badges – Share Your Accomplishments!
OKA has partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital version of your credentials from us. Digital badges can be used in email signatures, digital resumes, and on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. When you go through a certification with us, you will receive a digital badge that displays your newfound qualifications, and the process you underwent to earn them. The image on the right is our EQ-i 2.0 badge as an example.
Have More Questions? Check Below For Possible Answers
The short answer is: A digital badge is a visual, online representation of an accomplishment, skill, interest, or other achievement. They communicate three things: Who did something? What did they do? Who says they did it?
Here’s a lengthier answer.
Digital Badges are:
- Secure, web-enabled credentials which will display and enhance your professional accomplishments.
- Shareable on any digital platform: social media, email signature, embedded in your resume, or on your website bio.
- A source for your credential(s), offering a complete overview of the assessments passed and the knowledge you’ve acquired.
- An excellent way to verify your achievement with current and prospective employers, clients, and colleagues.
- An access point for Labor Market Insights to assist job seekers and match employers.
Earning a badge is simple! The entire process takes only 4 steps.
Step 1: EARN
- Undergo a certification with us that offers a badge upon completion. As of now, those are the EQ-i, DRiV, CSI, ISI, and HRG.
Step 2: CLAIM
- Once you’ve earned your badge, you’ll be sent a notification email from our badge provider and partner. During this process, you’ll receive information about how to claim and share your badge. At this point, if you haven’t already, you can create your own profile page, explore, and take advantage of the additional benefits there.
Step 3: SHARE
- If you choose, you can share your badge on social media sites, or place your badge directly on your digital resume!
Step 4: ADVANCE
- Whether it’s a new promotion, new job, or graduate school, as a badge holder, you now have a variety of tools available to help you make that transition. You’ll be able to access data about the labor market’s demand for the skills validated by your badge.
Below are some more answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Thank you for taking the time to learn about our exciting new program!
Q: Who is Credly?
- Credly is a digital badge platform that works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals worldwide.
Q: How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?
- You will receieve 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?
- 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?
- No. This is a service we provide to you at no cost.
Q: What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?
- While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on the Credly platform. 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 badges through Credly?
- You can share your badge directly from the Credly platform 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?
- 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 skills tags assigned to your badge.
Q: Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?
- 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 Mozilla backpack.
Q: Can I import badges issued from other platforms into Credly?
- Not at this time.
Q: I have a question about the Credly platform that hasn’t been answered by this FAQ. Where can I find support?
- You can contact support@credly.com with your questions.
Thank you for browsing our page. We hope your question was answered! We are very excited to help our clients share their newfound certifications with the world.
This form is only for people who have completed a certification, but haven’t received their badge. Currently, we only offer the badges listed below (EQi, DRiV, CSI, ISI, HRG.) If you have not completed one of these certifications with us, you do not qualify for a badge. In the form below, please select the date which you completed your certification, and the badge(s) you believe you’ve qualified for.