About Badges#
The Badges feature allows learners to earn achievements (badges) for their learning activities.
Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what learners have accomplished in order to earn their credential and what they are now capable of. Digital badges are a great way to motivate learning and display a learner’s subsequent achievements.
Badges are typically finer-grained than a traditional course certificate. They are meant to introduce game mechanics to have more frequent sources of motivation athan one would get from a cumulative certificate.
Currently, the Open edX Credentials service is highly integrated with the Credly (by Pearson) and Accredible services.
What is Credly?#
Credly is a end-to-end solution for creating, issuing, and managing digital Credentials. Organizations use Credly to recognize their learners’ achievements. Users use Credly as a professional board to store badges to visualize their professional success - which courses were completed and when. Credly also offers labor market insights based on users’ skills. Learners can store badges in their Credly profile to visualize their professional success - which courses were completed and when.
What is Accredible?#
Accredible allows for the design and issuance of verifiable digital badges and certificates that showcase acquired skills, earning criteria, and evidence of learning. Learn more about Accredible on the Accredible features page.
Maintenance chart
Review Date |
Working Group Reviewer |
Release |
Test situation |
2025-05-20 |
Sarina |
Teak |
Pass |