Digital Badging FAQs

What is a digital badge?
Digital badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome that can be verified online in real-time.

How does my STLE badge get displayed digitally?
STLE has collaborated with Credly to recognize your individual membership and/or certification credentials (CLS, CMFS, OMA I or OMA II) digitally through the company’s 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.

What are the benefits of a digital badge?
Representing your skills digitally allows you to share them online in a way that is simple, trusted, and verifiable in real-time. Digital badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you did to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers labor market insights (LMI), based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through Credly.

Who is Credly?
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.

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

Is there a fee to use Credly?
No. This is a service provided by STLE to you, at no cost.

What if I don’t want my digital badge to be public?
You can easily configure your privacy settings. You’re in complete control of what information about you is public.

What’s to keep someone else from copying my digital badge through Credly?
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 identity.

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

What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly?
Labor market insights (LMI) 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 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.

Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?
Yes, you can download your information 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.

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

I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?
You can find answers to more frequently asked questions at support.credly.com.