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Your Skills, Verified.

What's inside a badge and what it's worth on your resume

This is the third post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. If you've earned a UMBC microcredential, do you know what's actually in it? Not the...

Posted: July 29, 2026, 8:35 AM

From Authentic Learning to Competency Recognition: The Designing Microcredentials Online Course Is Here

How to turn your learning experience into a microcredential

During Winter 2026, we held a Microcredential Mapping bootcamp for faculty and the Designing Learning & Microcredentials Beyond the Classroom series for staff. We received strong interest in...

Posted: July 27, 2026, 8:05 AM

Your Teaching Already Does This. Let's Make It Count.

What faculty said after a bootcamp on microcredential design

This is the second post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. In January, six faculty members spent two days in UMBC's first Microcredential Mapping...

Posted: July 22, 2026, 8:35 AM

A New Series: Understanding Microcredentials — From Wherever You Sit

Why one explainer was never going to be enough

If you've bumped into the word "microcredential" on campus this year, in a course, an advising conversation, a hallway conversation, a Shriver Center flyer, you've probably noticed it means...

Posted: July 15, 2026, 8:35 AM

Embed a Microcredential Visual on Your Sites@UMBC Page

A quick tip for showcasing what your office offers

If your office, department, or unit offers a microcredential, there's a simple way to feature it directly on your Sites@UMBC page — no web development experience needed. Embed any...

Posted: May 27, 2026, 12:44 PM

UMBC Transitions Digital Badges to Accredible

New platform enhances analytics, sharing, and value

UMBC is transitioning its digital credentialing platform from Parchment Digital Badges (formerly Canvas Credentials/Badgr) to Accredible. This move supports continued growth in microcredentials...

Posted: April 20, 2026, 11:56 AM

Deadline Extended for Applicants: Winter Faculty Bootcamp: Microcredential Mapping

Applications now due on 10/31 at 5pm

UMBC continues to lead nationally in digital credentialing, granting over 3,500 microcredentials annually to more than 1,500 learners. These microcredentials allow students to demonstrate mastery...

Posted: October 27, 2025, 9:21 AM

Canvas Credentials is Becoming Parchment Digital Badges

On 10/31, Canvas Credentials completes its rebrand

Since March 2021, UMBC has issued digital credentials through Canvas Credentials, a platform that allows learners to earn and share verified badges recognizing their achievements. Following...

Posted: October 14, 2025, 10:45 AM

Winter Faculty Bootcamp: Microcredential Mapping

Empower learners by connecting outcomes and skills

UMBC continues to lead nationally in digital credentialing, granting over 3,500 microcredentials annually to more than 1,500 learners. These microcredentials allow students to demonstrate mastery...

Posted: September 8, 2025, 10:12 AM