ATOL Digital Credentials

Showcase Your Professional Accomplishments

Here at ATOL, we are committed to providing you with the tools necessary to achieve your professional goals and we understand that communicating your credentials in an ever-expanding online marketplace can be challenging.  

That is why we have partnered with Credly’s Acclaim platform to provide you with a digital version of your credentials - yes, more than just "a piece of paper"! 

What Are ATOL Digital Credentials?

These digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. 

This digital image contains verified metadata that describes your qualifications and the process required to earn them. And as an added bonus - we do all of this at no additional cost to you!  

If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine what a person with a profile full of verifiable badges is worth!

What Are the Benefits of an ATOL Digital Credential?

Representing your skills as an ATOL Digital Credential gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted, and can be easily verified in real-time.   

ATOL Digital Credential provides employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of.  

Credly's Acclaim Platform also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through the Acclaim platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is an open badge? 

 A: Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification, or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.

Q: How does my certification get displayed as a badge? 

 A: We have partnered with Credly’s Acclaim platform to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge. 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.

Q: What are the benefits of a badge? 

A: Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted, and can be easily verified in real-time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through Credly’s Acclaim platform.

Q: Who is Credly? 

A: Credly is a digital badge platform that works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.

Q: What if I don’t want my badge to be public? 

 A: You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly's Acclaim platform. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

Q: Is there a fee to use Credly? 

 A: 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? 

 A: While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly's Acclaim 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 badge through Credly? 

A: You can share your badge directly from the Credly's Acclaim 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? 

A: 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 skill tags assigned to your badge.

Q: Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms? 

A: 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? 

A: Not at this time.

Curious to Know More?

You can learn more about ATOL digital credentials with ATOL FAQs.