What Are Digital Badges?
Digital badges are a modern way to recognize and display your achievements online. Each badge is a secure, verifiable credential containing rich metadata about your skills and learning outcomes. You can add your badge to LinkedIn, resumes, email signatures, and digital portfolios, share it with your professional network to enhance employability, and provide employers with a direct link to verify your achievement. All badges are issued by EIT through My eQuals, a trusted digital credentialing platform.
Benefits of a Digital Badge
A credible, verifiable record of your achievement.
Embedded metadata ensures transparency and authenticity.
Showcase your badge across multiple digital platforms.
Demonstrates your dedication to ongoing learning and professional development.
How to Earn Your Badge
Earning your badge is simple. Once you complete your course and meet the required assessments and criteria, you will automatically receive an email inviting you to claim your badge. You can also access it anytime through your student portal. From there, you will be able to view, download, and share your badge instantly.
What’s Embedded in the Badge
Every badge comes with rich metadata that makes it more than just an image. It includes the course name and date of completion, the skills and competencies demonstrated, the specific criteria you met to earn it, the identity of the issuing institution, and a unique verification link. This transparency ensures that employers, colleagues, and peers can trust the authenticity of your achievement.
FAQs
- Complete your course program
- Meet all course requirements and assessments
- Receive your digital badge via email or student portal
Once you’ve successfully completed your course, you’ll receive an email with a link to claim your digital badge. You can also access it anytime through your student portal. Please note that badges are only issued upon successful completion and cannot be issued retrospectively. From there, you’ll be able to view, download, and share your badge across platforms like LinkedIn, resumes, or digital portfolios.
Badges are hosted on My eQuals and backed by secure metadata. Employers or peers can click your badge to confirm:
- The issuer (EIT)
- The criteria met
- The skills achieved
- The authenticity of the credential
This ensures your accomplishment is transparent, credible and recognized worldwide.
No – once you’ve earned your badge, it’s yours permanently. It will remain accessible and verifiable online, so you can continue showcasing your achievement throughout your career. If a course is updated in the future, your badge will still reflect the skills and competencies you demonstrated at the time of completion.