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Showcase Your Skills with Digital Credentials from CSUDH
Build career-ready skills and earn recognized credentials鈥攚ithout the hassle of university admission.
Growing your career skills is one of the most effective ways to invest in your future. When you take the initiative to expand your expertise, you鈥檙e not only building confidence鈥攜ou鈥檙e demonstrating a commitment to growth that sets you apart in a competitive job market.
The College of Continuing & Professional Education (CCPE) at 好色先生, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) offers affordable, short-term certificate programs鈥�microcredentials taught by experienced industry professionals鈥攖hat allow you to gain practical, real-world skills and earn university-issued credentials that recognize your achievements.
Upon completion of a program, you鈥檒l receive credentials in multiple formats:
- Print certificates and digital certificates that formally acknowledge your accomplishment
- Verified digital badges that highlight the specific skills and competencies you鈥檝e developed
You can share your digital credentials on LinkedIn, your resume, or in a professional portfolio鈥攇iving you a clear, trusted way to showcase your expertise.
What is a digital badge?
Badges are 鈥渕icro-credentials鈥� that provide a digital award as proof of an accomplishment or completion of specific content or tasks.
Digital badges are clickable icons and can contain information about the issuing institution or entity, the date earned, the criteria required to earn the badge, and evidence of meeting the required criteria.听
Badges can be shared on social media sites, added as a link in an email, embedded in an e-portfolio, and elsewhere.
In the CSUDH Canvas LMS (learning management system), a badge is awarded for successfully meeting the requirements to complete a specific course. Completion of all required courses in a pathway will result in the awarding of a digital and print Certificate of Completion.
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Microcredentials, Certificates, Digital Badges, and Digital Credentials Explained
Microcredentials
Microcredentials represent short, focused learning experiences that help you upskill, reskill, and build targeted expertise to meet the demands of today鈥檚 rapidly changing industries. They鈥檙e designed to support professional advancement and provide measurable achievements鈥攚ithout the extended commitment of a full degree program.
Certificate
A certificate is a type of microcredential awarded after completing a structured, short-term program in a specific area of study. CCPE certificates are designed to help learners develop career-ready skills and demonstrate expertise in high-demand areas. While many organizations offer certificates, those from 好色先生, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) are university-issued, providing formal recognition backed by an accredited institution. CSUDH certificates are available in print and digital formats, giving you flexible ways to showcase your accomplishments and highlight your skills.
Digital Badges
In addition to certificates, you can earn digital badges鈥攙erifiable online records that spotlight the specific skills and competencies you gained throughout your program pathway (the required courses to earn the certificate). Digital badges recognize your program pathway completion and the exact expertise you鈥檝e developed.
好色先生, digital certificates and digital badges make up digital credentials. These portable, trusted recognitions of learning are designed to be visible and shareable, allowing you to feature your achievements on LinkedIn, your resume, or a professional portfolio鈥攕o your skills and accomplishments are seen and recognized where they matter most.
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Which CCPE Programs have digital badges/credentials?
Here's a list of our programs that now issue digital certificates/badges:
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Steps for Accessing & Sharing Your Digital Certificates & Badges
Congratulations to you!
You鈥檙e proud and you鈥檝e worked hard. Now it鈥檚 time to celebrate your achievement, thank those who matter to you most, and let your credentials go to work for you!
CSUDH College of Continuing and Professional Education has partnered with Instructure/Parchment Badges (formerly Canvas Credentials and Badgr) to offer an official digital version of your certificate. You can get it faster than your printed version, so it鈥檚 a great way to immediately share your accomplishment with your family, friends, and employers.
It鈥檚 fast, free, and shareable.
Share with potential employers to kick-start the next step in your professional journey or career! And curate a collection of digital credentials that don't just showcase your education but represent you and how you choose to be represented in a digital world!
听How to Get It:
Students who have successfully met program completion requirements and have submitted the certificate request application will receive an email notification with instructions for electronically claiming their certificate.
Follow these simple steps:
- Access your Badge Award inside your from the "Parchment Badges" link on your course's left side navigation.
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Check your (default) and/or personal emails for the award notification 鈥� these emails have the subject line "You earned the [Program Name] badge!".
(Note: Be sure to use the "Sign in with Google" login button and then enter your Toromail email address; also, check your Spam/Junk Folders as well for award notifications; messages will include the text "Congratulations, you earned...".) - [If you haven't already,] Follow the link provided to digital account.听Be sure to add additional personal email accounts for future access!
- Share your digital badges and certificates on social media platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook, or via your Canvas Learner Record.
Your digital credentials will always be accessible through your account (even after your coursework is complete). You can login and download or share it again and again 鈥� at no cost to you.
Your digital badge will be sent to:
- Your TOROMAIL email address if you've taken your course using Canvas 鈥� the badge is also available inside your Canvas course while it is active, up to 1 year from the time of course completion
鈥攐谤鈥� - Your PERSONAL email address if you submitted a certificate application request form for courses prior to Spring 2023, or if you are a CSUDH OSHA Training student
Be sure to use the "Sign in with Google" login button and then enter your Toromail account; also, check your campus and personal email addresses (including spam/junk folders) frequently! (You can associate multiple personal email addresses to your Parchment Badges account to continue using your digital backpack, even when you no longer have access to your Toromail email.)
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What You Can Do with It:
听 Share your Achievements...
- Easily share your digital certificate with employers with a secure and verified link
- Share with family and friends on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and more!
听 View or Download...
- View your digital certificate online at any time with permanent access
- Download your digital certificate and save as a PDF
听 Serve as an Alternative to the Apostille...
- Many countries recognize digital certificates. Award certificates are supporting the needs of international credentials.
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Please email Anissa Barton-Thompson, Digital Badge Coordinator: abarton@csudh.edu.听