Certificate Credential URL

Stephen.O.8179
Stephen.O.8179 Posts: 4 🌱
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Does Brightspace issue credential URLs?

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  • Aasim.Y.704
    Aasim.Y.704 Posts: 214 image admin
    edited February 12

    Hi @Stephen.O.8179,

    Thanks for reaching out to us here at the Brightspace Community.

    Learners can share their awards with a Public URL directly from the Awards tool using the Awards Sharing option.

    To learn more about this, I would recommend checking out our product blog, Introducing Sharing Awards with a Public Link.

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  • Stephen.O.8179
    Stephen.O.8179 Posts: 4 🌱

    Clarification/context: LinkedIn allows users to record their certificates; upon completion, some online courses provide a unique URL that can be pasted into the 'Credential URL' field; an interested party can then click on the profile's 'Show Credential' to verify the legitimacy of the certificate (the URL leads to the certificate issuer's server).

    Does Brightspace issue credential URLs?

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  • Stephen.O.8179
    Stephen.O.8179 Posts: 4 🌱

    Hi @Aasim.Y.704

    Thanks for the article link — much appreciated! Quick follow up question: are these public URLs only offered through Brightspace, or is the same functionality generally available through the institution that used Brightspace as a course facilitator?

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  • Aasim.Y.704
    Aasim.Y.704 Posts: 214 image admin

    Hi @Stephen.O.8179,

    My understanding is that this would need to be explored with the administrators and instructors at the institution offering the course via Brightspace.

    The share feature has to be turned on by an administrator, and instructors can turn it off for their course. It is enabled by the following config variable: 

    d2l.Tools.Awards.PublicAwardsEnabled (Org). When the config is turned On, a checkbox appears on the Course Awards page that allows the instructor to determine whether or not awards from that course can be shared via a public link. By default, this sharing option is On. If the checkbox remains on, users in the course can create a public link for their award. If the checkbox is unchecked, this option is removed for awards issued in that course.

    Additionally, to clarify for any award earned in Brightspace, you can generate a public link to share your achievement with the world digitally. On the My Awards page, simply locate the award you’d like to share, click the Share option, and click  Create Link.

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