Credly Badge Metadata





This guide provides details about the metadata required for new Credly badges. Badge metadata is the content you create to represent your micro-credential, certification, course, or designation. This information should describe what the earners are capable of doing, what they had to do to earn it and why it's meaningful. 

Microcredentials at SUNY Geneseo provide opportunities for students to document their learning. Geneseo encourages students to see learning as something that is integrated and makes connections to experiences beyond the classroom. Microcredentials increase the visibility of skills for employers and graduate schools by giving students a platform for curating examples of their work, articulating the connections between different types of experiences, and applying skills in new contexts.

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Credly Metadata Fields

This is the list of questions on the form that must be filled out for each new badge. More details about each field can be found in this Credly Knowledge Base article





Field Name

Menu Selection

Notes

Field Name

Menu Selection

Notes

Image



Images must be square and in PNG format, with dimensions between 600x600 and 2048x2048 pixels. Communications & Marketing is available to assist with image design. Please email Erin Crowell, Graphic Designer.

Badge Name





Description



500 character limit. May not be blank.

URL to Additional Info



Required

Skills



"Skills" refers to a collection of labels that help identify what skills were earned. May not be blank.

Badge Criteria



This is a list of activities the earner completed to earn this badge. Each badge may have multiple criteria.

Activity Type

Application
Assessment
Badge
Course
Credential
Education Experience
Member
Other
Participant
Payment
Portfolio
Presenter
Project
Professional Experience
Schedule / Registration
Volunteer



Activity Description



500 character limit.

URL to Activity



optional

Type (optional)

Experience

Learning

Validation

Certification



Level (optional)

Foundational

Intermediate

Advanced



Time (optional)

Hours

Days

Weeks

Months

Years



Cost (optional)

Free

Paid



Template Visibility

Public

Private

Badge Templates marked Public will be displayed on our organization page at https://www.credly.com/organizations/geneseo/badges

Duplicates

No

Yes

Allow earners to receive multiple badges from this template



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