NCBTMB & Credly
NCBTMB And Digital Badging Through Credly For Board Certificants And Approved Providers
NCBTMB Digital Badge Usage
Your NCBTMB-issued digital badge should replace any online usage of your certification or approved provider seals. This exclusive digital credential recognizes your status and highlights your skill, knowledge of, and commitment to your profession. The digital badge can be displayed anywhere online.
The digital credential is embedded with qualifying information and can be verified with a single click. The credential expires in congruence with your board certification. Once your certification expires, the badge—when clicked upon—will show that your board certification has expired.
You also have permission to use this badge in printed materials. Always reproduce the complete badge from the electronic artwork provided. Do not alter it in any way. Do not separate any of the elements of the badge. Do not animate, morph, or change the proportions or colors. Do not rotate it, render it three-dimensional, or add a drop shadow. Do not use any part of the badge as a decorative element, background, or pattern.
Neither the digital credential nor a png/jpg or other file type version may be used by non-Certificants and non-Approved Providers, including those whose certification or designation has lapsed.
Helpful Instructions
These digital badges replace the seals on our website that NCBTMB previously made available. If you are using our seals electronically, please remove them and start using the digital badge. In a separate email, you will receive a link to your digital badge and instructions for creating your Credly account. Below are some helpful instructions that explain the badge and how to use it.
How do I manage and share my Credly badge?
How to add your digital badge to your website?
How to add your digital badge to your email signature?
Frequently Asked Questions
- What Are Digital Badges?
Digital badges are an electronic representation of your Board Certification or Approved Provider status that is visual, available online and embedded with metadata that provides context, meaning and the result of an activity. Digital badges give clients, students and potential employers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn them and what you’re now capable of doing.
Your NCBTMB digital badge is easy to manage, verify and share online. Digital badges provide clients, students and employers evidence of what you have done and why it’s important.
- What is an open badge?
Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential or certification which can be verified in real-time, online.
- How does my Board Certification or Approved Provider designation get displayed as a badge?
We have partnered with Credly to translate the outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company digital badging platform. 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.
- Will a paper certificate still be mailed to me?
Yes, this digital badge is in addition to your certificate. The digital badge has been created to help you promote your abilities online.
- What are the benefits of a badge?
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 clients, students, 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.
- Who is Credly?
Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.
- How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?
You will receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
- What if I don’t want my badge to be public?
You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
- Is there a fee to use my digital badge?
No. This is a service provided by NCBTMB at no cost to you.
- What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?
While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. 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.
- What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly?
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.
- Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?
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 Badgr Backpack.
- Can I import badges issued from other platforms into Credly?
Not at this time.
- I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?
You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions here: support.credly.com
- What happens if my Board Certification or Approved Provider designation expires?
When you expire, a notice is placed on your digital badge stating that your Board Certification or Approved Provider designation has expired. When you renew, you will be sent a new badge link showing that you are in good standing.
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