Issue Open Badges 3.0 achievements with issuer, criteria and evidence context.

Start with the achievement model

Define the issuer, achievement, criteria and supporting evidence. State whether an award recognizes participation, completion or demonstrated competence. Programme governance supplies the meaning; a standard does not independently perform assessment.

Understand the relationship to W3C credentials

The W3C Verifiable Credentials model distinguishes issuer, holder and verifier roles. Check the supported securing mechanism and resources needed for proof and status verification; do not assume every implementation uses the same mechanism.

Evaluate issuer certification accurately

The 1EdTech registry is the public source for CertifyMe’s OB3 issuer certification scope. Issuer certification is not certification of every integration, receiver, skills relationship or security management system.

Use a programme-to-record architecture

Place award approval and maintenance within the institutional credential lifecycle. Keep assessment evidence attributable, review achievement-to-skill relationships, and preserve provenance when achievements contribute to a Comprehensive Learner Record.

Sharing and verification across compatible systems

An Open Badges 3.0 record carries structured achievement information and supported proof. Compatible receiving systems can interpret those fields and check applicable status, giving learners a way to present the award beyond its original interface. Exchange depends on the implemented formats and receiving-system support.

Review privacy and portability limits

An exported achievement may remain dependent on issuer keys and status resources. Control access to sensitive evidence, and distinguish a signed subject association from independent identity verification.

Use case evidence with its actual scope

Anonymous institutional cases demonstrate programme-specific implementation outcomes. They do not establish that OB3 itself guarantees employment, a cost-saving percentage or a particular receiving-system integration.

Plan your next step

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Open Badges 3.0 for institutions

Open Badges 3.0 describes digital achievement credentials that identify an issuer, achievement and related criteria/evidence within a verifiable-credential context.

The institutional problem and why it matters

A badge image can be easy to share while leaving its achievement, assessment and verification requirements unclear. Institutions need the record and governance behind the presentation.

Architecture and how it works

An Open Badges record connects issuer, recipient, achievement, criteria, evidence and supported proof. Receiving systems interpret that structured information according to their own policies.

CertifyMe's certified OB3 Issuer role supports the issuance of structured achievements that authorized holders can present to compatible verifiers for proof and status checks.

Standards and institutional workflows

Open Badges 3.0 applies the 1EdTech specification within a verifiable-credential context. CertifyMe's Open Badges 3.0 Issuer certification is listed in the public 1EdTech registry.

Institution-approved achievements can be represented with structured criteria and evidence, giving recipients a shareable record that receiving systems can interpret when their formats and proof mechanisms are compatible.

Use cases

A faculty may recognize an assessed laboratory milestone; a professional body may recognize development activity. Distinguish attendance, completion and demonstrated competence in the criteria.

An assessed research-proposal milestone connects the achievement with its criteria and evidence, while the institution controls access to reviewer feedback.

How the records are interpreted

OB3 conformance does not establish assessment quality, independent recipient identity or universal portability. Verification may retain issuer-key and status-resource dependencies.

Customer case studies describe institutional adoption in practice. CertifyMe's security and deployment information explains the foundations supporting these credential workflows.

Further reading

Related concepts

CertifyMe connects credential governance, reviewed skills, learner records and occupational context around institutional achievements.