Show what you know. Digital badges recognize the skills, knowledge and experiences you gain at Dallas College, both in and out of the classroom.
What Are Digital Badges?
Digital badges are verified microcredentials that recognize the skills and experiences you gain through classwork, campus involvement and more. They help you showcase your achievements and strengthen your professional profile. Display them on your resume, LinkedIn profile or digital portfolio to help stand out for scholarships, transfer opportunities, internships and jobs.
Why Earn a Digital Badge?
Digital badges turn college experiences into credentials you can use. They allow you to:
Show Your Skills
Highlight specific skills you have gained and accomplishments you have achieved in class or other college activities.
Build Your Professional Profile
Give employers a clear view of your abilities by adding your badges to your resume, LinkedIn profile or digital portfolio.
Share Verified Achievements
Each badge includes information about the specific requirements you completed to earn those skills.
Keep Your Badges
Your badges stay with you after you leave Dallas College, so you can continue using them as you transfer or pursue employment.
How Digital Badges Work
1. Complete the Requirements
Build skills through courses, programs or approved activities.
2. Earn Your Badge
Dallas College verifies that you met the badge requirements. You will be notified and given instructions to access your badge.
3. Share Your Achievement
Display your badge and use it to show employers, schools and professional networks what you have accomplished.
How Student Badges Are Awarded
The process for receiving a digital badge depends on the badge type:
Academic Skills and Competencies Badges: Apply for academic badges by submitting evidence in eCampus that demonstrates the required skill or competency.
Student Program and Career Explorer Badges: The sponsoring department or program reports badge eligibility. Once your eligibility is confirmed, your badge is issued to you.
Attending college is not just about completing a course for a grade. It's also about acquiring specific skills in courses and extracurricular activities at each step of your educational journey.
The Dallas College Digital Badging Program seeks to provide students with microcredentials necessary for their future careers without having to wait for a degree award. You may be wondering, what is a digital badge?
Digital badges are containers or outward representations of specific skills or competencies. They contain information about the award, like tasks completed, assessment criteria and who issued the badge. Where a transcript shows the completion of a course, digital badges can represent a particular skill such as problem solving or research, or a series of skills in a competency badge like critical thinking or teamwork that are acquired in courses.
Badges can also be awarded for the skills demonstrated in Dallas College co- and extracurricular activities through special academic or student life programs like Phi Theta Kappa, service learning and more. Or show your career readiness to prospective employers with a Career Explorer badge, which can also earn you a cord to wear at graduation.
These digital badges can be shared on social media sites like LinkedIn or added to resumes and e-portfolios so that learners can easily share their accomplishments. For more information, contact Badges@Dallascollege.edu or talk to your program sponsor about earning these badges.
Explore Digital Badge Opportunities
Student Digital Badges
There are two types of student digital badges: Academic Skills and Competencies badges and Student Program and Career Explorer badges. Learn more about the types of badges available and how to earn them.
Contact Us
If you have questions or would like more information about Digital Badges at Dallas College, email us at Badges@DallasCollege.edu, and we'll be happy to help!