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What Is a Micro-Credential?

A micro-credential is a short program of learning in which participants gain and demonstrate competencies, including specific skills or knowledge related to a subject area. Like academic majors, minors, and certificates, micro-credentials are not in themselves credit-bearing, but can be made up of components that include credit or noncredit courses and learning experiences. For example, earning a micro-credential may include completion of a course component, a full course, or a set of courses.

Micro-credentials cannot be used to fulfill certificate, degree, or program requirements on their own and will not be listed on a student’s transcript. However, if courses offering academic credit are part of the micro-credential, those courses will be listed on the transcript and can also be applied to other program requirements such as the major, the minor, or General Studies.

Transfer courses and credits accrued through prior learning may be used to demonstrate micro-credential competencies, though these will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are dependent on the competencies and type of artifact required for the specific micro-credential.

A digital badge is an electronic emblem that serves as evidence of an individual’s completion of a micro-credential and represents competencies related to a specific topic or topics. Digital badges can include metadata on the evidence of learning and link to the sponsoring institution and evaluation criteria.

Badges at º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Denver are awarded through Credly.