Overview

Parchment Digital Badges (PDB) is a credentialing platform that helps UMN educators recognize skills, achievements, and competencies with secure, verifiable digital credentials. By validating achievements throughout a learner's journey, badges create connected pathways that inspire continuous progress while giving the University new ways to showcase student success.

Highlights

Parchment Digital Badges is designed to:

  • Recognize Learning and Achievement: Issue secure digital badges and certificates for skills, competencies, milestones, certifications, and program completion.
  • Create Learning Pathways: Connect badges into stackable pathways that encourage continuous learning and credential progression.
  • Empower Learners: Give learners portable, verifiable credentials they can easily share with employers, colleagues, and professional networks.
  • Strengthen UMN Impact: Showcase learner success, increase engagement, and demonstrate the value of academic and workforce programs.
  • Built on Trusted Technology: Deliver secure, verifiable digital credentials that protect credential integrity and build employer confidence.

Getting Started

  1. Watch the linked training video to familiarize yourself with the details of how PDB can help you meet your goals.
  2. To begin the onboarding process and share how you intend to use PDB, complete the form that meets your needs.

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Intended Audience

Instructors
Staff & Departments
Health Sciences Affiliates
IT Staff and Partners

Cost

University-funded, no additional cost

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Parchment Digital Badges (PDB) Training

Welcome to the University of Minnesota’s custom training for Parchment Digital Badges (PDB), a digital badging platform designed to make learning visible across our campus community. While traditional transcripts only tell a partial story of...

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