How to Evaluate a Higher Ed Credentialing Platform
Transcripts live in one system. Diplomas sit in another. Badges, certificates, and learner records each have their own process, and your registrar’s office keeps them all running.
Choosing a higher ed credentialing platform should bring simplicity. This guide gives you seven considerations to weigh and the questions to ask every vendor, from SIS integration and fraud prevention to funding and rollout. Download it and take comparison notes into your next demo to compare how each platform stacks up.
7 considerations for choosing a credentialing platform
Each one includes questions to ask any vendor, plus the space to record answers side by side.
- Count the systems it takes to issue one learner’s digital credentials, since every handoff adds a manual step and a chance for error.
- Give learners one place to find everything they’ve earned, and keep that access open after they graduate.
- Pair transcripts and diplomas with skills-based credentials, including comprehensive learner records and Open Badges 3.0 badges, so learners can show what they can do.
- Confirm how the platform verifies requesters and protects digital and printed credentials from tampering.
- Test delivery during graduation and admissions peaks, and check that you can see the status of every request.
- Plan a phased move, and look for pricing where transcript fees help cover diploma services and other credentials.
Use the guide to compare vendors on the same seven considerations, including how Parchment by Instructure approaches each one.
