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BADGECERTSHARINGGUIDE–EARNERLOGIN
AboutBadgeCertJustcompletedacontinuingeducationcourse?Achievecertificationinyourindustryarea?WelcometotheworldofBadgeCert.Ourcompanyworkswithyourverifiedissuingorganizationtorecognizeyourachievementsinasecure,portableformcalledadigitalbadge,orBadgeCert.BadgeCertscanbesharedviasocialnetworkingtools,email,andonyourwebsite.InitialearneremailOnceanorganizationhasissuedyouabadgeforyourrecentaccomplishment,youwillreceiveanemailinformingyouthatyourbadgeisreadytobemanagedandshared(Figure1).Fromthisemail,youcanviewthebadge,sharethebadgemanuallywithothersoronyouremailsignaturewiththeuniquebadgeurlprovided,addthebadgetoLinkedIn,orlogintoyourBadgeCertportfolio.Figure1:InitialissuanceemailtoearnerwithBadgeURL(weblink)
SharingviaportalloginIftheissuingorganizationforyourBadgeCertinvitesyoutologintotheplatform,youwillbeprovidedauniqueuserpassword.YoucanlogintotheplatformwiththeURLprovidedinthemessage,orgotohttps://badgecert.com/login.Youwillinstantlybeaskedtoupdateyourpassword.Thereareanumberofwaystoshareyourbadge.Youcanalsoun-shareyourbadgeforenhancedprivacy.PortalLoginSharingFeatures:
• AutomaticallyposttoyourLinkedInstream• AutomaticallyTweettoyourfollowers• AutomaticallynotifyyourFacebookWall• SendanemailwithyourURLlinktoarecipient• Manageallofyourbadgesinsharablegroups
TheBadgeCertwebportalisdesignedtoworkwithMicrosoftInternetExplorerv9+,FireFox,Chrome,andSafari.
UniquebadgeURL
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UpdateprofileInitially,youwillbeaskedtoupdateyourpasswordtoaminimum6-characteralphanumericphrasewithatleastonecapitalletterandonenumber.Thereafter,clickonyournameinthetoprightcorner(Figure2a)andyoucanedityourprofile,includingupdatingapicture.Phoneisoptionalandmaybeusedbyanissuertosendyouatextmessagenotificationthatacredentialisexpiring.Figure2a&b:Earnereditprofilepage
Additionally,youcanmodifyyouremailpreferencesintheeditprofilepagebyclickingtheaddalternateemailaddressesbutton(Figure2b).Toaddalternateemails:Onceyouhaveclickedon'Addalternateemailaddresses'button->enterthealternateemailandclick'AddEmail'button.Averificationemailwillbesenttothealternateemailaddedwhichwillhaveaverificationlink.Clickonthelinkandverifytheemail.Youralternateemailwillnowbeaddedsuccessfully.(SeeFigure3)
TomakeanalternateemailPrimary:Onceyouhaveclickedthe'Addalternateemailaddresses'button,youwillnowseea'MakePrimary'linkbesidethealternateemail.Clickon'MakePrimary'andmakeityourprimaryemailforanycommunicationsfromBadgeCert.(SeeFigure3)
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Figure3:Modifyearneremailsettings
MyBadgePortfolioYoumayviewyourbadgesbyclicking“MyBadgePortfolio”inthetopleftcorner.Thisshowsallofyourbadgeswhichisalsoreferredtoasthe“Allbadges”groupshowninFigure4.Figure4:MyBadgePortfolio&PublicGroupSharingFeature
Uniquecodefor“Public”group
“Public”group
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SharingwithintheBadgeCertportfolioPublicgroupanduniquecodeFromtheMyBadgePortfolioview,youcaneasilysharebadgesinthe“PublicGroup”(seeFigure4bottomright)withtheuniquecodefoundintheupperrightcorner(Figure4).Bydefault,thisgroupwillbeempty.Ifyouclickontheuniquecodelinkwhenthe“Public”grouphasnobadges,youwillseeamessage:“NobadgesinpublicprofileORallthebadgeshaveexpired.”Youwillneedtodraganddropbadgestothis“Public”grouptoseethebadgesfromyouruniquecode.YouwillneedtodraganddropbadgestothisPublicGroup.Thisisagoodoptionforsharingbadgesonanemailsignatureorresumeasyoucanmanageitorupdateitfromyourportfolioatanytime.Youcanalsoemailthisgrouptosomeonebyclickingtheenvelopeicon.SinglebadgesharingYoucanshareanysinglebadgebyclickingonthebadgeandthenclicking“share”(Figure5a).Thiswillopenanoverlaywindow(Figure5b)thatgivesyoutheabilitytosharethebadgeonyoursocialmediaorasanemail.Ifyousharethebadgeasanemail,therecipientreceivesamessagethatthebadgeportfolioisbeingsharedwithhim/her.
Figures5a&b:Sharingasinglebadgeandbadgeoverlay
IfyouwanttoobtainasinglebadgeweblinkinordertoshareitmanuallyonawebsiteoryourOutlook/gmailsignature,youmustsendthebadgetoyourownemailaddressanditwillgiveyoutheuniqueurl.Youcanalsoobtainthesinglebadgeurlweblinkinyourinitialissuanceemail.
SharingabadgegroupIfyouwanttosharemultiplebadgesatatimeonasingleweblink,youcancreateadditionalsharinggroupsbyselecting“CreateGroup”onthebottomleft-handsideofthecirculargroups(Figure6a).Onceyouhavecreatedasharinggroup,youmaydragbadgesfrom“Allbadges”atthetopofthescreenintothegroup(Figure6b).Youwillnoticethebadgecounterincrease.Youcanclickonthegrouptoseethebadges.
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Figure6a&b:Sharingmultiplebadges/BadgeGroupsSharingbadgeasanemail:Youcansharebadgeswithothersasanemailasseenonthesharingoverlay(Figure7).Youcanalsore-inviteanemailrecipienttoviewyourbadges;thishastheeffectofsendinganewsharingemail.Youcanalsoun-shareabadgeorgroupwithothersifyounolongerwantyourbadgesdisplayedbyclickingun-share.Figure7:Badgesharingoverlay
Sharingbadgesviasocialnetworks:Ifyouselectanyofthesocialnetworksinthebadgeoverlay(Figure7),youwillbetakentoanewpagetologintotheapplicablesocialnetworkingapplication.Ifyouarealreadyloggedintothesocialmediaplatform,youwillbeautomaticallywhiskedawaytotheposting/TweetingfeatureshowninFigure8forTwitterorinFigure9forLinkedin.Note:yourpop-upblockermustbeOFFinorderfortheTwitter/Facebook/LinkedInloginwindowtoopen.Youareabletoeditthemessage,exceptfortheURLwiththeportfoliolink.Anexampleoftheposttotwitterisshownbelow.
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Figure8:TwitterTweeting
Figure9:LinkedInposttostream
Finally,FacebooksharinglikeTwitterandLinkedInstreamisshowninFigure10.Facebookselectsthepicturetoshare;andassuch,itmaybethebadgeitselfortheBadgeCerticon.Figure10:FacebooksharingloginandposttoTimeline.
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AddingcertificationstoLinkedinProfileToaddacertification/BadgetoyourLinkedInprofilepage,followthesedirections:
1. LogintoLinkedInandclicktheMeiconatthetopofyourLinkedInhomepage.2. ClickViewprofile.3. Ifyou'vepreviouslyaddedacertificate,scrolldowntotheAccomplishmentssectionand
clickAddandselectCertifications.**Ifyou'veneveraddedacertification,you'llfirstwanttoaddaCertificationssection.OnyourprofilepageclickAddprofilesectionbutton,clicktheArrowiconnexttoAccomplishments.NexttoCertifications,clicktheAddicon.
4. Typeinyourcertificationinformationasshownbelow.YoucanobtainalloftheinformationthatyouneedtoinputifyouclickonAddtoLinkedInfromeitheryourportfolio,orfromtheinitial“Congratulations”emailyoureceivedwhenyouearnedthebadge.
5. AmenudisplayingcompanieswillappearasyoutypeintheCertificationauthorityfield.Besuretoselectthecorrectauthorityfromthemenusotheirlogoappearsnexttothecertificationonyourprofile.Note:Thelogooftheorganizationwillappearonyourprofile,notthebadgeimage.
6. ProvideyourBadge/CertificationNameintheCertificationnamefieldandaddtheURLlinkforyourBCportfoliointheCertificationURLfield
7. ClickSave.Figure11:LinkedInAddtoProfileInformationPop-upCreatinganemailsignaturesOutlooksignatureYoucancreatepersonalizedsignaturesforyouremailmessagesthatincludeaniconforviewerstoseeandconnecttoyourBadgeCertportfolio/badges.Yourorganizationmayalreadyprovideyouthissignatureicon,youcanusethebadgeimageitself,oryoumayuse“myBadgeCertportfolio(Figure12).”
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Whenthemessagerecipientclickstheiconinthesignature,anewbrowserwindowopensandyourBadgeCertportfolioappears.1. ToincludeyourBadgeCertimageandlinkinyouremailsignature,right-clickonthebadgeimageyou
wishtoshare.YoucanfindtheimagebyfollowingtheurllinkinyourinitialissuanceemailFigure1,orusetheimageofthebadgeonyourportfolioFigure2a.Onceyoufindtheimageandright-click,selectSavepicture(orimage)asandsave/storetheicontoyourcomputer.
2. Youcanalsouseeitheroftheimagesbranded“BadgeCert”inFigure12byclickingandsavingtoyourcomputer.
3. Yourorganizationmayprovideyourcustomizedartworkforyoutoupload–thisistypicallyprovidedinemailcommunications.
Figure12:BadgeCertportfolioimagesandlocations
4. InversionssuchasOutlook2010,ontheMessagetab,intheIncludegroup,clickSignature,andthen
clickSignatures.InmorerecentversionssuchasOutlook2013,gotoOptions→Mail→SignatureasshowninFigure13.OntheMessagetab,intheIncludegroup,clickSignature,andthenclickSignatures.
Figure13:CreatingOutlooksignature
5. UnderChoosedefaultsignature,intheE-mailaccountlist,clickane-mailaccountwithwhichyouwanttoassociatethesignature.
6. Ifyouwantasignaturetobeincludedwhenyoureplytoorforwardmessages,intheReplies/forwardslist,selectthesignature.
7. AsshownintheredboxinFigure14,clickthepictureandbrowsefortheiconyousavedtoyourcomputer.Thenclickreference,toincludeyourBadgeCertURLfromFigure1.
http://badgecert.com/BadgeCert-sig.jpg
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Figure14:configuringthegraphicsandportfolioreference
CreatinganemailsignatureonotherplatformsToaddabadgeimageinthesignature,rightclickonthebadgeimageandselect"Saveimageas"fromtheURLlink(badgelinkintheissuanceemail)andstoreinonyourPC.Foryouremailserviceprovideroptionspage,clickonthesignaturecardandinadditiontotext,thereshouldbeanabilitytouploadartwork.UploadthedigitalbadgejuststoredonPC.Thereafter,youcanaddtheURLprofilelinkoriginallyprovidedbyclickingontheimageandusingthe"hyperlink"functionalityontheemailserviceprovider’sconfigurationpage.Whilethiswillworkonmostsystems,someemailserviceprovidersmayoperatedifferently.Pleasenote:Thebadgeimageembedinanemailwillbestatic->theyarejustimagesTheURLmustbeaddedasahyperlinktomakeitclickableforthebadgeinformation/metadata.
Removing/deletingbadgesIfyouwishtoremoveabadgefromthegroup,selectthebadgeandclickthegrey“x”inthetoprightcornerinFigure15.Thisdoesn’tdeletethebadgecompletelyfromtheportfolio,butsimplyremovesitfromthegroup.Figure15:Removebadgefromgroup
Ifyouwishtoremoveabadgealtogetherfromyourportfolio,youmustselectthebadgein“Allbadges”and“Deletebadge”asshownontheright-handsideofFigure16.
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Figure16:Removebadgecompletelyfromportfolio
Onceagrouphasbeendeletedorabadgeunshared,thevieweroftheportfoliowillreceiveagentleerrormessagethattheportfolioisnolongersharedwhentryingtoviewtheportfolio.
SupportIfyouwereissuedaBadgeCertbyanauthorizedBadgeCertissuer,andneedhelporfoundaproblem,pleasevisitwww.badgecert.comandsubmitacontactrequest.Providethenatureoftheissue,date/time,actiontaken,thecertificationbodywhoissuedyourbadge,andyouremailaddress.