Recognize skills and learning reliably

Make sure your digital badges and micro-credentials are respected, effective and sustainable.

Features

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Become a trusted badge issuer

Become a verified issuer on CanCred Factory.

Our platform is certified Open Badges v2.0 by IMS Global. Our servers are located in Canada and we comply with the privacy laws of Canada and the European Union.

Some key features and benefits of CanCred

Multilingual badges: English, French and indigenous languages
Third party endorsement by employers and other organisations, to support the quality and relevance of your badges and micro-credentials
PDF badges than can work offline and online
Free Passport for your learners - a portfolio for digital badges, micro-credentials and other content that links to social media

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Issue in many places, manage in one place

Recognize learning wherever it happens: face to face, mobile or web. CanCred Factory is mobile friendly and has free plugins for most popular eLearning systems.

With CanCred Factory as your hub, you can meet your learners wherever they’re learning. Meanwhile, you maintain control with a centrally managed system. And your badges remain secure even if you change your eLearning system.

Help your badge earners show what they know

CanCred Passport is our free companion service where people who earn Open Badges can easily receive, store and share them.

CanCred Passport is more than a simple badge wallet or backpack - it’s also a great place to build badge and micro-credential portfolios that you can enhance with an uploaded résumé and other evidence of your skills.

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Pricing

Free

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No budget

2 badge catalogue
5,000 badges issued/year
1 user account
No support

$ 0 CAD

Basic

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Limited budget

10 badge catalogue
5,000 badges issued/year
Badge application forms
Limited email support

$ 295 CAD/year (plus taxes)

Premium

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Getting serious

Unlimited badge catalogue
15,000 badges issued/year
Verified issuer
Milestone badges
Branding banners
Badge sharing
Limited onboarding
Email support
60 day free trial

$ 995 CAD (plus taxes)

Pro

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Full throttle

Unlimited badge catalogue
50,000 badges issued/year
PDF badges
LTI integration
External alignment
Advanced reporting
Advanced branding
SMTP integration
Dedicated Passport option
Badge archiving option
Full onboarding
Priority support

$ 1,995 CAD (plus taxes)

Try Premium 60 days for free!

Plugins and Integrations

Plugins are free - download them from our Integrations page

Note: Integrations for Brightspace and Canvas require LTI integration, a feature available only at the Pro level.

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News

Oct 5, 2020

Get up to speed with new video tutorials

CanCred has produced a series of video tutorials to help new and current users get the most out of our flexible platform.

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Sep 1, 2020

CanCred's free trial offer for #ONPSE

CanCred is offering a time-limited opportunity to the 30 of the 45 publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Ontario who are not yet CanCred clients:

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Nov 1, 2019

Alternative formats will make CanCred badges more portable and flexible!

Adapted from OpenBadgeFactory.com

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Detailed Feature Comparison

2021-03-07

Feature	Free	Basic	Premium	Pro
Maximum badges you can create	2	10	Unlimited
Maximum badges you can issue¹	5,000 / year	5,000 / year	15,000 / year	50,000 / year (or more)
User accounts	1	Unlimited
User roles	Admin only	Admin only	Admin, Creator, Issuer
Create multi-lingual badges
Endorsements²
Templates
Issuer verification³	—	—
Milestones (Pathways)	—	—
Account setup & onboarding	—	—	1 hour	2 - 4 hours
Ongoing support	—	Email - limited	Email - standard	Email - priority
Sub-organisations⁴	—	—	Standard	Distinct Branding
Badge sharing⁵	—	—
Branding banners⁶	—	—
Badge applications	—			Permissions QR codes
Advertise badges in Passport	—	—		Prime visibility
Editing/issuing permissions⁷	—	—	—
Issue PDF badges⁸	—	—	—
Alignment to external frameworks ⁹	—	—	—
RESTful API integration	Self-serve	Self-serve	Self-serve	Tech support, OAuth2
LTI services¹⁰	—	—	—
SMTP email integration	—	—	—
Option: Badge Record Store¹¹	—	—	—
Option: Dedicated Passport¹²	—	—	—
Reporting	Basic statistics	Basic statistics	Basic statistics	Report builder, CSV export
Annual cost ($CAD + taxes)	$0	$295	$995	$1,995

Maximum issuing limit can be increased at an incremental cost. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.
Endorse and be endorsed by other organisations, formally or informally. Endorsement is baked into the badge, adding to its portable value.
Display the stamp “Issuer verified by CanCred Factory” in the badge view.
Delegate badge administration to sub-organizations inside your organization, such as faculties within a university or branches within a company. Each sub-organization has a distinct issuer name and URL. $300 per sub-organisation.
Share badges as copy or link with other issuing organisations on CanCred, to create distributed issuing networks.
Create a branded banner for more seamless communications with the badge earner, such as emails and the badge acceptance page.
Set individual or group restrictions on who can edit or issue a badge.
PDF badges can be downloaded for offline sharing and verification as standalone digital credentials, without the need for hosting. Upload PDF badges to Passport for sharing online as standard Open Badges. Get the best of both worlds for your learners!
Browse external frameworks from inside CanCred to align your badges to widely shared competencies, standards and other domains to increase the value and discoverability of your badges.
Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) enables integrations to LTI-compliant platforms, e.g. Brightspace and Canvas. No additional cost for integrations.
Badge archiving service. Copies badge records to your own mirrored server as they are issued on Factory. Provides increased control over badge data and personal information.
Dedicated platform for badge earners to accept, store and share badges you and partner organisations issue. Enables a badge sharing network. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.