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 an 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.

Track the success of your Open Badge credentials

CanCred Factory generates detailed reports about how your badges are accepted, used and ranked by your target audiences. This helps you evaluate and improve your credentialing strategy.

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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 backpack - it’s also a great place to build badge 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

$ 195 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
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
Advanced reporting
Advanced branding
SMTP integration
Dedicated Passport option
Badge archiving option
Onboarding included
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

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
User accounts	1	Unlimited
User levels	Admin only	Admin only	Admin, Creator, Issuer
Create multi-lingual badges
Endorsements²
Templates
Issuer verification³	—	—
Milestone Badges	—	—
Support	—	Email - limited	Email - standard	Email - priority
Sub-organisations⁴	—	—	Standard	Distinct Branding
Badge sharing	—	—
Branding⁵	—	—
Badge applications	—			Permissions QR codes
Advertise badges in CanCred Passport	—	—		Prime visibility
LTI services⁶	—	—	—
Issue PDF badges⁷	—	—	—
SMTP email integration	—	—	—
Option: Badge Record Store⁸	—	—	—
Option: Dedicated Passport⁹	—	—	—
Reporting	Basic statistics	Basic statistics	Basic statistics	Report builder, CSV export
Annual cost ($CAD + taxes)	$0	$195	$995	$1,995

The badge issuing maximum can be increased at an incremental cost. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.
All subscribing organisations (including Free) can endorse other organisations and their badges, formally or informally. They can also be endorsed themselves. Endorsement is baked into the badge, adding to its portable value.
Manual verification of Premium and Enterprise accounts by CanCred Factory. Recognized by a verification stamp included in your badges.
Sub-organizations such as university faculties or company divisions can have delegated issuer functions. Each sub-organization can have its own issuer name and URL and can generate separate reports. Sub-organisations can be added for an additional subscription cost of $300 CAD. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.
Branding means the ability to add a custom banner to communications with the badge earner, such as emails and the badge acceptance page.
Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is another standard maintained by the IMS Global Learning Consortium in addition to the Open Badge specification. LTI enables CanCred Factory plugins to LTI-compliant platforms such as D2L Brightspace, Blackboard and Canvas. A Pro level subscription is required for LTI services.
PDF badges are verifiable and portable credentials that can be shared offline and online without having to create an account in Passport or another badge backpack or wallet. PDF badges can be uploaded later to Passport for the full benefits of online badge sharing. Give your earners the best of both worlds to help advance their careers.
Badge archiving service. Copies badges to your own mirrored server as they are issued on Factory. Our solution to the issue of vendor lock-in! Additional subscription option; you supply the mirrored server. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.
A dedicated platform to accept, store and share badges you and partner organisations issue. Having your own Passport means you can build your own recognition network. Additional subscription option. Contact info@cancred.ca for details.