CTDL Solutions That Empower People:
Credential Finder
The Credential Finder, developed by Credential Engine, is a public web-based application that empowers everyone to search, discover, and explore credential and skill information. Whether you’re using search filters, search results, detail pages, or reports, all of the content is based on CTDL data in Credential Engine’s Credential Registry. The Finder helps people understand and navigate all of the linked data published to the Registry, including clear and consistent data about organizations, credentials, learning opportunities (programs and courses), competencies/skills, assessments, pathways, transfer values, quality assurance, outcomes, and support services.
Credential Finder Widgets
The Credential Finder, developed by Credential Engine, offers customizable widgets for viewing and exploring specific data, with filters to tailor the information. This flexibility enhances the user experience and helps providers target the subsets of Credential Registry CTDL data that are relevant to their stakeholders’ needs. Widgets can be accessed from the Credential Finder, explored as a standalone page, or embedded in a website.Â
The following partners are using Credential Finder Widgets:
Alabama Talent TriadÂ
Alabama Talent Triad is a comprehensive platform that uses CTDL to enable learners, employers, and education providers to access and share verified credentials and skills.
Learners can showcase their verified achievements, employers can identify qualified candidates, and education providers can validate and disseminate their programs. By standardizing credential information through CTDL, the platform ensures transparency and interoperability, facilitating informed decisions and efficient talent matching.
Alabama Talent Triad has been developed by EBSCOed and is provided by Alabama Works.
Education Design Lab Data Collab for a Skills-Based Economy (Data Collab)
Data Collab is an innovative data hub that uses CTDL to enable education leaders and designers to explore and analyze data on education-to-work models that support economic mobility for new majority learners.
By providing data infrastructure, dashboards, and exploration tools, Data Collab empowers stakeholders engaged in Education Design Lab initiatives and alternative credentials to ask and answer deeper questions about equitable learner outcomes. CTDL serves as the schema for credentials, programs, courses, competencies, and pathways, ensuring clear relationships among these components.
Globally unique Credential Registry CTIDs provide critical structure for identifying data entities and unambiguously connecting information from multiple sources, preventing confusion in reports and discovery tools.
Data Collab has been developed and is provided by Education Design Lab.
Indiana School Finder
Indiana School Finder is an interactive tool that uses CTDL to enable students to explore and compare over 3,000 postsecondary programs across the state.
By pulling frequent updates from the Credential Registry, Indiana School Finder ensures that students have access to accurate, up-to-date insights on program cost, earning potential, and key details. With just a few clicks, students can make informed decisions about their educational futures.
Indiana School Finder has been developed by Onebridge and is provided by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Indiana My College CoreÂ
My College Core is an educational planning tool that uses CTDL to enable students, families, and counselors to navigate educational pathways with accurate and detailed course information.
By leveraging data from the Credential Registry about high schools, colleges, and dual credit courses, My College Core ensures that Hoosiers can make informed decisions about their education. The tool provides transparency and clarity in course selection, helping users understand their options and plan effectively.
My College Core has been developed by Onebridge and is provided by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Indiana Achievement Wallet & WGU Achievement Wallet
The Indiana Achievement Wallet and WGU Achievement Wallet, developed by iQ4, allow learners to quickly showcase their credentials, skills, and accomplishments to potential employers, networking contacts, or educational institutions. The Indiana Achievement Wallet uses CTDL in the Parchment diploma awarded by Ivy Tech and WGU will be issuing course-level achievements using the CTDL information to represent all the rich skills within these digital credentials.
This feature provides a one-stop source of detailed information about the credential’s content, assessments, and the skills or competencies it represents, which ensures transparency and promotes understanding for learners, hiring managers, workforce agencies, and policymakers. All of this CTDL information is also integrated with iQ4’s skill-based career pathways so that learners can review multiple recommendations to address missing skills required for future roles and specific jobs.
The more information available, the more accurately it can align education paths with career goals, enhancing the learner’s journey and likelihood of achieving desired outcomes.
Michigan Education and Career Pathfinder
Michigan Education and Career Pathfinder is a free online career exploration tool that uses CTDL to enable students, parents, and job seekers to make informed choices about educational and career options.
Users can explore careers, schools, and programs in Michigan, create personalized educational development plans, and access real-time data on job projections, salaries, and growth potential. By publishing programs on Michigan Talent Connect (MiTC) aligned to CTDL, the Pathfinder integrates data from various systems for optimal presentation to learners, ensuring they have comprehensive information on education and training programs.
Michigan Education and Career Pathfinder was developed by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Employment and Training (LEO-E&T) and is provided by the State of Michigan.
Parchment Awards
Parchment Award users can easily access the benefits of CTDL information in the digital diplomas, certificates, and badges they issue to learners.Â
Through integration with the Credential Registry, Parchment issuers can enhance their credentials with the rich metadata information published in the Registry. By simply adding an earned credential’s CTID, the Parchment Award displays comprehensive and pertinent information for the earner and all of the audiences with whom they choose to share their accomplishments.Â
This connection between the digital credential and the metadata in the Registry allows digital credentials to do what paper credentials cannot. By making digital credentials data-rich and interactive, learners can truly reflect on their achievements. Additionally, verifiers receive an in-depth view of skills and competencies, enabling learners to maximize their potential. Collaboratively, this approach can help issuers and learners transform their credentials into valuable opportunities.
Program Finder on My Colorado Journey
Program Finder on My Colorado Journey is a digital platform that uses CTDL to enable learners and job seekers to find and compare education and training programs.
By leveraging CTDL data from the Credential Registry, Program Finder allows users to efficiently compare programs, access detailed descriptions, and utilize advanced filters for informed decision-making. CTDL standardization ensures clarity and comparability across listings, empowering users to navigate their educational and career pathways effectively.
Program Finder on My Colorado Journey has been developed by Pairin and is provided by the Colorado Workforce Development Council.
Tennessee Comprehensive Learner Record
The Tennessee Board of Regents Comprehensive Learner Record (TBR CRED) is an innovative online tool that uses CTDL data to showcase learning outcomes and co-curricular achievements, helping students, educators, and employers make informed decisions about education and career pathways.
Users can explore program-level learning outcomes, high-impact practices, and co-curricular activities captured in the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR), providing a more complete picture of student achievement. By integrating standardized credential data through the CTDL, TBR CRED enhances transparency and ensures consistent, clear representation of learning outcomes across programs.
TBR CRED was developed by the Tennessee Board of Regents and is part of a broader effort to promote credential transparency and support lifelong learning across the state.
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