Micro-credentials are a powerful way for you to showcase your abilities to your personal and professional networks.
Picture this: you take a skill-development course, gain exciting new abilities, and list the course on your resume and social media profiles. Sounds familiar, right?
But wouldn’t it be great if there was a quick and easy way for your professional network —including potential employers—to view and understand the awesome new competencies you’ve gained?
We get it.
That’s why we will now be issuing micro-credentials for our micro courses! We appreciate that the concept of both micro courses and micro-credentials may be new to you. So, here’s the top five things to know about micro-credentials at SCS.
1) What are micro courses?
All of our micro courses (which are short, targeted learning opportunities that focus on skills and competency development), will now issue a micro-credential upon successful completion.
2) What are micro-credentials?
Micro-credentials are a digital representation of the set of competencies or skills that you have achieved in a U of T SCS course! Micro-credentials are a powerful way for you to showcase your abilities to your personal and professional networks.
3) How do micro-credentials work?
You can easily share your micro-credential over social media. When someone clicks on the micro-credential, or link to the micro-credential, they will be directed to a web page that displays the full micro-credential, which highlights important information such as your learning outcomes, key competencies/ skills that you gained, and the date that your micro-credential was issued.
4) How do you share your micro-credentials with your network?
It’s super easy! With a few simple clicks, you can:
- Share on your LinkedIn profile.
- Share with friends and family through Twitter and Facebook.
- Copy your micro-credential link and share with your network through email.
- Include your micro-credential with your resume, by downloading a secure PDF version.
- Add your micro-credential to your “digital wallet” or online portfolio.
5) Is there funding for micro courses?
Micro courses are accessible, and you can check out funding opportunities available on our Financial Aid page, including the Canada Training Credit, OSAP and Scale AI funding.
Take a micro course, earn a micro-credential, and showcase your skills in a whole new way!
Visit our Micro Courses and Micro-Credentials page to learn more.