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Coming Soon! This tutorial will show you how to find and earn badges to build your portfolio of Civics Credentialing Badges:

This tutorial shows you how to get started with Civics Credentialing passport:

1. Get started with Passport

After completing the requirements for a badge, you will receive an email from “Civics Credential via OBF” (issuer@openbadgefactory.com) with a subject line saying: “Claim your badge: [BADGE NAME]”.

IMPORTANT: Make sure that emails from issuer@openbadgefactory.com don’t go to your junk folder.

Select the “Get your badge” link in the email to go to the Open Badge Factory Badge Page.
Page to the bottom of the Open Badge Factory Badge Page and select the “Go to Passport” button to go to the Civics Credentialing Passport Badge Acceptance Page.

IMPORTANT: Do not share your badge on social media on the Open Badge Factory Badge Page! Always get your badge into your Civics Credentialing Passport so you can manage it in your portfolio of badges on passport.

Page down the Civics Credentialing Passport Badge Acceptance Page and press “Login”.

If you already have Civics Credentialing Passport you would be able to login and go to Step 3.

2. Create a Civics Credentialing Passport account

When presented with the Civics Credentialing Passport Login Page, select “Create New Account”
You will be prompted to accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for Civics Credentialing. Once you accept it, select the “Continue” button.
Fill out the Simple Registration Form and select the “Create new account” button
In the Thank You Screen that opens, select the button “Continue”
Your Passport Dashboard page will open. You should see a button that says “You have a new badge waiting” in the top right quadrant of the Dashboard. Select it.
Your Badges Page opens with the badge you have earned waiting for your acceptance. Select the button “Accept badge”

3. Make your badge public for sharing

In the Set badge visibility box that opens, select PUBLIC if you want to be able to share your badge to social media and other public sites
Your new badge is now visible on Your Badges Page, ready to be joined by many more badges!

This tutorial shows you how to share a badge on your LinkedIn profile and newsfeed.

1. Setting up to share on LinkedIn

Go to your Badge page and select the badge you want to share
Select the Social tab in the pop-up window that opens. Make sure the badge is set to [PUBLIC] so it can be shared.
Select the LinkedIn icon under the heading Share this badge.
A pop-up window appears labeled Share on LinkedIn with two options. We’ll guide you through both options.

2. Add your badge in a section of your LinkedIn Profile

This will publish your badge as a fixed Certification in your Profile:
Select [Add to profile]
A Certification form opens up on LinkedIn with your badge information already entered. Select the Issuing organization field to choose a branded link to the issuing organiztion, if the organization has a company page on LinkedIn; otherwise, simply accept the unbranded option.
When finished, select [Save]
Your badge is now visible in the “Licenses and Certifications” section of your LinkedIn profile.
Other LinkedIn users can select [Show credential] to verify the badge.

3. Share your badge as a post in your newsfeed

This will publish your badge as a fixed Certification in your Profile:
Select [Add to profile]
A Certification form opens up on LinkedIn with your badge information already entered. Select the Issuing organization field to choose a branded link to the issuing organiztion, if the organization has a company page on LinkedIn; otherwise, simply accept the unbranded option.
When finished, select [Save]
Your badge is now visible in the “Licenses and Certifications” section of your LinkedIn profile.
Other LinkedIn users can select [Show credential] to verify the badge.

Your Profile on Civics Credentialing Passport can showcase your badges as well as related content.

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Open Badges is the world’s leading format for digital badges. An Open Badge is a type of digital badge that is verifiable, portable, and packed with information about skills and achievements. It’s a whole new way to recognize learning and achievement. Over 40 million badges have been issued to date.

Civics Credentialing Passport is a free online service where badge earners like you can easily receive, organize and share their Open Badges. The service is free for personal use. Civics Credentialing Passport is the default destination for Open Badges issued for Civics Credentialing.