6. Getting a Course Certificate or Badge

Your course might be set up to issue certificates as evidence that you successfully completed the course. Different types of certificates might be available for courses you take. For information about the certificates that your course offers, contact the course team or institution that created your course.

In addition, you might be able to earn badges for achievements such as completing a course or a series of courses, or for participating in course activities. The badges that you can earn depend on how badges have been set up for the course platform that you are taking a course on.

6.1. Accessing a Certificate

Some courses issue certificates, which you can access from your dashboard.

The following examples show the View Certificate option on a learner dashboard on the edx.org website and on the mobile app.

Dashboard with course name, grade, and link to the web certificate. "View certificate" button on the mobile app course page.

To open a web certificate in your browser, select View Certificate. You can then share or print your web certificate.

6.1.1. Share a Web Certificate

You can share your web certificates on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

  1. Make sure that you are logged in to the social site on which you want to share your web certificate.

  2. In a different browser tab or window, open your web certificate.

  3. Select the social icon at the top of your web certificate.

    A dialog box for the social site you selected opens, with the certificate URL already entered.

    On the mobile app, select the Share icon to open a page from which you choose the social network to share your certificate to.

Choose the social network to which you want to share your certificate.
  1. Complete the steps for the social site to post your web certificate.

6.2. Viewing Earned Badges in Your Profile

If badges are available for your courses, you can see the badges you have earned in the Accomplishments section of your profile.

A user profile showing the Accomplishments tab

6.3. Sharing Badges on Mozilla Backpack

You can share any badge that you earned, including certificate badges, to a badging site such as Mozilla Backpack.

6.3.1. Share Badges From Your Profile

To share badges from your profile to the Mozilla Backpack site, follow these steps.

Note

You have to create an account on Mozilla Backpack before you can share your badges.

  1. On your profile, select Accomplishments.

  2. For the badge that you want to share, select Share, or on the edX mobile apps, select the Share icon.

    The following examples show the Share options for badges on the edx.org website and on the mobile app.

The Mozilla Backpack share button is available for each badge on the Accomplishments section of your user profile page. Choose the social network to which you want to share your certificate.

You see instructions for downloading your badge and then sharing it on the Mozilla Backpack site.

Dialog with instructions that opens when you select the Mozilla Backpack share icon.

6.3.2. Share Certificate Badges

Some courses that offer web certificates allow you to download a badge that represents the certificate, and then share that badge on a badging site such as Mozilla Backpack. You can download your badge as soon as your web certificate appears on your dashboard. Many courses distribute web certificates within two weeks of the course end date.

To share your web certificate on the Mozilla Backpack site, follow these steps.

  1. On your dashboard, locate the course that you want, and then select View Certificate.

    If this option is not available, the course might not have distributed certificates yet. Check your dashboard again in a few days.

  2. On the certificate web page, select the badge sharing icon.

Icon bar at the top of the certificate web view, showing the Mozilla Backpack share icon.

You see instructions for downloading your badge and then sharing it on the Mozilla Backpack site. You have to create an account on Mozilla Backpack before you can share your badge.

Dialog with instructions that opens when you select the Mozilla Backpack share icon.