Shaping the Future of Learning with Open-Source Digital Credentials
Digital Promise is committed to advancing equitable education by uniting research, practice, and technology into scalable solutions. Badge Engine is an open-source badging technology designed to empower learners and organizations alike.
What is Badge Engine?
Badge Engine is a stable, open-source technology that allows organizations to easily create and manage their own digital badging programs. By adhering to global standards such as Open Badges Specification 3.0, Badge Engine ensures that digital credentials are portable, recognizable, and learner-controlled across institutions and industries.
Goals
The main goal for Badge Engine is to provide a stable, open-source technology that allows organizations to easily create and manage their own digital badging platforms. By adhering to global standards, Badge Engine ensures that digital credentials are portable, recognizable, and learner-controlled across institutions and industries. We acknowledge the work is never done and in a state of perpetual and continuous improvement. For more information on Badge Engine visit: www.badgeengine.org
Development Setup
Link to published Developer Documentation
Accessibility
Digital Promise champions an inclusive community where accessibility is paramount. We believe that everyone, regardless of ability, should be empowered to create and share content using technology. Recognizing that disabilities are a natural part of the human experience – encompassing permanent, temporary, and situational limitations – we prioritize accessibility to ensure our work reflects our core values. In today's digitally interconnected world, accessible technology is essential for full participation, and Digital Promise is committed to being a leader in this movement. Therefore, we have committed to frequent, in-house, UX/UI audits based on the WCAG accessibility rating system. Any updates to the code base that improve product accessibility will be noted in the Badge Engine changelog.
Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions of Use
Your organization is solely responsible for creating and implementing its own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for any product or service that utilizes our open source software. We provide no guarantees or warranties regarding the suitability of our software for your specific application, and you assume all liability for its use. Any Terms of Service or Privacy Policy you create should accurately reflect your organization's practices and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
This open-source software is provided under the Apache 2.0 license. By using this software, you agree to comply with the terms of that license. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the software or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the software for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
Acknowledgements
Technical and user experience insights were provided by the Badging Coalition Advisory Board, which included the following key contributors:
- Bill Brown, Web Accessibility Lead, Capellic
- Rob Coyle, Technical Program Manager of Digital Credentials, 1EdTech
- Kerri Lemoie, Director, MIT Digital Credentials Consortium
- Philipp Schmidt, Vice President of Technology Innovation, Axim
- Rita Fennelly-Atkinson, Senior Director, Credentials, Digital Promise
- Christina Luke Luna, Chief Learning Officer, Digital Promise
- Stef Mills, Senior Director of Technical Product Development, Digital Promise
Thank you to DCC and 1EdTech teams for their technical thought partnership.
The development of Badge Engine v1.0.0, an open-source badging technology, was funded by Walmart.
License
Apache 2.0 (c) 2024 Digital Promise Global All files located in external directories are externally maintained libraries used by this software which have their own licenses; we recommend you read them, as their terms may differ from the terms above.