From design to issuance,
verification, and analytics —
run digital badges in one place
Build a branded badge with no designer, and issuance runs automatically once you upload a list. Issued under the 1EdTech Open Badges 3.0 standard, badges are verified anywhere by QR or link, instantly.






What is a digital badge?
A digital badge is a digital certificate built on the international standard (1EdTech Open Badges 2.0/2.1/3.0) that makes education, qualification, and competency outcomes verifiable and shareable online. Each badge embeds metadata such as the issuing institution, earning criteria, issue date, and validity period, so its authenticity can be confirmed instantly via QR code or a unique link. Kolleges is a digital-credential operations platform that designs, issues, verifies, and analyzes these badges in one place, used by universities, public institutions, and education companies.
Digital badges vs. paper/PDF certificates — what's different?
| Category | Paper/PDF certificate | Digital badge (Open Badges) |
|---|---|---|
| Authenticity check | Visual check or separate lookup required | Instantly verified by QR or link |
| Embedded information | Surface details like name and course title | Issuer, earning criteria, and validity metadata embedded |
| Issuance effort | Design, list prep, and delivery repeated every cohort | Upload a list, or issue automatically when criteria are met |
| After issuance | File storage and re-sending | Shared on LinkedIn, built into a portfolio |
| Outcome data | Manual tracking | Dashboard of issuance, receipt, and sharing |
Dongwon Institute of Science and Technology found that paper certificates take roughly 40% more administrative effort than digital badges (institution's own figures). Read the interview ↗
How do you issue a digital badge?
Six steps and done
From issuer setup to design, creation, bulk issuance, verification, and analytics — everything once scattered across manual work now runs as a single flow.
Real deployments
- UD Impact connected its own LMS to Kolleges via API and automatically issued certificates to about 2,400 people ↗
- Kwangwoon University's Debutler hackathon issued completion and award certificates with a single CSV upload ↗
- Daegu Haany University runs joint two-institution issuance and issuer verification (KOLLEGES VERIFIED) from a dedicated portal ↗
Frequently asked questions
The questions we hear most about badge issuance and verification.
Last updated: 2026-07-10 · Facts reviewed quarterly