PORTFOLIO

Employers and their HR departments are looking for better assessment of candidates based on real proven skills. Paper certificates lack the detail and are also easy to forge. Digital certificates, especially in the form of (micro)credentials, solve this problem. Education institutions now compete on outfitting their alumni with such certificates to facilitate their jobseeking. Our unique technologies and user-friendly products enable them to do so, with the issuance of portable, verifiable and stackable credentials. These digital credentials are attractive due to their follow-up activities such as sharing on social business networks, storing on mobile devices or collecting in wallets. Through Microcredentials-as-a-Service - Cloud Platform (MC-SaaS-Cloud) we offer a comprehensive set of fully managed products for issuing, signing, managing and sharing credentials. The cloud platform permits a highly scalable self-service operation and a high degree of customisation to address the needs of its users.

Specifically, we aimed at:
1. Achieving the most suitable cloud platform solution for fully managed credentials per tenant (educational institution) in Switzerland and in other countries, based on the latest credential formats and technologies
2. Operating a standard wallet solution for lifelong learning and digital persistence of achievements
3. Frictionless onboarding of new users including full branding customisation for badges and certificate documents through a visual designer
4. Enhancing the interoperability and unified management of different credential classes and country regulations

The project validated the user experience of issuing digital credentials in over 20 trials both in Switzerland and abroad. The cloud platform offers a visual branding designer, and supports multiple classes of digital certificates, including skills badges, microcredentials and large degrees with signatures from multiple organisations. 12 country regulations are supported to automatically adjust the possible certificate classes to laws and regulations.
Users can store the credentials on their mobile phone, in the Swiss federal trust infrastructure, or simply leave them on secure storage. Issuers can configure the storage level and regions to balance data protection and high availability.