Verifiable credentials for higher education

Official digital credentials your institution can stand behind.

CredTrail gives colleges, universities, and credentialing organizations a modern system for governed issuance, public verification, learner-owned sharing, and standards-compliant records that outlast platform changes.

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Standards Open Badges 3.0 with Data Integrity Proofs
Verification Public credential pages with live proof checks
Deployment Docker-ready for institutional infrastructure
Institution credential record Verified

Issued credential

Instructional Design Studio

School of Education • Professional Learning

Recipient
Alex Morgan
Issued
March 2026
Evidence
Lesson artifacts, reflection, capstone review
Verification
Live status, issuer DID, and Data Integrity proof
LinkedIn-ready public URL DataIntegrityProof signed Learner-owned sharing Institution-hosted
Explore the workflow

Explore a working slice of the credential workflow.

See how a credential moves from rule setup to institutional approval to the public record a learner can share. This preview gives your team a concrete look at CredTrail before you schedule a demo.

Live product slice

Model issuance rules before a credential ever goes live.

Combine LMS events, score thresholds, surveys, and faculty review into a rule that faculty, registrars, and operations staff can inspect before activation.

Signals
4 sources
Dry run
24 / 26 pass
Approval gate
3 reviewers
  • Criteria stay visible as rule fields instead of disappearing into code or ticket notes.
  • Programs can test rule changes before they update policy.
  • The workflow is legible to faculty, registrars, and operations staff.
Badge policy workspace Instructional Design Studio · Draft v4

Signals

Canvas Course completed
Gradebook Final score ≥ 85%
Survey Exit reflection submitted
Rubric Capstone review = Proficient

Rule chain

Completion Score threshold Reflection Faculty review Ready for approval

Dry run

24 learners eligible 2 learners are blocked on faculty review.
Rule activation window: March 24 No credentials issued yet
Platform

Credential operations
that stay under your institution's control

Build criteria, govern issuance, publish verified records, and give learners portable credentials that still point back to your institution.

Open Badges 3.0 Native

Every issued credential is an Open Badges 3.0 JSON-LD Verifiable Credential signed with W3C Data Integrity Proofs. No legacy proof baggage, just the modern standards path.

Pulls From Your LMS, Lives Outside It

Connect directly to your LMS gradebook through its API, then keep credentials independent of any one platform. Records stay institution-controlled through course changes, LMS migrations, and future systems.

Governed Issuance Automation

Build badge rules from LMS, gradebook, and program data, route changes through institutional approval, and turn on issuance only after policy review. Each credential keeps the rule version, approval history, lifecycle state, and evidence needed for audit.

Instant Verification

Every badge has a public URL with real-time lifecycle status, Data Integrity proof checks, and structured trust metadata when configured. Employers and institutions can verify with one click.

Rich Evidence & Portfolios

Attach evidence artifacts, narratives, and reflection prompts directly to credentials. TrustEd-aligned metadata helps verifiers inspect skills, assessment, and framework alignment alongside the evidence itself.

Privacy-Preserving DIDs

Support learner-provided DIDs (did:key, did:web) for pseudonymous badge receipts. Anonymous credential mode lets institutions issue badges without exposing learner identity until they choose to reveal it.

Cross-System Interoperability

Export Verifiable Presentations for DCC wallet integration. Support OpenID4VCI and CHAPI protocols. Publish framework alignment and richer signed OB3 records for cross-institution recognition.

Self-Host on Your Infrastructure

Deploy as a Docker container on your own AWS, Azure, or on-prem. Hook it to RDS/Postgres and S3/R2. Route badges.yourdomain.edu. Institution-specific config for branding, SSO (SAML), and approval hierarchies. Updates ship as new container images.

Learner outcomes

Public sharing.
Verified records.

Learners can add credentials to LinkedIn, share public verification links, or export to standards-based wallets without sending trust through a third-party badge marketplace.

  • LinkedIn accepts direct credential URLs. No API required.
  • Export Verifiable Presentations to MIT's DCC wallet for cross-institution recognition
  • Badge links back to your verification page, not a vendor's
  • Support for OpenID4VCI and CHAPI credential exchange protocols
Verified credential credtrail.org/badges/...
LinkedIn Profile Licenses & Certifications
Workflow

From institutional setup to
verified learner record

CredTrail is designed to fit academic governance first, then automate issuance once your criteria are approved.

Deploy on your infrastructure

Run CredTrail as a Docker container on AWS, Azure, or on-prem. Connect to your RDS/Postgres database and S3/R2 storage. Route badges.yourdomain.edu with your institutional branding and SAML SSO.

Control credential automation

Define badge rules from LMS, gradebook, and program data. Preview learner impact, route rule versions through scoped approval, and turn on issuance only after institutional review.

Badges issue automatically

When learners meet your criteria, W3C Verifiable Credentials are cryptographically signed and issued. Full audit logs track every issuance decision. Immutable storage ensures credentials survive system migrations.

Learners own their credentials

Public badge pages with instant verification. One-click LinkedIn sharing. Export to DCC wallets for cross-institution recognition. Evidence attachments showcase learning artifacts. Privacy-preserving DIDs keep identity under learner control.

Pricing

Annual pricing for a credential program,
from first issuer to institutional rollout

Pilot

$1,500 / year

For one program, center, or continuing-education unit proving out digital credentials with real learners.

  • 500 credentials included per year
  • No per-badge issuance fee
  • OB 3.0 verifiable credentials
  • Public credential pages
  • One branded issuer
  • Email support
Plan a pilot
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Department

$4,500 / year

For departments and professional-learning teams that need branded issuance, integrations, and a credible rollout path.

  • 5,000 credentials included per year
  • No per-badge issuance fee
  • Department branding and templates
  • LMS integration (Canvas, Sakai)
  • Analytics and migration tooling
  • Onboarding workshop
  • Priority email support
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Institution

Custom

For colleges and universities that need governance, security review, procurement paperwork, and institution-wide credential operations.

  • Annual agreement with implementation scope
  • Unlimited or negotiated credential volume
  • No per-badge issuance fee
  • Deploy on your infrastructure (Docker on AWS/Azure/on-prem)
  • Governed issuance automation with approval workflows
  • Canvas/Qualtrics/multi-source integration
  • SSO / SAML / institutional auth
  • DCC wallet & Verifiable Presentation support
  • Rich evidence attachments & e-portfolios
  • Institutional governance & audit trails
  • SLA & priority support
Plan a rollout
Open source

Built in the open,
run on your own terms

CredTrail is open source. Deploy as a Docker container on your own AWS, Azure, or on-prem. Connect to Postgres and S3. Route badges.yourdomain.edu. Configure institutional branding, SAML SSO, approval workflows, and rules engines. The credential records stay under your control, whether you use the hosted service or run on-prem.

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Standards OB 3.0 + W3C VC
Integrations Canvas, Qualtrics, DCC
Deploy Docker / Cloud
License Open Source
Institution-ready rollout

Bring official digital credentials onto your own domain.

Deploy CredTrail on your infrastructure, define governed issuance rules, and publish verifiable learner records with the polish your institution expects.

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