Chartered Actuary: sharing your qualifications and expertise

The IFoA is committed to its purpose of supporting and developing the voice of our members.

We understand that communicating your actuarial credentials in an ever-changing marketplace can be challenging.

That’s why we’ve partnered with Credly by Pearson to provide digital versions of our new Chartered Actuary designation.

These digital badges contain verified metadata that describes your qualifications and the process required to earn them. They can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

How do I get my digital Chartered Actuary credential?

As a Fellow or Associate of the IFoA, you can claim chartered status in a few short steps:

1. Log into your member portal.
2. Select “Membership”, then “Chartered status” from the left hand menu.
3. Select “Claim chartered status” (the form may take a few moments to load).
4. The form will display your current post nominal. You’ll be asked to choose whether to keep it or change it to the chartered post nominal.
5. Choose “I wish to change to [your current post nominal] C.Act” and click “submit”.
6. You will receive a confirmation email from IFoA Member Services, and your member record will be updated with your new postnominals.
7. Three to five working days later you will receive an email from “Institute and Faculty of Actuaries via Credly”, sent from admin@credly.com, to the email address on your member record. (We recommend you add this email address to your safe senders list in advance).
8. The subject line of this email will be “You just earned a badge from Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.”
9. This email will contain instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
10. You can also view a brief video explainer: Video: how to accept and manage your digital badge. – Credly, Inc.

 

FAQs about Credly, digital badges and credentials

Below are some of the most common questions about Credly digital badges. You can find further information, questions and answers, guides and how to videos at support.credly.com

 

Who is Credly?

Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals worldwide.

 

What is an open badge?

Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.

 

How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?

You will receive an email notification from “Institute and Faculty of Actuaries via Credly”, sent from the email address admin@credly.com, to the address on your member record. (We recommend you add this email address to your safe senders list in advance.)

 

What if I don’t want my digital badge?

You don’t have to accept your badge and you can opt out of any future communications from Credly via the IFoA at any time.

 

How does my certification get displayed as a badge?

We have partnered with Credly to translate the qualifications you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company digital badging platform. The technology Credly uses is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.

 

What are the benefits of a badge?

Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers occupation insights, based on your skills. You can use this information for career planning.

 

What if I don’t want my badge to be public?

You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

 

Is there a fee to use Credly?

No. This is a service we provide to you at no cost.

 

What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?

While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.

 

Where and how can I share my badge through Credly?

You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, over email, embedded in a website or in your email signature.

 

Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?

Yes, you can download your badge from the Share Badge page. Your downloaded badge contains Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant metadata embedded into the image. This allows you to store your badge on other OBI-compliant badge sites, such as the Badgr Backpack.

 

I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?

You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions at support.credly.com