Accredible

Accredible

Overview

Accredible is a credentialing platform that can be integrated with the CYPHER Learning platforms. By integrating Accredible, businesses and schools can encourage course completion and learner engagement by recognizing users with Accredible credentials that showcase their growing skill sets. Accredible credentials provide users with secure, verifiable evidence of their skills, knowledge, and accomplishments, and can be shared on LinkedIn, social media, resumes, and more.

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Please note: An active Accredible account is required to integrate Accredible with the CYPHER Learning platform.

Enabling Accredible

First, you must install the Accredible app. To install the Accredible app, administrators:

  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click App center from the fly-out menu.
  3. Install the Accredible app from the Credentialing section.
Admin, App center with the Install button highlighted on the Accredible app tile

Then, begin configuring the Accredible integration. To access Accredible configuration settings:

  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click Accredible from the fly-out menu.
The Accredible overview page displays. To enable Accredible:
  1. Click Edit in the Basics section.

Admin, Accredible, Overview tab with the Edit button highlighted

The Basics page displays.
  1. Enter the Accredible Base endpoint.
    1. If you are using an Accredible sandbox site, you can update the Base endpoint to https://sandbox.api.accredible.com/v1/
    2. If you are using an Accredible production site, you can leave the Base endpoint of https://api.accredible.com/v1
  2. Select the Enabled checkbox.
  3. Click Save.

Admin, Accredible, Basics page with an example Base endpoint

Next, you will authenticate your Accredible integration. To authenticate the integration, you will need the API key from Accredible. To obtain an API key:

  1. Open a new browser tab and login to your Accredible account.
  2. Click Integrations from the menu at the top of the dashboard.
  3. Search for the CYPHER Learning integration.
  4. Click View Details on the CYPHER Learning tile.
Accredible, Integrations page with cypher entered in the search field and the View Details button highlighted on the CYPHER Learning tile

The CYPHER Learning integration page displays. To copy the API key:

  1. Click Copy next to the API key in the right panel.
Accredible, Integrations, CYPHER Learning details page with the API key highlighted

Then, return to the CYPHER Learning platform. On the Admin > Accredible page:
  1. Click Configure in the Authentication section.
Admin, Accredible, Overview tab with the Configure button highlighted in the Authentication section

The Configure authentication page displays.

  1. Paste the API key you copied from Accredible.
  2. Click Save
Admin, Accredible, Configure authentication with an API key entered

Adding Accredible credentials to courses

After enabling and authenticating Accredible, you can begin adding Accredible credentials to rule actions.

You can award Accredible credentials to rule trigger events such as course, module, section, or assessment completions. To learn more about rules, visit the Rules article.

To add an Accredible credential for users who complete a course:

  1. Access the course.
  2. Click Admin from the secondary course navigation menu.
  3. Click Completion from the fly-out menu.

The Completion page displays. Scroll does to the Completion actions section.

  1. Click Add in the Completion actions section. 
Course, Completion tab with the Add button highlighted in the Completion actions section

The Add action pop-up displays.

  1. Click the Integrations tab.
  2. Click Accredible.

Add action pop-up, Integrations tab with the Accredible button highlighted

The Action pop-up displays for Accredible.

  1. Select Issue a credential from the Operation drop-down menu.
  2. Select the Group credential you want to award to users who complete the course.
    1. The options that display in the Group drop-down are managed through your Accredible account. To learn more about creating groups and credentials, visit the How Do I Create a Group? Accredible support article.
  3. You can choose to add an expiration to the credential by entering a number of months in the Expires in (months) field.
  4. If you would like to specify which type of users qualify for the Accredible credential, click the add  icon in the Filters section.
    1. To learn more about using filters, visit the Filters article.
  5. Click Save

Action pop-up with Issue a credential selection in the Operation drop-down menu, and an example Group credential selected with an expiration of 12 months entered

The Accredible credential has been added as an action to the course.

When qualifying users complete the course, they will be administered the selected Accredible credential.
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Note that by default, users can only receive the credential once. If you want to allow duplicate credentials, you must select Allow Duplicates in the Group settings for the specific group credential in Accredible. 

Course, Completion tab with an Accredible Issue a credential action highlighted in the Completion actions section

As an administrator, you can view API calls made to Accredible.  To view API calls to Accredible:
  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click Accredible from the fly-out menu.
  3. Click the History tab.

The API calls are listed, including any credentials issued to users.


Admin, Accredible, History tab with example API calls listed

You can access user credentials within Accredible.

  1. Access your Accredible account.
  2. Click Groups from the top menu.
  3. Click the Credentials link within the group tile.
Issued credentials display.

Accredible, Group with two Credentials listed

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