Exams & Credentials
Certificates & transcripts
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Tamper-proof certificates and transcripts with a QR code — anyone can verify them without an account.
Why#
An employer should see within seconds whether a credential is genuine, valid and not revoked — without calling the university.
How it works#
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- 1After passing a course or an exam, the certificate is ready in the dashboard (view, PDF, share).
- 2The administration issues final transcripts under “Transcript”: enter name, degree and programme, check the preview, print or save as PDF.
- 3Verify: scan the QR code or open “Verify” and enter the code — “valid”, “expired” or “invalid” appears (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 “Verify credential”: the field for the code and the result “valid”, “expired” or “invalid”.
Settings and switches#
- Switchable per tenantDefault: onModule: Zertifikate & Abzeichen
Why a credential cannot be forged#
- Every credential has an unguessable code; the verification page reads it directly from the institution's database.
- Final transcripts are additionally issued as a verifiable digital credential following an open standard (Verifiable Credential): signed by the issuing institution, with validity and revocation status. The verification page shows at the top the document as the holder received it and below it the cryptographic verification.
- If a company issues it (training records of people development, microcredentials), it appears in the credential as the issuing body with name and country; the signature comes from the platform. The verification page shows company and country as soon as the signature has been verified.
- The PDF is created from the same view that is shown on the verification page — identical image for image.
- Real prints need a token signed by the server; every print without it carries the watermark MUSTER (sample).
Revocation and expiry#
A credential can be revoked; the verification page shows this immediately. Unknown or revoked codes give a clear negative result, never an error message. A daily run sends a reminder before time-limited credentials expire.
Which credentials exist#
- Course certificate after passing a course
- Exam certificate for a passed exam
- Final transcript of the university (issued by the administration)
- Training record of people development with a validity date
- Certificates from the achievement archive
Who may do what#
- Verify: anyone, without an account — the verification page is public.
- Issue final transcripts (the administration's “Transcript” page): administration and operator.
- Course and exam certificates are created automatically after passing; the holder views, prints and shares their own.
Tips#
- Whoever shares a certificate gets a proper preview with a certificate banner on social networks.
- Without a valid server signature every print carries the watermark MUSTER (sample) — there is no parameter that switches it off.
Try it yourself#
Scan the QR code or press the button
The page is open without sign-in.
Try it yourselfhttps://kurs.balzac-publishers.com/verify
Related features#
- BadgesDigital badges that are not awarded but calculated — with the condition in plain text, also for what has not yet been achieved, and the evidence for what has been achieved.
- Achievement archive & ECTS accountThe student's grades, credit points and weighted average, their own final transcript — and the certificates to download.
- Training recordsAfter completion a signed record with a verification code, a public verification page and a validity date.
- ExamsCreate, release, take and evaluate exams — multiple-choice exam, written exam with free text or topics for papers.
Background knowledge
- Audit-proof training records: what an auditor wants to seeWhat makes a training record audit-proof: content, version, date, result, validity, signature — plus reports for authorities, auditors and clients.
- Company academy or university: differences and bridgesWhat a company academy may do, how it differs from a university, and how partnerships, credit recognition and microcredentials build bridges.
- Digital exam management: from scheduling to certificateDigital examination management: registration, assessment types, grading with AI suggestions, proctoring, transcripts and verifiable degree certificates.
- Micro-credentials: what they are and what they must containWhat micro-credentials are under the 2022 Council Recommendation, which information they should contain and how they differ from certificates and degrees.
- Micro-credentials for companies: issue your own, build them wellUnder the EU Council Recommendation, companies may issue their own micro-credentials. Mandatory elements, quality assurance, practical assessment, limits.
- Verifiable Credentials: digital records under the W3C standardHow Verifiable Credentials under the W3C standard work: issuer, holder, verifier, signature, revocation, data protection and use for degrees and certificates.
- Checking a certificate's authenticity: how the QR code worksHow to check a certificate or degree certificate via QR code, what a verification page should show, how forgeries stand out and what issuers must get right.
- Open Badges or Verifiable Credentials? The standards comparedOpen Badges and W3C Verifiable Credentials compared: data model, verification, versions 2 and 3, fields of use and which standard fits which purpose.
- Digital certificates: what the law says and what tech can doWhen a digital certificate replaces paper in Germany, what electronic form, seals and signatures do, and how to issue certificates that can be verified.
- Europass and European Digital Credentials explainedWhat Europass and European Digital Credentials for Learning are, how they are issued, stored and verified, and what the European Learning Model does.
- EQF and DQR: the eight levels explained simplyWhat the European and German Qualifications Frameworks are, how the eight levels work, where bachelor's, master craftsman and master's degrees sit.