Niagara College is providing students and alumni with an enhanced experience for accessing and sharing academic documents electronically through a partnership with MyCreds
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MyCreds is an innovative digital credential platform from the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC). Documents issued through the platform are tamper-evident and cryptographically signed, making them authentic and official.
After requesting their transcripts through NC's MyNC online portal, all students and alumni will now be able to conveniently retrieve their documents through the MyCreds virtual credential wallet beginning on August 16. This new process will give users secure and seamless access to share their documents as needed with other colleges and universities, government, employers and third parties.
"Niagara College is pleased to join the MyCreds national network, and to partner with ARUCC on this important initiative," said Adam Dusome, NC Registrar and Senior Director Enrolment Services. "This secure digital solution aligns with Niagara College's priorities in areas of sustainability, security, and proactive customer service for our students and graduates, who can now access their academic documents at their convenience when pursuing further education or employment."
"Seeing Niagara College expand their use of the MyCreds virtual wallet for their learners is an important next step in creating seamless digital options for learners," said Don Duclos, ARUCC Board representative for the Ontario College sector through CRALO. "Ontario colleges are embracing MyCreds as a way to provide official digital documents, badges, microcredentials and more. As an early participant in the MyCreds Ontario Virtual Skills Passport project for microcredentials, Niagara continues to deliver transformative innovations to support their learners and community."
Read the release on the MyCreds website here
Established in 1967, Niagara College has grown to become a leading global college and one of Canada's most enterprising postsecondary institutions. NC has a full-time enrolment of more than 10,000 students from over 95 countries, who study in 130 diploma, certificate and bachelor degree programs at specialized campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake. The College is also involved in educational projects and partnerships around the world and is consistently ranked among Canada's top 10 colleges for research funding. Learn more at niagaracollege.ca.
MyCreds is a national, shared service and platform that provides students and graduates access to a secure, online, password protected learner credential wallet. This virtual wallet allows them to view and share their verified and official transcripts, credentials, and academic documents in a digitized format on a 24/7 basis - anytime, anywhere. It also enables sharing between organizations with the learner's permission. Secure, cryptographically signed documents can be sent conveniently and require no further verification. MyCreds is the first and only national bilingual system of its kind in Canada. Visit www.mycreds.ca for more details or contact ARUCC's Executive Lead, Joanne Duklas at [email protected].
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Media inquiries, please contact:
Elyse Howarth
Communications Consultant, Niagara College
905-329-4910
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Joanne Duklas
Executive Lead, ARUCC
[email protected]
