RMIT Creds is a university-wide, digital micro-credentials program designed to help students develop industry-ready skills.
Micro-credentials range from 30-minute snippets to more intensive online programs running over several weeks.
Once successfully completed, students can claim a digital badge and share it on social media.
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From July 2024 the RMIT Creds Strategy team has initiated a review of the Library digital literacy micro-credentials. Access to the following Library creds has been paused while the content is reviewed and updated.
Four Library creds have been retired and will not be available from July 31, 2024:
Questions regarding any of these creds may be directed to the Library Creds team, email library.creds@rmit.edu.au |
The Library currently supports six micro-credentials, including Academic Integrity Awareness, Peer Mentoring, and Constructive Conversations.
There are three credentials from the digital literacy suite, including Collaborating Online, Information Literacy: Key Concepts, and Planning a Digital Communication Strategy.
While each cred can be completed separately, they are designed to complement and build on each other. For more information about each cred use the links provided in the side menu.
Digital literacy encompasses a range of skills that facilitate learning, communication, collaboration, research and online participation. Today's students need to learn not only proficiency with digital tools and platforms, but also how to use digital technologies to effectively support their study and learning, to interact ethically and productively, and to forge a positive and dynamic online identity.
The Digital Literacy Creds focus on all aspects and skills associated with digital literacy and are based on the JISC Digital Capability Framework. This framework defines digital literacies as the capabilities which prepare someone for living, learning and working in a digital society.
All RMIT Library Creds align with the capabilities set out in Action Area 2 of RMIT's Education Plan to 2025 to ensure that our employability focus encompasses the required – and broader – work and life skills
(RMIT University, 2023, p.6).
The Digital Literacy creds are specifically aligned with the Adaptive, Digitally Adept, and Critically Engaged capabilities.
RMIT staff can enrol in demo versions of the creds to see if the content, activities and assessment are a good fit for a course.
References
RMIT University. (2023) RMIT's Education Plan to 2025: Learning through Life and Work https://www.rmit.edu.au/content/dam/rmit/au/en/about/strategy/rmit-education-plan-2023-external.pdf
Being digital literate is crucial for study, employment and everyday life. Students entering the workforce must be digitally literate to navigate and adapt to changing roles and demands of technology. Many skills learnt from a digital literacy cred can be applied directly to students' learning, whether when engaging with specific coursework, or when developing more general, transferable capabilities.
Creds enhance student learning through improving their ability to navigate online, to work with others, and to interpret content and data. Creds also assist students beyond university, providing skills that boost employability as well as their ability to adapt to new roles, occupations and industries.
You can easily embed a Library micro-credential in a course using a curated Canvas landing page. Pages are available for all Library creds except peer-mentoring. They can be downloaded from Canvas Commons as a complete page and added to a course in Canvas.
All Library creds are auto-assessed, with no staff marking required.
The Academic Integrity Awareness credential is highly recommended to all students.
The Collaborative Online and the Information Literacy: Key Concepts are both foundation to digital literacy and it is recommended they be undertaken in the first year of studies.
The table below indicates the academic level where each cred is most appropriate.
| Cred Name | Foundational First Year |
Experience Mid Program |
Engage Final Year |
Postgraduate |
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| Academic Integrity Awareness | X | X | ||
| Collaborating Online | X | X | X | |
| Information Literacy: Key Concepts | X | X | ||
| Planning a Digital Communication Strategy | X | X | X |
For more information and to discuss the content of a Library cred, contact one of the following teams.
| Micro-credential | Library team |
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email: library.creds@rmit.edu.au |
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email: studysupport@rmit.edu.au |
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email: peer.mentoring@rmit.edu.au |
For advice on incorporating creds into your course design, contact your College cred specialist:
| College | |
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| Business and Law | |
| Design and Social Context |
email: dsc.lt@rmit.edu.au |
| STEM | email: Stem-LTQ-Learning-Design-Development@rmit.edu.au |
| Vocational Education | email: ve.learningexperience@rmit.edu.au |