Verifying a certificate

Anyone can check an ACADA certificate at acada.ac/verify, with no account. The page says whether the certificate is valid, who holds it, for which course, and what it took. Scanning the QR code on a certificate opens its page directly.

How to check a certificate

1. 1.

   Open acada.ac/verify.

2. 2.

   Type the number from the certificate, printed after Credential ID, in Check a certificate.

3. 3.

   Choose Verify.

What the page shows

Valid.

The holder completed every lesson of the course, on the date shown.

Withdrawn.

ACADA withdrew the certificate, and it no longer records a completion.

Holder, Course, Creator

Who holds it, the course, and who made the course.

Completed

The date the holder finished.

Signed by the creator

The signature the certificate carries, and when the creator gave it.

Number

The certificate's number.

What it took

What the holder did, as counted when it was issued. It lists lessons, the time estimate, quizzes passed with pass marks, and work handed in.

Skills the course lists

The course's skills that an ACADA admin has approved.

Identity verified

Beside the creator, when Stripe has confirmed who they are. It says nothing about their qualifications.

The holder updated the name on this certificate…

The name was changed after the certificate was issued, on the date given.

Rules and limits

• A certificate hidden from its holder's portfolio still verifies.
• A certificate from a course that has since closed still verifies, with the note The course has since closed. The completion stands.
• Capitals, spaces and hyphens do not matter when you type a number.
• Quizzes are marked automatically against the creator's answers, and retakes are allowed. Assignments and discussions are counted when handed in, not graded.
• We confirm certificates on this page only, never by email.

If something goes wrong

"No certificate with this number."

Check the number. Numbers never use 0, O, 1 or I. A certificate whose holder deleted their account no longer verifies.

"Issued before signatures were introduced"

The certificate was issued before creators signed certificates. It is still valid.