How to Claim a Badge in AWS Skill Builder
AWS Skill Builder provides learning resources, courses, assessments, and hands-on training to help you develop AWS cloud skills. After completing certain learning activities, you may become eligible to earn a digital badge that can be added to your professional profile.
How to Claim a Badge in AWS Skill Builder
AWS Skill Builder provides learning resources, courses, assessments, and hands-on training to help you develop AWS cloud skills. After completing certain learning activities, you may become eligible to earn a digital badge that can be added to your professional profile.
In this article, I will explain how to claim an AWS Skill Builder badge step by step, especially for beginners.
What is an AWS Badge?
An AWS badge is a digital credential that demonstrates that you have completed a specific AWS learning activity, course, assessment, or learning path.
Badges can be useful for:
- Showing your AWS learning achievements
- Adding credentials to your professional profile
- Sharing your achievement on LinkedIn
- Demonstrating continuous learning to recruiters
- Tracking your AWS learning progress
- Adding credentials to your professional profile
- Sharing your achievement on LinkedIn
- Demonstrating continuous learning to recruiters
- Tracking your AWS learning progress
Step 1: Create or Sign In to AWS Skill Builder
First, sign in to your AWS Skill Builder account.
After logging in, make sure you are using the same account/email address that you used to complete the learning activity.
Using different email addresses can sometimes make it difficult to find or claim your badge.
Step 2: Complete the Required Learning Activity
Not every AWS Skill Builder course automatically provides a badge.
Check the course or learning activity to determine whether it offers a digital badge.
Depending on the activity, you may need to:
1. Complete all required modules.
2. Complete the required assessment.
3. Achieve the required score.
4. Complete any required hands-on activities.
5. Meet all badge eligibility requirements.
2. Complete the required assessment.
3. Achieve the required score.
4. Complete any required hands-on activities.
5. Meet all badge eligibility requirements.
Simply opening or partially completing a course may not be enough.
Step 3: Check Your AWS Skill Builder Achievements
After completing the required activity, open your AWS Skill Builder profile and look for your achievements, badges, or completed learning activities.
If the badge is available, you should see an option to claim or access it.
If you don't see it immediately, don't panic. Sometimes completion information and badge eligibility may take some time to update.
Step 4: Claim the Badge
When you become eligible, follow the instructions provided by AWS Skill Builder to claim your badge.
AWS digital badges are generally managed through Credly, AWS's digital credentialing platform.
If you receive an email from Credly, open the email and follow the instructions to accept your badge.
You may need to:
- Create or sign in to your Credly account.
- Use the email associated with your AWS learning account.
- Accept the badge.
- Complete your Credly profile if required.
- Use the email associated with your AWS learning account.
- Accept the badge.
- Complete your Credly profile if required.
Step 5: Accept the Badge on Credly
Once you sign in to Credly, you should be able to see the badge that has been issued to you.
Select the option to accept the badge.
After accepting it, the badge becomes part of your Credly profile and can be shared with others.
Step 6: Share Your AWS Badge
After claiming your badge, you can share it on platforms such as LinkedIn.
When sharing the badge, you can mention:
- The AWS learning activity you completed
- The AWS technology or topic you learned
- The skills you developed
- Your interest in continuing your AWS learning journey
- The AWS technology or topic you learned
- The skills you developed
- Your interest in continuing your AWS learning journey
For example:
«🎉 I’m happy to share that I have earned an AWS digital badge after completing my AWS learning activity through AWS Skill Builder.
This experience helped me strengthen my understanding of AWS cloud concepts and gain practical knowledge.
Looking forward to continuing my AWS learning journey and building more cloud projects.»
What If the Badge Is Not Showing?
If you completed a course but cannot see the badge, check the following:
1. Verify course completion
Make sure every required section has been completed.
2. Check the badge requirements
Some badges require additional assessments or specific completion criteria.
3. Check your email
Look for an email from AWS or Credly regarding your badge.
Also check your spam or junk folder.
4. Check the correct Credly account
Make sure you are using the Credly account associated with the email address used for your AWS learning activities.
5. Wait for the badge to be issued
In some cases, there can be a delay between completing an activity and receiving the digital badge.
AWS Badge vs AWS Certification
It is important to understand that an AWS digital badge is not the same as an AWS Certification.
For example:
AWS Digital Badge
→ Demonstrates completion of a particular learning activity or achievement.
→ Demonstrates completion of a particular learning activity or achievement.
AWS Certification
→ Demonstrates that you passed an AWS certification examination, such as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.
→ Demonstrates that you passed an AWS certification examination, such as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.
Both can be useful, but they represent different types of achievements.
Conclusion
Claiming an AWS Skill Builder badge is a simple way to document your AWS learning achievements.
The basic process is:
Learn → Complete the requirements → Check eligibility → Claim/receive the badge → Accept it on Credly → Share it
If you are beginning your AWS or Cloud/DevOps career, keeping track of your completed AWS learning activities and badges can help you build a visible record of your continuous learning.
Keep learning, keep building projects, and keep improving your cloud skills. 🚀
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