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Group Description Explained: Why It’s Key to Professional Credentialing

This article explains how adding an Enhanced Description can make your credentials more meaningful and boost their credibility.

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Written by Caroline Tyrko
Updated over a week ago

Why is Enhanced Description important

📓 The Enhanced Description section plays a key role in communicating the full value behind your credentials.

It ensures that recipients - and anyone they share their certificate or badge with - can clearly understand not only what the achievement represents, but also the skills learned, the effort invested, and the context in which it was earned.

When filled in thoughtfully, the Enhanced Description section can:

  • Highlight the purpose of your course, event, or training.

  • Outline key learning outcomes and skills acquired.

  • Provide contextual details such as type, level, format, and duration.

  • Share a link to the learning event for further exploration.

  • Specify the criteria recipients had to meet to earn the credential.

Without this information, the digital wallet may appear empty or unfinished, reducing both the professionalism and the impact of your certification. When used fully, it transforms each credential into a complete, credible, and career-enhancing representation of achievement.

Where is the Enhanced Description displayed

Description can be found underneath your credentials. If you haven't added any, once you issue some credentials or preview them, you may notice that the Digital Wallet seems empty:


Luckily, you can easily change it into a professional display of the value your credentials provide - just like that:

What information can you add to your Credentials

You can elevate your credentials by filling in the details for the following categories:

  • "Details" section:

    • Type (eg. Certification, Achievement, Event)

    • Level (eg. Introductory, Professional)

    • Format (Online / Hybrid / Offline)

    • Duration

    • Price (Free / Paid)

    • Skills - List the skills your recipients have acquired through your training, webinar, or course. You can learn why it's important here.

  • "About" section:

    • Description - Give more details about your event or describe what your recipients had to do to get their award.

    • Learning Event Link - Paste the link to the learning event. The credential page will then have a hyperlink redirecting the viewers to the URL you provided.

  • "Earning criteria" section:

    • Add up to 10 earning criteria to showcase the specific requirements to earn this award.

💡 Please note that our description supports markdown - you can create beautiful descriptions using multiple kinds of formatting and links! For more details, please take a look at this article.

Where to fill the Enhanced Description

You'll just need to visit your Groups tab. Once you're there:

  1. Enter the Group you want to add a description to.

  2. Go to the Info & Appearance section and scroll down to Enhanced Details.

  3. Enter the details you want to display.

  4. Press Save!

Alternatively, you can also add details straight from the Groups tab - once you find the group, just press on the Add details button:

Once you press save, the changes will be applied right away! They will be displayed on all the issued credentials, and your recipients will be able to learn more about your events just by visiting them.
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