A solution for credentials fraud problem
Building a reputable educational program takes effort and time. Unfortunately, it is easy to loose your hard earned reputation when applicants use fake credentials for your program. In our digital world, it is easy to create a fake diploma or a certificate by simply changing the student or a course name. And it is not uncommon for unscrupulous school employees to sell fake credentials. Validating credentials is an expensive proposition for both schools and employers with most schools electing to outsource credential validation and other registrar functions.
Documentorum, an education industry initiative, is an elegant solution for the academic credentials fraud problem. By issuing academic credentials on the Documentorum blockchain, academic and professional training institutions can protect their credentials from fraudulent use and at the same time drastically reduce the cost of managing credentials.
Why blockchain
Build trust
Academic credentials fraud is rampant. From diploma mills, corrupt school officials, and “certificate artists”, academic credentials integrity is under assault. Fraudulent credentials destroy credibility of institutions and devalue the effort of legitimate learners. Popularity of online learning and micro credentials only amplify this problem. Join the Documentorum blockchain initiative to fight credentials freud and protect your organization’s reputation.
Enrich content
Typical diploma document carries little information beyond school and course name and provides no insight in to actual curriculum covered. On the other hand, digital credentials on the Documentorum blockchain provide an unlimited opportunity for communicating a wealth of details about the curriculum and student achievement.
Reduce costs
Storing and safekeeping credentials while ensuring data security and privacy has become a very expensive proposition with estimates ranging from $30-$40 per document. Validating credentials is very time consuming and expensive. Documentorum blockchain can drastically reduce and even eliminate the costs associated with issuing, storing and validating credentials while complying with security and privacy regulations.
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Create your first digital certificate in 1 minute
You connect to the Documentorum blockchain by deploying and running Accreditation Network Node (ANN). We can run ANN for you and give your employees an easy to use web interface. All without the hustle of procuring IT resources and without the need for IT skills. You can start registering credentials on the blockchain in a few hours.
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Documentorum does not replace your process of issuing credentials; it works with it. As you issue a traditional paper certificate, diploma or any other document, you register it on the Documentorum blockchain. The digital form of the credential is stored on the Documentorum blockchain in its original form with full fidelity and can be used to validate authenticity of the document. Optionally, you can provide a wealth of information of the requirements that had to be satisfied to earn the credential.
To issue credentials on the Documentorum blockchain you need to:
Step 1: Apply
Documentorum.org is an industry initiative to reduce fraudulent use of academic credentials. There is no charge for the credential issuing institutions. All institutions requesting to join are screened to determine to ensure the high quality of the credentials issued by the institution.
Step 2: Connect
You connect to the Documentorum blockchain by deploying and running Accreditation Network Node (ANN). We can run ANN for you and give your employees an easy to use web interface. All without the hustle of procuring IT resources and without the need for IT skills. You can start registering credentials on the blockchain in a few hours.
Step 3: Integrate
For institutions that want to fully automate registering academic credentials on the blockchain automatically, Documentorum offers an API that can be called from the Learning Management System (LMS). If you wish, our engineers can help integrate Documentorum with your LMS.