Digital Badges
Fundamentals of Written Communication Badge
Florida public postsecondary institutions now offer students a Fundamentals of Written Communication digital badge. With this badge, you will be able to not only enhance your personal communication skills but also convey to future employers that you have acquired vital skills needed for professional success.
What is Effective Written Communication?
Effective written communication is the ability to communicate ideas, information, and perspective clearly, adapting a message to different audiences and situations, and using the appropriate style to convey meaning in various contexts.
Why is effective written communication important in the workplace?
- Enhances an employee’s ability to interpret and evaluate a wide variety of written material
- Promotes research, critical thinking, and problem solving
- Advances the development of clearly written material relevant to the intent
- Enhances the use of appropriate language for an intended audience
- Increases the competent, effective, and responsible use of information
What are you learning by earning this badge?
By completing the college course associated with this badge, you will demonstrate information literacy, comprehension of written material, and conveying information in writing for a variety of rhetorical purposes and audiences.
Some of the learning outcomes associated with the college course that results in this badge include:
- Examining and analyzing written material
- Synthesizing information and ideas
- Developing content relevant to the purpose
- Demonstrating the ability to write to a specific audience
- Presenting a perspective informed by research and critical thinking
- Revising written communication based on feedback
How to Earn this Digital Badge?
- Enroll in one of the following college courses: ENC X101 or a course which ENC X101 is a prerequisite*.
- Successfully complete the course with a grade of “C” or better.
- Digital badge will automatically be awarded by the public institution where you complete the course.
*ENC X101 must be a required pre-requisite on the course at both FAU and at the state level. FAU courses that fall under this category are: ANT 1471, ENC 1102, ENC 2248, ENG 4020, and HIS 4322.
What are Digital Badges?
Colleges and universities are working with employers to develop digital badges that highlight the skills students learn.
Digital badges allow you to showcase your achievements and the skills you’ve learned through related coursework. With a digital badge, you can…
- Highlight skills on your resume, job applications, social media, and more.
- Learn about competencies employers are looking for in your field.
- Identify open positions linked to the skills and competencies identified in the badges you have earned.
- Separate yourself from other candidates and applicants.
The best news - there is no additional cost to receive a general education badge! The digital badge is earned by completion of general education core courses, which are already built into associate in science, associate in arts and baccalaureate degree programs. Florida’s 12 state universities and 28 state colleges will automatically award the badge upon completion of the required coursework.
Digital Badge Series Frequently Asked Questions
Email: click the EMAIL button below the title of the badge to send an email that includes your badge info/link to anyone.
Social Media/LinkedIn: click the social media buttons within the Share Credential area to post your badge in different social media platforms. You can also add it to your LinkedIn Profile by clicking the Add to My LinkedIn Profile button within the same are.
Your badge is also publicly accessible. This means that you can copy the URL for your badge's page and paste it directly into emails/chats/etc. that you send to anyone.