Verified Certificates

Verified Certificates are available from edX can provide proof for an employer,
school, or other institution that you have successfully completed an online
course. Verified certificates require you to verify your identity using a webcam
and a photo identification card, so employers and schools know that you
completed the course work. Click on the link to learn more.

In addition, edX now offers financial aid for Verified Certificates!

This course's cutoff date for upgrading to a Verified Certificate is July 27, 2021. If
you have upgraded to a Verified Certificate before realizing you don't have
enough time to complete the course with a passing grade, there may be a week-
long period after you upgrade that you can be refunded by edX.

Important note to all learners: To keep this course accessible for all learners,
regardless of an ability to afford certificates, the 3 core assignments are
available to ALL learners, Audit and Verified. However, the final peer reviewed
project (introduced in Week 9) is only open to Verified learners. Audit learners
will be able to prepare and share their own versions of a final project, but it will
not be graded and a final grade for the course will not be issued (although it can
be easily calculated).

Verified Learner Final Grades are based on:

Comprehension Questions = 15% of final grade

Assignment 1 = 15% of final grade
Assignment 2: 25% of final grade
Assignment 3: 25% of final grade
Final design project = 20% of final grade
Passing score is a 70%

Prerequisites