What is Slate Certified?
You asked; we answered.
With the opening of registration for Slate Summit 2025, we’re proud to announce our new Slate Certified program, which provide Slate training and resources for all levels of Slate users.
All of our virtual courses are now included as offerings within our Slate Certified professional development resource. Complete one of the certifications below to receive an official Slate Certification for that calendar year, which includes a digital badge to be displayed on LinkedIn and the Slate Community forum.
Fundamentals is still intended for those who are new to Slate and provides a solid foundational understanding for brand new users.
Professional was developed for those who have moved past a basic understanding of Slate and are looking to advance their knowledge and understanding in a measurable way. This certification includes a points requirement, which is fulfilled through a variety of Slate Community involvement options.
Slate Certified is a yearly offering, with registration opening in October for the upcoming calendar year. Courses and points accrued during October, November, and December will count toward the certification for the upcoming year.
Why certification?
You’ve asked us for years now to offer a Slate certification program, and you’ve given a variety of reasons. Over and over, however, one of the most common reasons given involves professional development. You want a way to indicate to others that we at Technolutions recognize your abilities to work with Slate.
We have always made Slate Summit sessions available to be user-led presentations, which is one way to prove to your institutions that you are a Slate superstar. But that isn’t always enough.
Enter Slate Certified.
While the basic framework is similar to Learning Lab—utilizing online course offerings to train and develop a deeper understanding of Slate—our new Slate Certified program takes it a level further to show that you don’t just know Fields and Prompts. You actively pursue more and better knowledge to make Slate work for your institution, and to prove that with Slate, anything is possible.
Even that crazy portal you dreamt up that everyone said couldn’t be done.
We developed the Slate Certified program to recognize you, the work you have done to advance your career and institution, and ultimately the work you’ve put in to increase the value and feasibility of higher education in our world today.