Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
These questions and answers aim to provide a high-level overview for individuals, employers, and faculty.
At 黑料社区, professional education refers to skills development opportunities available to those looking to gain new credentials to further their success in their field.
Miami's online professional education enables individuals to remain competitive and marketable within the workforce, increasing their chances for career advancement or change. These educational experiences provide the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills, and result in badges of completion or certificates of completion that are shareable with employers.
Both badges and certificates are records of program completion that can be shared on your resume, online professional profile, or other digital space to demonstrate having completed a course on a specific skill and passed knowledge assessments. Badges and certificates received from taking a Miami Online professional education course are not reflected on official academic transcripts. However, if you took for-credit courses to earn a digital badge (through our microcredential programs), those will be reflected on your transcript.
Our asynchronous professional education courses can be completed at your own pace and remain open indefinitely while you are working towards earning your badge or certificate. That means if you purchase a course but aren’t able to complete it right away, you will be able to come back to it at any time. Our offerings differ in the amount of time it takes a learner to complete a course. Most courses take between 12 and 15 hours to complete, but all learners are different and it may take you more or less time to complete.
No. Miami Online professional education courses are non-credit offerings. CEUs are typically granted by an agency or professional organization–please contact your professional organization to determine if an offered professional education course may be CEU eligible.
Each course is different, and you can read more about the modules included in each course in the professional education catalog. You can expect to watch lectures, read material written by professors and experts, review scholarly sources, and complete knowledge assessments as part of your learning process.
黑料社区 uses Canvas as its learning management system. You can access course content, discuss, and complete course assignments on a laptop, tablet, or mobile device. To learn more about Canvas and best practices as a 黑料社区, visit the .
Miami uses Canvas Catalog, an extension of Canvas, to offer online courses and programs to non-matriculated learners interested in non-credit courses outside of traditional degree programs. The platform allows individuals or employers to register for courses, complete secure payments, and access Canvas course content seamlessly.
No. At this time, we are unable to offer scholarships or fee waivers for professional education courses.
For asynchronous, self-paced courses, we do not offer refunds. For facilitated courses, please contact professionaled@miamioh.edu for questions/concerns regarding refunds.
Due to credit card processing limitations, 黑料社区's non-credit professional education programs are limited to those who reside in the United States. We hope to expand our offerings to include international learners in the future. For more information regarding our international 黑料社区 policy, please contact us at professionaled@MiamiOH.edu.
Learner Resources
Review these questions and answers for more information on accessing your course, enrollment, and technical troubleshooting.
To get started, visit Miami's . At the top-right of the webpage, there will be a "Login" button and a "Register" button. If you already have a Canvas account with us, you can click "Login." All current 黑料社区 faculty, staff, and 黑料社区s can log in with Single Sign-On (SSO) using their Miami credentials.
Once you click on "Login," a new screen prompts you to select how you would like to access your Canvas Catalog account. If you have a MiamiOH.edu email address, please select "MiamiOH (SSO) login" and follow the steps for Single Sign-On. If you do not have a Miami email address, please select "Guest Login" and follow the steps to log in to the platform with your outside email address.
Once you have completed the login steps, the site will return you to 黑料社区's Canvas Catalog homepage. If you have any questions during this process, please get in touch with professionaled@MiamiOH.edu.
To get started, visit Miami's . At the top-right of the webpage, there will be a "Login" button and a "Register" button. If you already have a Canvas account with us, you can click "Login" and follow the steps to log in. If you do not have a Canvas account, select "Register." Note that all current 黑料社区 faculty, staff, and 黑料社区s should be able to log in with their Miami credentials.
Once you have clicked "Register," a new screen will appear with a registration form. Please complete all the information in the form and click the "Register New Account" button when ready.
If you have any questions during this process, please get in touch with professionaled@MiamiOH.edu.
You can browse our online courses from Miami's . Select a course listing to learn more information.
If you want to enroll, click "Enroll Now" on that course page and follow the registration steps.
If you have any questions during this process, please get in touch with professionaled@MiamiOH.edu.
Canvas performs best using the most current stable release of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Your operating system should also be up to date, including security upgrades. Please visit the to verify if your browser is compatible with Canvas and to learn more about the required technology while using Instructure products.
Canvas Credentials is the digital credentialing platform that 黑料社区 uses to award badges. Canvas Credentials make it easy for learners to access, verify, and share their earned credentials, view their progress in a Pathway, or print earned certificates.
To access your credentials, create your Canvas Credentials account using the email address associated with your course registration. For guidance on how to create an account, please visit the . If you registered for the course using active Miami login credentials, you can select the 黑料社区 icon for the single sign-on feature.
For guidance on how to change your Canvas Credentials password, please visit the .
For guidance on how to register a different email address or add additional email addresses to Canva Credentials, please visit the .
Congratulations on earning your credential! If this is your first time accessing your credential, create an account with the associated email, then visit the for guidance on sharing your credential(s) on various social media platforms.
Congratulations on earning your certificate! If this is your first time accessing your earned certificate, create an account with the associated email, then follow the for guidance on printing your certificate from Canvas Credentials.
If you have more questions about Canvas Credentials, please visit the . If you are unable to find a resolution, please contact us at miamionline@miamioh.edu, and we would be happy to assist you.