MyCreds™

 

 

 

Cape Breton University has partnered with MyCreds™, a leading digital credential expert and platform for certifying, sharing and verifying academic credentials. MyCreds™ provides fast and easy access to request and send your transcripts and credentials to academic institutions, employers, government offices and more, anytime, anywhere. This eliminates the hassle of having to produce original paper documents.

The MyCreds™ platform, powered by Digitary, is owned by the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) and can be trusted to certify and verify academic credentials. Documents issued through the network are authentic, tamper-evident and legally valid.

For more information about MyCreds™, please visit the MyCreds™ FAQ website.

For student and alumni inquiries, please email transcripts@cbu.ca.

FAQs

Cape Breton University’s official transcripts are issued directly through MyCreds™. Please review the below FAQs to learn more. 

MyCreds™ is a secure online service that allows organizations to issue secure digital records online so that individuals can access and share their transcripts, academic documents, badges, credentials and micro-credentials from their post-secondary studies in Canada.

MyCreds™ is a national initiative led by the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC). Its members include the recognized post-secondary colleges, universities, institutes and other trusted third party organizations across Canada that work in partnership to support student mobility into, between, and beyond studies in Canada. A document or credential that comes from an issuing member of the Canadian MyCreds™ family through the network is verifiable and official and supported by digital signatures.

At this time, Cape Breton University uses MyCreds™ to issue digital transcripts to students and graduates.

Vetted institutions and organizations who sign up for MyCreds™ are provided with a means to issue digitally certified documents and data to their students and graduates. Individuals then receive their certified documents via the MyCreds™ portal. From there, individuals can view and share their records with third parties online, controlling who can see their records, and for how long.

A transcript is a complete record of your academic history. It lists classes you have taken, grades received and other information relating to your academic career including current registrations. Official transcripts are printed on secure paper and bears the signature of the University Registrar.

Student records are confidential and transcripts are issued only upon the written request of the student.

Note: Transcripts will not be issued until financial obligations to the University have been cleared. 

Students can request a transcript free of charge, however, the student will have to pay $15 + tax through the MyCreds™ to share it externally.

Yes, students and graduates can still request a paper transcript by filling out the form here. The costs associated with paper transcripts are as follows:

  • $25 to mail within Canada (with tracking)
  • $15 to mail within Canada (without tracking)
  • $60 to mail internationally
  • $15 to pick up official transcripts at Cape Breton University

Note: All official transcript requests for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Post-Graduate Study Permits and other post secondary institutions, will only be issued using MyCreds. 

 

Yes. To view your unofficial transcript, log into your Compass Student Account, and click on “Academics” (the grad cap) located in the left-hand menu.

The costs associated are as follows:

  • $25 to mail within Canada (with tracking)
  • $15 to mail within Canada (without tracking)
  • $60 to mail internationally
  • $15 to pick up official transcripts at Cape Breton University