Free professional certificates at Rasmussen

[OldManOfTheSea]

I agree, badges are silly. Maybe more people emailing them will get the ball rolling.

I know this because I completed the Organizational Leadership and Development courses

Aside from not getting a certificate (yet), what did you think of the courses? Easy? Difficult? Too long? Too short?

Hello all!

Well, the first Rasmussen University Personal Support Center Rep (Kurt) has cut off all communication with me. I have reopened the support ticket requesting a certificate instead of a badge. I now have another Personal Support Center Rep (Danielle) looking into the issue. I'm guessing that she will cut off communication in a few days as well. It seems as though Rasmussen just wants to use the free certificate program as a path into its degree programs. If you have no desire to pursue a degree there then they have no desire to help you. And by help I mean respond to messages. There will be no help for a certificate as it seems they are sticking to their "badges only" policy. 

As far as the actual courses. I thought they were pretty easy except for the Project Deliverables. The Organizational Leadership certificate requires 2 PowerPoint presentations (one for each course). I thought I did well and followed the rubric exactly. The teacher seemed to disagree. No matter what I did, it seemed like I had to do more and resubmit. When I met the 80% minimum required on the assignments, the Rasmussen system automatically issued badges, although the teacher wanted me to continue to work. I will not be resubmitting the assignments as I have been issued a badge for each course and a badge for the "Professional Certificate". I am done.

TLDR - There probably won't be a certificate issued for the "Professional Certificate" course, only a badge. And the teachers want you to do more work than necessary on the assignments. Rasmussen University seems so "scammy".

OldManOfTheSea