At Karolinska Institutet—one of the world's most respected medical universities—precision is everything. Every process, every piece of information, and every credential has to be trustworthy, traceable, and built to last.
So when Carina Bois, Learning Technologist at KI, was asked to rethink how they issue course certificates, she didn't start by looking for flash. She started by looking for fit.
"We've been using Accredible since 2018," she explains. "And then we tried Credentials from Instructure in 2022. But neither really matched the way we work or the level of clarity and control we needed."
The dealbreaker? They needed a certificate that included both the participant's name and customizable course text. And it had to integrate smoothly with their Canvas LMS. That wasn't up for debate. Some tools offered flexibility but at the cost of complexity.
"Our teachers and admins don't have time to wrestle with software" Carina says, "And students should never be confused about the credentials they receive".
In June last year, KI made the switch to TrueOriginal. And everything got easier. With True, certificates were simple to issue, easier to archive, and fully compliant with the university's academic and regulatory standards.
"What we appreciate most," says Carina, "is how smooth it is inside Canvas. We're able to deliver certificates in a way that feels completely natural inside our existing workflow". No more printing Word docs. No more chasing down signatures. No more wondering if a student actually received their certificate.
TRUE connects directly to Canvas. When a participant completes a course, a blockchain-secured certificate is issued automatically — no manual administration, no delays, no separate workflow. Each certificate is:
When asked what would happen if True disappeared tomorrow, Carina didn't hesitate."We'd go back to a very manual world" she says "It's easy to forget just how much time we used to spend". Today she's glad all of this is behind her—and she firmly believes no serious university should be stuck in that kind of workflow.
Karolinska Institutet is home to the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. It is one of the most cited medical research institutions in the world. When an organization at that level evaluates credential platforms and selects TRUE, it is a statement about what the standard should be.
Medical training is not a commodity. The certificates that represent it should not be either. When a healthcare professional presents a training certificate, the stakes are not administrative — they are clinical. A credential issued by Karolinska Institutet carries weight precisely because it signals competency in contexts where errors cost lives.
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