What is Practica?

Practica is where students do real projects for real organizations, their professor verifies the work (and the organization can add its own sign-off), and every verified project becomes experience the student owns and keeps after graduation.

What makes it different

The whole product turns on one word: verified. It helps to see what it is not.

• A transcript says you showed up to a course. It does not say what you can do.
• A résumé or a portfolio says you claim you did the work. Anyone can write it, so a recruiter has to take it on faith.
• A Practica record is verified by the faculty member who taught you, and often signed by the organization you did the work for as well. It is the one claim on your record a recruiter does not have to take on faith.

That is the difference: proof, not claims. Everything in the product exists to produce and protect that proof.

Who it is for

• Students build a record of real work employers can trust, and carry it beyond graduation.
• Professors run experiential projects inside their courses without extra overhead, and certify the learning.
• Organizations and nonprofits get real execution from talented students, and verify the outcome.
• Administrators measure and grow experiential learning across the institution.

Each of these has its own collection in this help center with step-by-step guides.