Certificates

Overview

Certificates can optionally be awarded to students upon completion of courses/programs. Certificates are fully customizable with HTML, and support multiple locales. 

Use the links below to jump to a section:

1. Creating Certificates
2. Customizing Certificates
3. Manage Certificates
4. Adding a Certificate to a Course or Program
5. Student Certificates
6. Student Certificates by Type
7. Certificates - Training Portal
8. Certificate Settings

Creating Certificates

To create a certificate, navigate to School > Certificates > Create Certificate. 

This will open the Create Certificate form:

1. Name of the certificate.
2. Starter Template select the default starter template, or browse other templates.
3. Courses that award this certificate.
4. Programs that award this certificate.
5. First Localization is the default localization for this certificate. You can add more localizations when editing the certificate. The default value can be set by navigating to Administration > Settings > School Settings > Certificates tab.
6. Page Size for Localization is the page size of generated PDFs for this certificate. The default value can be set in Administration > Settings > School Settings > Certificates tab.
7. Description of the certificate that will be created.

After a certificate has been created, you will be redirected to the certificate editor.

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Customizing Certificates

To edit an existing certificate, navigate to School > Certificates > Manage Certificates. Click the 'Edit' link, located in the Actions column's dropdown menu in the respective certificate's row.

Certificate Editor

Reseller Settings

A setting specific to Resellers is the "Is Starter Template" toggle. This setting, when enabled, will give this template the ability to be used as a starter template for new certificates in accounts under the reseller. 

1. Certificate Top Bar

• You will need to click the Save button to retain any changes you have made while editing (in the top right of the editor). This includes any information entered on a pop-up window, the Certificate Settings section, or the Certificate Bottom Bar.
• Clicking the Close button will return you to the Manage Certificates page.

2. Certificate Settings

• Name of the certificate.
• Description of the certificate.
• Courses that award this certificate. A course can be added by typing the name of the course then selecting it.
• Programs that award this certificate. Programs can be added in the same manner as courses.
• Extra Fonts are from Google Fonts that you can load into the certificate to use after the certificate is saved. To add additional fonts to your certificate, enter the font that you want into the 'Extra Fonts' field, then press Enter to select it.
• Is Starter Template toggle to enable this template to be used as a starter template for new certificates in accounts under this reseller. 

3. Certificate Editor

Certificates use HTML markup. The certificates should have dimensions of 800x600 pixels. Generated PDFs will be centered and fitted to the given page size of the locale.

When editing the certificate, you can select variables to insert. Variables are substituted with the information then sized to fit within the parent elements of the variable if needed. See the Available Variables section for a full list of available variables.

4. Certificate Bottom Bar

• Current Locale drop-down - The drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner of the editor allows you to display different locales for the certificate. You can add a new locale by clicking the plus icon. A popup will appear asking you to choose an existing locale to copy and the new locale you want to add. Once the locale has been created you will need to translate the original to the new locale.

  

• Current Page Size drop-down – The page size drop-down shows what page size is currently set for the current locale when a PDF is generated. Page sizes are set on a per-locale basis.
• Restore - Remove any changes made since the last save.
• Edit HTML - Switches window to an HTML editor to edit the email HTML directly. You will not need to include html or body tags. The html elements to create the certificate will only be needed.
• Save and Preview – This button will store your current certificate and settings then show you how the certificate will be rendered.

Available Variables

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Manage Certificates

The Manage Certificates page will allow you to see what certificates are currently in place for your account along with information related to those certificates. You can view a certificate and its different locale versions, delete your certificates, or edit a certificate.

• Certificate - The name of the certificate.
• Courses - The number of courses that award this certificate.
• Programs - The number of programs that award this certificate.
• Locales - The number of locales available for this certificate.
• Last Updated - The date and time that this certificate was last updated.
• Actions - Clicking the button will show the certificate on screen. The drop-down menu contains links that allow you to view, edit, or delete the certificate.

Mass Certificate Actions

Click the checkboxes in the far-left column to delete multiple certificates.

Viewing a Certificate

Clicking 'View' in the Actions column will show the certificate for its default locale.

1. This is the certificate for the specified locale.
2. The drop-down has a list of all locales for certificate being viewed. Selecting a new locale in the drop-down will reload the certificate for the chosen locale.

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Adding a Certificate to a Course or Program

Certificates can be added to a course or program when creating and editing a certificate (see Creating Certificate and Customizing Certificates sections for details). You can also add them when editing a course or program at the bottom of their respective pages.

Editing a Course

A certificate can be added to a course by editing a course:

Student Certificates

To view the Student Certificates page, navigate to School > Certificates > Student Certificates. The Student Certificates page displays certificates earned by students.

In this page, all issued certificates will be shown for all students in your account.

• Name - Name of the student who received the certificate.
• Email - Email of the student.
• Course / Program - Indicates if the certificate was awarded for completing a course or a program.
• Content Name - The course or program that was completed to receive the certificate.
• Certificate - Name of the certificate.
• Issued Date - Date that the certificate was issued.
• Actions - Clicking the 'View' button will display the certificate. From here you can view, download, or print the certificate.

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Student Certificates by Type

To view the Student Certificates by Type page, navigate to School > Certificates > Student Certificates by Type.

This page displays all issued certificates for students for filtered courses or programs in your account.

1. The Course and Program Filter

Multiple courses and programs can be chosen to be filtered by but at least one course or program must be chosen.

2. Student Certificates columns

• Name - Name of the student who received the certificate.
• Email - Email of the student.
• Course / Program - “Course” or “Program” depending on if the “Content Name” is a course or program.
• Content Name - The course or program that was completed to receive the certificate.
• Certificate - Name of the certificate.
• Issued Date - Date that the certificate was issued.
• Actions - Clicking the button will display the certificate. The drop-down will allow you to view, download, or print the certificate.

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Certificates - Training Portal

When a student completes a course or program that awards a certificate, students can see their certificate, download it as a PDF file and/or print the certificate. 

In the training portal's Certificates page, students can view all of the certificates that they have earned.

LMS Certificates page

Navigate to School > Certificates > Student Certificates to view certificates that have been earned by students:

• Certificate Name - Name of the certificate.
• Issued Date - Date that the certificate was issued.
• Course / Program Name - The course or program that was completed to receive the certificate.
• Actions - Clicking the 'View' button will show the certificate on screen as it would appear for the student. The drop-down menu contains links that allow you to view, download, or print the certificate.

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Training Portal Certificates

Certificates can be seen by clicking the certificate thumbnail after successfully completing a course:

Certificates after completing a program

Once a student completes all courses in a program, they will see a page with a summary of courses completed for that program along with their issued certificates. Clicking the certificate icon will view the certificate.

Certificate View

• Print will open a new window for printing.
• Save PDF will generate a pdf of the certificate for the page size for the student’s locale.

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Certificate Settings

To edit account certificate settings, navigate to Administration > Settings > School Settings. From here, you can set the default locale and page size:

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