How to Add a Certificate

1. Turn editing on in your course, then find the module where the certificate will be added on the course page.
2. Open the “Add an activity” dropdown menu and choose “certificate” from the list.
3. In the certificate settings, give your certificate a name.
4. For the introduction section, type in any instructions for the participants. For example, “Download and print a copy of the certificate for your supervisor.”
5. Under Issue Options, you can choose who to notify when a participant is issued a certificate.
   1. Keep the “Email Teachers” option set at ‘No’ because this will send emails to everyone in the course with a teacher role. Some support people have this role and do not need notifications about the certificates. Instead, add the specific emails of the person or people to be notified.
   2. Saving the certificates will keep the issued certificates in the system. This setting is not necessary as the system shows all issued certificates already, but you can set this option to ‘Yes’ if you are concerned.
6. Locking Options will keep the certificate inaccessible to participants until certain requirements are met.
7. REQUIRED COURSE GRADE: If every quiz and assignment needs to be completed and the total grade equals a specific percentage then change this option to ‘Yes.’ If the certificate requires a specific grade from one quiz or assignment then skip down to the “Dependent Activities” setting.
8. DEPENDENT ACTIVITIES: Choose the assignment or quiz that needs to be seen or graded before the participant can access the certificate.
9. Under the Linked Activity column, choose the activity from the dropdown menu. This menu will list all the activities in the course.
10. Under Required Grade, set it to the grade percentage needed to access the certificate.
11. TEXT OPTIONS: This is the information that will be printed on the certificate.
    • The most common information on certificates are:
      • Print date – yes
      • Date format – January 1, 2000
12. DESIGN OPTIONS: This is how the certificate will look.
    • The most common settings for the design are:
    • Certificate type – Landscape
    • Border Image – (any of the blue or green)
    • Watermark Images – Fleur de Lis
    • Seal or Logo – Logo_small
13. Save and display to preview the certificate and make sure it looks right. Make any changes if needed then click on Save and return to course.