Custom Certificates for a Catalog Program

Certificates must be in HTML/CSS format and can be customized with some supported variables, such as:

Congratulations, {{student_name}}!

View an example CSS certificate file

To customize a certificate, you can use the following supported variables in your template:

• student_name: The name of the student
• catalog_name: The name of the school or institution
• catalog_logo: The URL of your catalog logo, usage: <img src="{{catalog_logo}}" />
• award_name: The name of the certificate
• completion_date: The date of completion

Create a Custom Certificate

1. In the User Menu, click the Admin link.
   
   
   
2. In the Listings drop-down menu, click the Courses link.
   
   
   
3. Click the name of the course listing.
4. Click the Certificate tab [1]. 
   
   
   
   
• Include the certificate in your course by toggling the Include Certificate button [2].
• Create a name for the certificate [3]. 
• Click the radio button for the template you want to use for your certificate. You can choose the default template, traditional template, or a custom HTML/CSS template [4].
5. The default template includes the catalog logo, certificate name, student name, and date.
6. The traditional template includes the certificate name, student name, account name, and date.
7. The custom template requires custom HTML/CSS. Any coding you include here will be retained if you choose to switch to one of the pre-designed templates at a later time.

Add Custom Template

For custom templates, select the orientation for the template and add the custom code.

1. In the orientation menu [1], select either landscape or portrait orientation.
   
   
2. In the Custom HTML/CSS field [2], enter your template information in an HTML/CSS format. You can paste the code directly into the template field, or you can paste a URL to an external template file.
   
   
3. To include a certificate expiration date, click the Include Expiration Date [3] checkbox.
   
   
4. You can select a specific date on which the certificate expires or set a number of days for which the certificate is valid.
   
   
5. To add a certificate expiration date, select the Certificate Expiration Date option [4]. Click the Select a date [5] field and choose a date from the calendar.
   
   
6. To set the number of days for which the certificate is valid, select the Number of Days Valid option [6]. Type the number of days that you want the certificate to remain valid.
   
   
7. View the certificate [7].
   
   
8. Click the Save button when finished.
   
   Note: Catalog will notify you if there are errors with your certificate. If there are any errors, correct them and click the Save button again.