Certificate Requirements
Turn certificates on for a course or learning path and choose what a learner must do to earn one.
Before a learner can earn a certificate, you turn certificates on for that course or learning path and decide what they have to do. This page shows you how to set it up.
What you can do
- Turn certificates on or off for each course or learning path.
- Choose what a learner must do to earn one.
- Decide whether they must meet every requirement or just one of them.
The requirement options
You can ask for any combination of these:
| Requirement | What the learner must do |
|---|---|
| Require completion | Finish the course or learning path. |
| Require a form | Submit a specific form you choose (for example, a feedback or details form). |
| Require a review | Leave a review that you have approved. |
All vs. Any
When you turn on more than one requirement, you choose how they combine:
- All — the learner must meet every requirement you turned on.
- Any — the learner must meet at least one of them.
How to set it up
- Go to your course or learning path and open its settings.
- Turn on the Certificate option.
- Turn on the requirements you want: Require completion, Require a form, and/or Require a review.
- If you require a form, choose which form the learner must submit.
- Set the mode to All or Any.
- Optionally choose a certificate design and an expiry date.
- Save.
Examples
- Simple completion certificate — turn on Require completion only. The learner earns the certificate the moment they finish.
- Completion plus feedback — turn on Require completion and Require a form, set the mode to All. The learner must finish and submit your feedback form.
- Finish or review — turn on Require completion and Require a review, set the mode to Any. Either one is enough to earn the certificate.
Good to know
If you turn certificates on but leave all requirements off, certificates will not be awarded automatically. You can still award them yourself by hand — see Issuing certificates.
The Require a review option only applies if reviews are switched on for that offering. If reviews are off, this requirement is simply skipped, so the certificate stays earnable.
A certificate is awarded only once per learner per offering — a learner will never get two certificates for the same course or path.