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A course certificate is a shareable proof of completion that learners earn when they finish your course. You design it once in Manage, turn it on for the courses you choose, and manage every certificate from the course report. For what learners see, read Take a course as a learner.

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Certificates at a glance

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Design a certificate

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Open Certificates

Open Manage and click Certificates. The list shows each certificate’s name, how many courses use it and when it was last updated.
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Start a new certificate

Click New certificate. The editor starts from the Standard certificate, with a live Preview that updates as you change a setting.
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Pick a theme

Under Theme, choose one of Standard, Classic, Heritage, Modern, Botanical or Midnight.
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Choose the details to show

Under Details on the certificate, turn each detail on or off:You can also change the Heading text and the Text above learner name.
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Name and save it

Enter a Certificate name and save. You can then choose the certificate for any of your courses.
The Standard certificate can’t be changed. If you edit it, saving creates a new certificate instead. To change a certificate later, click it in the list.

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Turn on a certificate for a course

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Open Course settings

In the course editor, open Course settings from the course header and stay on the General tab.
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Choose a certificate

Under Certificate, choose Standard certificate or one of your own certificates. Click Preview to see an example with your course page logo, colours and fonts.
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Save

Click Save. Learners who complete the course can now get the certificate.
You can also assign courses from the certificate editor. Under Courses using this certificate, search for and select the courses. A course you remove from the list goes back to having no certificate. To design a new certificate without leaving a course, click Create new certificate next to the Certificate setting, which opens the editor in a new tab. Turning a certificate on also gives one to learners who finished the course before you did. To stop issuing certificates, choose No certificate. Certificates learners already earned stay valid. If you set a minimum correct-answer rate or minimum learning time as a completion requirement, learners earn the certificate only when they meet it.

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Manage issued certificates

When a certificate is on for a course, the Learners tab of the course report has a Certificate column. It shows Valid or Withdrawn for each learner, and whether the certificate email was sent. Click the ⋮ menu on a row to: Only the course owner can withdraw or restore a certificate and resend the email. Resend email isn’t offered for a learner with no email address. When you withdraw a certificate, its link shows No longer valid and the certificate can no longer be viewed or downloaded. Restoring it brings the link back.

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Frequently asked questions

No. Certificates are issued for learners who take the course on AhaSlides. A learner who completes an exported package is recorded in your LMS.
Yes. Each learner’s certificate is built from the certificate you chose when they open it, so a change to the design shows on certificates already earned.
No. Anyone with the certificate link can open it to check that it is real.
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