Keywords: certificate, certify, certification, record of achievement.
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The Custom Certificate activity is being phased out for a newwill replace the Certificate activity from July 2019. Existing certificates will continue to work but will need to be replaced by Custom Certificates before this date. |
What is it?
Use Moodle Certificate to Custom Certificates create customised PDF certificates for your students.
Why use it?
Certificates can be used as a record of achieving or to recognise an obtaining a certain level with the course, or even completing a training course. They should not replace any official or credit-bearing certification at UCL.
Who can use it?
Tutor and Course Administrator can set up and issue Certificates.
Before I start...
- None at this time.
- Although you can design your certificate in Moodle, you may want to finalise your layout and images beforehand in Microsoft Word.
- When using images be aware of your Copyright obligations. You can read more on the Copyright for eLearning webpage.
Meeting the baseline
The UCL E-Learning Baseline suggests the following for Orientation:
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- 4.1 Provide an assessment outline with a clear description of the module assessment, including schedule, criteria and submission details. To avoid duplication this might include a link to a module webpage.
How do I set one up?
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- Click the Turn editing on button in the top-right of your page.
- In the topic where you want the certificate to appear, click on the Add an activity or resource drop down link and select Custom Certificate.
- Provide a meaningful Certificate
- certificate Name, as this is what students will click on to view it.
- The Introduction
- Description will be displayed to users when they click on the certificate link. This should clearly describe the requirements that will make the certificate available to students. e.g. You need to achieve at least 50% on all quizzes to receive a certificate.
- Select the Issue
- Options you want. We do recommend saving Certificates to Moodle for viewing by the teacher.
- The next section lets you choose how to set up the core elements of the certificate itself, such as whether to include the print date, grade format, credit hours, teacher name(s)* *and custom text.
- Some limited HTML tags can be used in the custom text field, such as *<br>, *<p>, <b>, <i> and <u> and <img> (src and width and/or height are mandatory for images). Click on the blue question mark icon for this option Moodle Resource Centre > M19 - Certificates > M19 QUEST MRK a.png for a full list of HTML options.
- There is a UCL_Seal you can use for the Signature Image, or you can choose Line if you want the certificate to be signed manually. UCL has a few Seal or Logo Images, including UCL-logo (see right) which will appear in the bottom right of the certificate. The final section is where you decide on the design of the certificate. The Certificate Type can be A4 or Letter and the Orientation *either *Landscape or Portrait. You can choose a number of Border Images and Border Lines. There is no UCL-specific Watermark Image.
- Note. You can use the question mark icon to view a description of each option.
- There is a Group mode and Grouping option (click on the Show Advanced button if it is not visible) to release the certificate to specific Moodle groups. Information on how to do this is given in M13- Groups and groupings.
- You can also choose to apply date and grade conditions to your certificate. Information on how to do this is given in M35 - Activity completion and Conditional Release
- Click Save and Display
- In the Administration block, click Edit certificate.
This page allows you to customise the name and size of your certificate. You can also add elements to your certificate, such as images, background images, borders, the student's name, grade, grade item name etc. Alternatively, you can load a template certificate, which you can then customise. Note. contact digi-ed@ucl.ac.uk to request a template.
Note If you add an image based element, such as the background image, you will have the option to upload your own image. Once you have
finished click Save and display. Clicking on Get your certificate to see a previewuploaded the image, click save, you will then need to edit the element again to select the image you've just uploaded.
- When you have added all your elements, click Reposition elements to arrange your elements.
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Further guidance on Custom Certificates is available from Moodle Docs. If you find any inaccurate or missing information you can even update this yourself (it's a communal wiki). If you have a specific question about the tool please contact the Digital Education team. |
Caution
- None at this time.
Examples and case studies
- None at this time.
Questions & Answers
- None at this time.
Further information
Administering your certificate: The student can obtain the certificate by clicking on the certificate link on your course home page. If students have met the conditions (if any) they will be able to access the certificate and a display page will allow them to Review your certificate. If they have not completed the requirements Moodle will display a warning.
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