How to set up course certificates

When your learners complete their courses, Nimble LMS can automatically create certificates. Configuring the way that this happens is effortless.

Accessing the course settings

You set up course certificates via the course settings page. To access the course settings page:

1. From the Nimble LMS home screen, click the Courses button.

2. Locate the course you’d like to access the settings for and click the button.

3. The certificate settings are all grouped together on the page

Providing a certificate

To change whether a certificate is created when your learners complete the course:

4. Click the Provide certificate and select:

• No – No certificate will be created. Choose this if you don’t want your learners to receive a certificate for completing the course.
• Administrator only – Certificates will be created and will only be accessible by administrators. This is a smashing option if you’d like to be able to present your learners with certificates at team meetings, for example.
• Student and administrator – Certificates will be created and will be accessible by administrators and learners.

Changing the certificate background

It’s super easy to change your certificate’s background image. To change your certificate, you should use an image in JPEG format that’s A4 and portrait (at least 826 x 1169 pixels) in orientation. You should leave the central third of the certificate empty for the system to fill in automatically.

To change the background of your course certificate:

5. Click the button.

6. Select your certificate file.

Changing the certificate title

By default, the title of your certificate will be the same as your course’s title in the LMS. If you’d like your certificate to have a different title:

7. Enter a different title in the Certificate title field.

Saving your changes

8. Save your changes by clicking the  button at the bottom of the page.

Please note: course certificates contain a unique reference number that will differ on each issued certificate - it consists of:

• 3 letters - automatically generated by the system.
• Numbers - the learner's result ID for that specific course (will differ per course and certificate): 

Whilst it's not possible to customise the reference number, it can be disabled if desired - but please note this would apply to all courses on your account, and it cannot be changed on a course-by-course basis. Should you wish to discuss this option further, please contact your Customer Success Manager.