--- title: "Creating Completion Certificates" slug: "create-completion-certificates" tags: ["NFR"] updated: 2024-09-27T15:39:14Z published: 2024-09-27T15:39:14Z canonical: "docs.skillable.com/create-completion-certificates" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.skillable.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Creating Completion Certificates Course Completion Certificates can be added to the Courses of your choice for your staff or your students to print. You can upload one or more certificate templates to associate with courses and these certificates are made available to Users to print in the Skillable Training Management System (TMS). Certificates are available to print by administrators at any time for classes and course assignments. They may edit from a Word file or print using a PDF. Students may print certificates from a PDF if a Class Enrollment or Course Assignment shows as Complete on their Transcript. You may need to contact us for the permissions required to upload or add certificates to courses; or we may need to create the courses for you. Please submit a Support ticket at [**https://skill.info/support**](https://skill.info/support) for assistance or to receive the proper Roles in the TMS. ## Steps For Adding Certificates: - Create and upload a certificate template. - Add certificates to courses. Each of these are explained below. ## Create and Upload a Certificate Template To add certificates: 1. Create the certificate in DOCX format on your computer. 2. Use any or all of the following replacement fields to pull data from the Skillable TMS and save the file: - **StudentName** - Adds the student's first and last name as shown on their User Profile. - **CourseName** - Inputs the name of the completed course. - **CourseLength** - Inputs the length of the course in hours, days, or weeks. - **CompletionDate** - Adds the date the student completed the course. - **Location** - Shows where the course was taken. - **TrainingDays** - Inputs the number of training days from the course. ### Upload a Certificate Template To upload the certificate template: 1. On the **Admin** menu in the **Courses** group, select **Manage Completion Certificates**. 2. Select **Create Course Certificate Template**. 3. Add a **Name** and **Description**, and select **Upload new file**. 4. Select the **Course Certificate Date Format**: - MM/dd/yyyy - MM-dd-yyyy - dd/MM/yyyy - dd-MM-yyyy - dd MMM yyyY - dddd, dd MMMM yyyy - yyyy-MM-dd - yyy/MM/dd 5. Select the DOCX file in your file system and select **Open**. 6. Select **Save**. ## Add certificates to courses Once a certificate template is uploaded, it is available for you to add to courses. One or more certificates may be added to a course. After a certificate is added, it is available to be printed for any class or course assignment using the course. To add a certificate to a course: 1. On the **Admin** menu in the **Courses** group, select **Find Courses**. 2. On the **Find Courses** page, use the filters to narrow the results to the course(s) you want. 3. Select **Search** to display the desired course(s). 4. Open the course from the search results. 5. Select **Edit**. 6. Select the **Completion Certificates** tab and select **Add Certification Template**. 7. This opens the Choose Completion Certificate dialog. Use the filters as needed and select **Search**. 8. Check the boxes of all the certificate templates you wish to add to the course and select **OK**. 9. Select **Save** to update the course. The **Short Name** of the course will be used as the name of the zipped file when the certificates are downloaded to print. As a result, the zipped file and its contents will not be able to be opened if there are any special characters in the **Short Name**. Completion certificates are uploaded by an organization to be distributed after a class is completed by the instructor, or can be downloaded by a student from their transcript when they have completed a course assignment or have a completion status of complete from a class. Bundles together content to then be set up for training through classes, subscriptions, and course assignments. Courses can include labs, videos, SCORM, LTI, external links, assessments, and documents. Courses must be assigned to a Content Provider and a Publishing Group to be available to set up for training. People who interact with the platform. Typically, we can break down users into three categories: Operations Managers, Instructors and Basic Users.. A class is a scheduled instructor-led event with a start and end time/date. Typically, these include lectures and hands on activities such as labs. An enrollment is the student registration for a class. Enrollments have multiple statuses, but only the Enrollment Status of Enrolled gives a student access to class. Within the enrollment the student will access the labs and activities and if set up digital courseware and virtual classroom for their class. A course assignment delivers self-paced access to a course. A course is assigned to a student giving immediate access to the student. It can be accessed at any time for the duration of the assignment. The assignment duration begins and is billed when it is created. Roles contain sets of permissions giving a user access within the platform. Skillable's Training Management System. A learning management system designed to streamline the delivery, tracking, and reporting of your training programs. The user profile contains information about the user and their preferences, including roles, managed organizations, and settings.