Certification Properties Field Reference

Applicable Product:

PeopleFluent Learning

 

Applicable Release:

All Versions

 

Summary:

Certification properties are divided into three groups of fields on the Certifications page:

  • Certification Details
  • Certificate
  • Expiration/Renewal Policy

Administrators with unrestricted access to the Certification Manager features in System Roles (Manage Features > Certification Manager) can create and manage certifications.

 

Certification Details

Field

Description

Certification Code

Enter a unique code to identify the certification. This field is mandatory.

Certification Name

Enter a name for the certification. This field is mandatory.

Certification Pool

Select a certification pool from the drop-down list to assign the certification to a specific pool. You can filter certifications by certification pool in the Certifications page.

 Certification Type

Select a certification type from the drop-down list to assign the certification to a specific type. You can filter certifications by certification type in the Certifications page.

Language

Select the primary language for the certification. You can add language bundles to certifications separately, according to the languages licensed for the LMS, and switch the primary language by selecting Manage Language Bundles from the certification's action menu on the Certifications page.

 Active

Select this check box to make the certification active. Only active certifications can be awarded. Only awards for active certifications will be listed as current, flagged as expiring, and invoke auto-enrollments.

Inactive certifications cannot trigger course enrollment when they expire.

Learners cannot request approval for inactive certificates, and inactive certifications cannot be approved by other users.

Inactive certifications cannot be awarded using the Awarded Certificates CSV Loader.

Issued By

Enter the name of the person or organization issuing the certification. 

Certification Description

Enter a comment about the certification. Comments can be a maximum 255 characters.

Award Method

Select Immediately to award the certification immediately on course
completion or passing an exam.

Select Award this certificate on the following date(s) to enter the day and month to award the certification every year. Click + Add another date to award the certification on multiple dates throughout the year. 

Award Message

Click Select to open the Email Template Editor, where you can select or create the email template used to notify learners that the certification has been awarded to them.

Assigned Certification Exam

Click Select to open the Selector, where you can select the certification 

Certification Exam Delivery Language

If you selected a certification exam, you can select a delivery language for the exam that may be different to the exam's default primary language, as long as a language bundle exists for the exam.

 

Certificate

Field

Description

Certification Template (PDF form) Click the browse icon to open the Repository Manager, where you can select the PDF certificate to attach to the certification.
Allow user to print the certificate Select this check box to allow the PDF certificate to be downloaded from the LMS.
Attach certificate to notifications If you have selected an email template for the the certification award message, you can select the check boxes of the email recipients to attach the PDF certificate to their email notification.

 

Expiration/Renewal Policy

Field

Description

Expiry Date

There are three options for certification expiry:

  • Never (the certification never expires)
  • After a specific number of days after the date it was awarded, with an optional grace period to extend the validity until the end of the month it expires.
  • On a specific date, and optionally, for recurring certifications, on the same date for a specified number of years thereafter.
Base on previous expiry date This option applies to certifications awarded at course completion, not by
direct appraisers. If a previous certification is still valid, select this check box
to base the certification's next expiry date on the expiry date of the previous
certification. If the previous certification has expired, selecting this check
box bases the certification's next expiry date ion the award date of the new
certification.
Days Prior to Expiration for Sending a Reminder
Message and to Re-enroll User in Module/Program
Enter the number of days before the certification expires to send a reminder
email to learners with the certification to re-enroll in the corresponding
course or program. Enter 0 if you do not want to send emails to remind
learners to re-enroll.
Certification Expiration Reminder Message If a certification expiration reminder email template is not already selected, click Select to select the email template to use to send the expiration reminder email.
When this certification expires, automatically enroll the learner in selected module Select this check box and click Select to automatically enroll affected learners in a course or program.
Only learner who meet following criteria can be
automatically enrolled
Select this check box to configure the selection criteria the LMS will use to select the learners for automatic enrollment in the course or program specified above.

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