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 |
|---|---|
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Certification Code |
Enter a unique code to identify the certification. This field is mandatory. |
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Certification Name |
Enter a name for the certification. This field is mandatory. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Issued By |
Enter the name of the person or organization issuing the certification. |
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Certification Description |
Enter a comment about the certification. Comments can be a maximum 255 characters. |
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Award Method |
Select Immediately to award the certification immediately on course 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. |
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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. |
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Assigned Certification Exam |
Click Select to open the Selector, where you can select the certification |
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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:
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| 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. |