To enable issuing certificates that learners can obtain upon a course completion, you need to perform these steps:
- Add to the course a mode (track) that supports issuing certificates.
- Add a certificate template for this course.
Adding a course mode for a course
To enable adding a certificate to a course, you need to configure the course mode as follows:
- Log in to the SIT Open edX LMS Administration panel (Site administration).
- In the Course Modes section, click Course modes
(located athttps://{tenant}.alemira.com/admin/course_modes/coursemode/
). - Click Add course mode + and specify the following parameters:
- Course — the course you need.
Use the course identifier to find the course. ID can be found, for example, in the course settings in Alemira Studio, in Settings > Schedule and Details, Basic Information:
https://{tenant}.alemira.com/courses/{course_ID}/about - Mode — the course mode (enrollment track). To enable issuing certificates it must be one of the following:
- honor — an obsolete track, it offers an honor code certificate to learners who pass the course. This track does not require identity verification and a fee.
IMPORTANT: Currently issuing certificates in edX is supported only for the honor mode. Student identification is not required.
- honor — an obsolete track, it offers an honor code certificate to learners who pass the course. This track does not require identity verification and a fee.
- Display name — the course name.
- Price — if applicable, the course price.
Note: If a course is paid, it also must be configured in the e-commerce settings.
- Currency — if applicable, the course currency.
- Upgrade Deadline — if applicable, the due date until which students need to upgrade the course if they want to obtain a certificate.
- Verification Deadline — if applicable, the due date until which students need to provide means of their identity verification.
- SKU — if applicable, the stock keeping unit number for the course. The value is filled in automatically.
- Bulk SKU — if applicable, the stock keeping unit for services sold in bulk. The value is filled in automatically.
- Click Save.
Adding a certificate template for a course
Certificates are generated based on pre-configured templates. To create a certificate template and link it to a course:
- Log in to the LMS Administration panel (Site administration).
- In the Certificates section, click Certificate templates
(located athttps://{tenant}.alemira.com/admin/certificates/certificatetemplate/
). - Click Add certificate template + and specify the following parameters:
- Name — enter a descriptive name of the template.
- Description — enter a short description of the template.
- Template — enter the contents of the template HTML file (you can copy if from an existing template, for example, “Acronis service provider” or "Acronis internal").
- Organization id — select from the list the organization that holds the course.
- Course key — enter the identifier of the course for which you are adding the template. You can find the course identifier, for example, in the course settings in Alemira Studio, in Settings > Schedule and Details, Basic Information:
https://{tenant}.alemira.com/courses/{course_ID}/about - Mode — specify the course mode. To enable issuing certificates, it must be honor.
- Is active — select the check box to enable the template usage.
- Language — specify the course language.
- Click Save.
Now instructors can set up certificates for the respective course in SIT Alemira studio. See Managing course certificates.
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