Configuring course certificates

To enable issuing certificates that learners can obtain upon a course completion, you need to perform these steps:

1. Add to the course a mode (track) that supports issuing certificates.
2. 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:

1. Log in to the SIT Open edX LMS Administration panel (Site administration).
2. In the Course Modes section, click Course modes
   (located at https://{tenant}.alemira.com/admin/course_modes/coursemode/).
3. 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.
• 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.

4. 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:

1. Log in to the LMS Administration panel (Site administration).
2. In the Certificates section, click Certificate templates
   (located at https://{tenant}.alemira.com/admin/certificates/certificatetemplate/).
3. 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.

4. Click Save.
   Now instructors can set up certificates for the respective course in SIT Alemira studio. See Managing course certificates.