Create a certification program

A program is the container for a certificate: it holds the design and the list of people who received one. Create one before you can design or issue anything.

Create it

On the Certification page, stay on the Programs tab and press New program. Fill in:

• Title — the program name, shown on the certificate and its public page (e.g. "Foundations of Web Development").
• Note — an optional description.
• Duration and Unit — how long the program ran, in days, weeks, months, or years.
• Total hours — the total study hours.
• Code prefix — the short prefix on every verification code from this program (e.g. LOD produces codes like LOD-2026-T7CPCGJZ). Keep it short.
• Language — the certificate's language.
• Event (optional) — connect the program to one of your events, so a course or workshop and its certificate live together. A certified event shows a Certified badge, and earners see their certificate on the event page.

Press Create and the program opens on its detail page.

The program's tabs

A program has three tabs:

• Templates — the certificate designs. A program needs at least one before you can issue.
• Holders — everyone who has received a certificate from this program.
• Issue — where you pick a design and send certificates to a list of people.

Editing and removing

From the program detail page, use Edit in the top right to change any of the fields above, or the trash icon to delete the program. Deleting a program removes its templates too, so only do it if you no longer need the record.

The duration, total hours, and code prefix all appear on the certificates and their public pages, so it's worth getting them right before you issue in bulk. Next: design the certificate.