Creating a Certificate

Step-by-Step: 

1. Click on Reports
2. Click on Awards
3. Click on Course Awards
4. Click on Add Award to Course
5. Click on Create
6. Enter a Name and Description for your badge  
7. Click on the drop-down arrow next to Award Type
8. Click on Certificate
9. Under Availability, you have the following options: (Recommend, default Make this award available to all of my courses)
   
   
   
   
10. Under Expiry, decide if you would like the certificate to expire at a certain date.  (Not very common)
11. Under Choose Award Image, you have the following options: From Existing Library, Upload a New Icon, or Create your own award image using the built-in badge builder.
    
12. Under Choose Certificate Template, you have the following options: From Existing Library or Upload New Template. (For help on personalizing your certificates, contact us at mycourses4faculty@spcollege.edu) 
    
    
13. Under Issuer Information, you can personalize this information with your Name, URL and Contact information
    
14. Click on Save and Close
15. You will now see your Certificate, click on Edit Properties
    
    
    
16. If you are issuing Credits, enter the number of credits (Not very common)
    
    
17. Decide if you want the Award hidden until earned
    
    
    • Hidden- Can't see the certificate until earned
      
      
    • Not Hidden - Certificate greyed out until earned
18. Under Release Conditions, click on Create. (This is where you are going to decide how a student is going to earn this badge. You can add several conditions for each badge.) 
19. Click on Save, when all your conditions have been added