You will need to create a certificate template in the required format and file type for SAP Litmos before you can upload it to a Course or Learning Path. If you upload a certificate template to your Course or Learning Path, Learners will be able to download their own personalized completion certificate as a PDF file upon completion of the Course or Learning Path.
Supported Certificate Template File Types:
Generally certificate templates should be created using Microsoft Word or a similar program and uploaded into the Course settings. You can upload your certificate template as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file.
Supported Certificate Template Placeholder Fields:
Your certificate template can contain a selection of placeholders which will be replaced with the relevant values when the certificate is downloaded.
Supported Placeholder Fields:
[FIRST_NAME]
[LAST_NAME]
[COURSE_TITLE] / [LEARNING_PATH_TITLE]
[START_DATE] - User's Profile date format (MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY)
- Custom Date Format 1: [START_DATE]:[YYYY-MM-dd] e.g. 2020-03-30
- Custom Date Format 2: [START_DATE]:[YYYY MMM dd] e.g. 2020 Mar 20 (Translated)
- Custom Date Format 3: [START_DATE]:[YYYY MMMM dd] e.g. 2020 March 20 (Translated)
[COMPLETION_DATE] - User's Profile date format (MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY)
- Custom Date Format 1: [COMPLETION_DATE]:[YYYY-MM-dd] e.g. 2020-03-20
- Custom Date Format 2: [COMPLETION_DATE]:[YYYY MMM dd] e.g. 2020 Mar 20 (Translated)
- Custom Date Format 3: [COMPLETION_DATE]:[YYYY MMMM dd] e.g. 2020 March 20 (Translated)
[COMPLIANT_DATE] - User's Profile date format (MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY)
- Custom Date Format 1: [COMPLIANT_DATE]:[YYYY-MM-dd] e.g. 2020-03-20
- Custom Date Format 2: [COMPLIANT_DATE]:[YYYY MMM dd] e.g. 2020 Mar 20 (Translated)
- Custom Date Format 3: [COMPLIANT_DATE]:[YYYY MMMM dd] e.g. 2020 March 20 (Translated)
Course custom fields place holders:
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_1]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_2]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_3]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_4]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_5]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_6]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_7]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_8]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_9]
[COURSE_CUSTOM_FIELD_10]
Module place holders:
[MODULE_NAME]
[MODULE_TYPE]
[MODULE_GAMIFICATION_POINTS]
Note:
- Module place holders will be replaced with values only if they are included in table.
- For [MODULE_GAMIFICATION_POINTS] to be added to the certificate, there has to be gamification item with ‘Select Trigger Event = Module Completion’.
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Preview will not show module details if the user previewing have not completed the course.
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Course placeholders and module placeholders does not apply for Learning Path certificate. So if Admin uses course placeholders and module placeholders on Learning Path certificate - End user will see the actual placeholders with no values.
[LEARNERS_EMAIL]
[LEARNERS_TITLE]
[LEARNERS_EMPLOYEE_ID]
[LEARNERS_COMPANY_NAME]
[LEARNERS_ADDRESS_1]
[LEARNERS_ADDRESS_2]
[LEARNERS_CITY]
[LEARNERS_STATE]
[LEARNERS_ZIP]
[LEARNERS_COUNTRY]
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_1] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_2] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_3] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_4] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_5] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_6] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_7] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_8] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_9] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[LEARNERS_CUSTOM_FIELD_10] - Legacy Custom Field (Messages & Settings)
[CERTIFICATE_#] - An auto generated unique certificate number
Note: You can make the placeholder fields any text size, font, and color you like in the certificate but they must be entered exactly the same as above. i.e. Capitalized and with square brackets on either end.
The Administrators can select predefined custom date format placeholders to display different date string values on a certificate to override the default User Profile date format.
Supported Certificate Template Fonts:
The certificate supports most default Microsoft Office fonts, but some custom fonts will be matched as closely as possible.
Note: The Learner Custom field placeholders pull from the corresponding Legacy Custom fields found in Account settings > Messages & Settings > Custom Fields.
This list encompasses the supported fonts for certificates, if you choose to use a font outside of this list it will revert to the closest font in this list.
| Arial (TrueType) |
| Arial Black (TrueType) |
| Arial Bold (TrueType) |
| Arial Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Arial Italic (TrueType) |
| Arial Narrow (TrueType) |
| Arial Narrow Bold (TrueType) |
| Arial Narrow Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Arial Narrow Italic (TrueType) |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold (TrueType) |
| Baskerville Old Face (TrueType) |
| Bodoni MT Condensed (TrueType) |
| Bodoni MT Condensed Bold (TrueType) |
| Bodoni MT Condensed Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Bodoni MT Condensed Italic (TrueType) |
| Calibri (TrueType) |
| Calibri Bold (TrueType) |
| Calibri Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Calibri Italic (TrueType) |
| Calibri Light (TrueType) |
| Calibri Light Italic (TrueType) |
| Cambria & Cambria Math (TrueType) |
| Cambria Bold (TrueType) |
| Cambria Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Cambria Italic (TrueType) |
| Candara (TrueType) |
| Candara Bold (TrueType) |
| Candara Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Candara Italic (TrueType) |
| Century Gothic (TrueType) |
| Century Gothic Bold (TrueType) |
| Century Gothic Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Century Gothic Italic (TrueType) |
| Comic Sans MS (TrueType) |
| Comic Sans MS Bold (TrueType) |
| Comic Sans MS Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Comic Sans MS Italic (TrueType) |
| Consolas (TrueType) |
| Consolas Bold (TrueType) |
| Consolas Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Consolas Italic (TrueType) |
| Constantia (TrueType) |
| Constantia Bold (TrueType) |
| Constantia Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Constantia Italic (TrueType) |
| Corbel (TrueType) |
| Corbel Bold (TrueType) |
| Corbel Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Corbel Italic (TrueType) |
| Courier 10,12,15 |
| Courier 10,12,15 (120) |
| Courier New (TrueType) |
| Courier New Bold (TrueType) |
| Courier New Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Courier New Italic (TrueType) |
| Ebrima (TrueType) |
| Ebrima Bold (TrueType) |
| Edwardian Script ITC (TrueType) |
| Franklin Gothic Medium (TrueType) |
| Franklin Gothic Medium Italic (TrueType) |
| Gabriola (TrueType) |
| Gadugi (TrueType) |
| Gadugi Bold (TrueType) |
| Garamond (TrueType) |
| Garamond Bold (TrueType) |
| Garamond Italic (TrueType) |
| Georgia (TrueType) |
| Georgia Bold (TrueType) |
| Georgia Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Georgia Italic (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT Bold (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT Condensed (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans MT Italic (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold (TrueType) |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed (TrueType) |
| Gulim & GulimChe & Dotum & DotumChe (TrueType) |
| Impact (TrueType) |
| Javanese Text (TrueType) |
| Leelawadee UI (TrueType) |
| Leelawadee UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Leelawadee UI Semilight (TrueType) |
| Lucida Console (TrueType) |
| Lucida Sans Unicode (TrueType) |
| Malgun Gothic (TrueType) |
| Malgun Gothic Bold (TrueType) |
| Malgun Gothic SemiLight (TrueType) |
| Microsoft Himalaya (TrueType) |
| Microsoft JhengHei & Microsoft JhengHei UI (TrueType) |
| Microsoft JhengHei Bold & Microsoft JhengHei UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Microsoft JhengHei Light & Microsoft JhengHei UI Light (TrueType) |
| Microsoft New Tai Lue (TrueType) |
| Microsoft New Tai Lue Bold (TrueType) |
| Microsoft PhagsPa (TrueType) |
| Microsoft PhagsPa Bold (TrueType) |
| Microsoft Sans Serif (TrueType) |
| Microsoft Tai Le (TrueType) |
| Microsoft Tai Le Bold (TrueType) |
| Microsoft YaHei & Microsoft YaHei UI (TrueType) |
| Microsoft YaHei Bold & Microsoft YaHei UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Microsoft YaHei Light & Microsoft YaHei UI Light (TrueType) |
| Microsoft Yi Baiti (TrueType) |
| MingLiU & PMingLiU & MingLiU_HKSCS (TrueType) |
| MingLiU-ExtB & PMingLiU-ExtB & MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB (TrueType) |
| Modern (All res) |
| Mongolian Baiti (TrueType) |
| Monotype Corsiva (TrueType) |
| MS Gothic & MS UI Gothic & MS PGothic (TrueType) |
| MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 |
| MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120) |
| MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 |
| MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120) |
| MV Boli (TrueType) |
| Myanmar Text (TrueType) |
| Myanmar Text Bold (TrueType) |
| Nirmala UI (TrueType) |
| Nirmala UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Nirmala UI Semilight (TrueType) |
| Old English Text MT (TrueType) |
| Palatino Linotype (TrueType) |
| Palatino Linotype Bold (TrueType) |
| Palatino Linotype Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Palatino Linotype Italic (TrueType) |
| Roman (All res) |
| Script (All res) |
| Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType) |
| Segoe Print (TrueType) |
| Segoe Print Bold (TrueType) |
| Segoe Script (TrueType) |
| Segoe Script Bold (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Black (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Historic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Light (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType) |
| Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType) |
| SimSun & NSimSun (TrueType) |
| SimSun-ExtB (TrueType) |
| Sitka Small & Sitka Text & Sitka Subheading & Sitka Heading & Sitka Display & Sitka Banner (TrueType) |
| Sitka Small Bold & Sitka Text Bold & Sitka Subheading Bold & Sitka Heading Bold & Sitka Display Bold & Sitka Banner Bold (TrueType) |
| Sitka Small Bold Italic & Sitka Text Bold Italic & Sitka Subheading Bold Italic & Sitka Heading Bold Italic & Sitka Display Bold Italic & Sitka Banner Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Sitka Small Italic & Sitka Text Italic & Sitka Subheading Italic & Sitka Heading Italic & Sitka Display Italic & Sitka Banner Italic (TrueType) |
| Small Fonts |
| Small Fonts (120) |
| Sylfaen (TrueType) |
| Symbol (TrueType) |
| Tahoma (TrueType) |
| Tahoma Bold (TrueType) |
| Times New Roman (TrueType) |
| Times New Roman Bold (TrueType) |
| Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Times New Roman Italic (TrueType) |
| Trebuchet MS (TrueType) |
| Trebuchet MS Bold (TrueType) |
| Trebuchet MS Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Trebuchet MS Italic (TrueType) |
| Verdana (TrueType) |
| Verdana Bold (TrueType) |
| Verdana Bold Italic (TrueType) |
| Verdana Italic (TrueType) |
| Webdings (TrueType) |
| Wingdings (TrueType) |
| Yu Gothic Bold & Yu Gothic UI Semibold & Yu Gothic UI Bold (TrueType) |
| Yu Gothic Light & Yu Gothic UI Light (TrueType) |
| Yu Gothic Medium & Yu Gothic UI Regular (TrueType) |
| Yu Gothic Regular & Yu Gothic UI Semilight (TrueType) |
Upload a Certificate Template to a Course or Learning Path:
1. From Admin view, navigate to the Course or Learning Path you wish to add a certificate template to
2. Click on the Settings tab
3. Scroll down to the "Certificate Template" section and upload your certificate template file
4. Once the certificate template file is uploaded, test it by clicking the "Show me a preview" link to make sure it is generating properly
Feel free to download and use these sample Certificate Template Files:
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