September 5, 2020

Enable Certificate in Open edX

Organizations and course teams can choose to generate certificates for learners who pass a course. Learners can view, print, or share their certificates.

To enable certificates, you modify the lms.env.json and cms.env.json files.

In the lms.env.json and cms.env.json files, set the value of CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW within the FEATURES object to true.

"FEATURES": {
    ...
    'CERTIFICATES_HTML_VIEW': true,
    ...
}

Save the lms.env.json and cms.env.json files.

If it does not exist already, create the folder /tmp/certificates owned by the user and group www-data.

$ mkdir /tmp/certificates

Access the LMS Django Administration website for your instance of Open edX. To do this, go to https://<host name of your Open edX instance>/admin.
Under Site Administration > Certificates, add an HTML View Configuration, and select Enabled.

For Configuration, set the following certificates-related parameters for your Open edX instance.

platform_name
company_about_url
company_privacy_url
company_tos_url
company_verified_certificate_url
logo_src
logo_url

For each course mode for which you want to offer certificates (such as “honor” or “verified”), define these parameters.

certificate_type
certificate_title
document_body_class_append

Example content for Configuration field.

{
    "default": {
        "accomplishment_class_append": "accomplishment-certificate",
        "platform_name": "YourPlatformName",
        "company_about_url":"http://www.YourOrganization.com/about-us",
        "company_privacy_url": "http://www.YourOrganization.com/our-privacy-policy",
        "company_tos_url": "http://www.YourOrganization.com/our-terms-service",
        "company_verified_certificate_url": "http://www.YourOrganization.com/about_verified_certificates",
        "logo_src": "/static/certificates/images/our_logo.svg",
        "logo_url": "www.YourOrganization.com"
    },
    "honor": {
        "certificate_type": "honor",
        "certificate_title": "Honor Certificate",
        "document_body_class_append": "is-honorcode"
    },
    "verified": {
        "certificate_type": "verified",
        "certificate_title": "Verified Certificate",
        "document_body_class_append": "is-idverified"
    },
    "base": {
        "certificate_type": "base",
        "certificate_title": "Certificate of Achievement",
        "document_body_class_append": "is-base"
    },
    "distinguished": {
        "certificate_type": "distinguished",
        "certificate_title": "Distinguished Certificate of Achievement",
        "document_body_class_append": "is-distinguished"
    }
}

and then click Save.

Restart lms and cms.
Access the LMS Django Administration website for your instance of Open edX. To do this, go to https://<host name of your Open edX instance>/admin.
Under Site Administration > Certificates > Certificate generation configurations, add an certificate generation if configuration not exist, and select Enabled, then click save.
Under Site Administration > Course mode > Course modes, add an course mode, and then click save.
Configure certificate in studio page. You’ll find this under Settings.

Create a new section, enter all the information, click save, and click activate.

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