The following instructions are provided to create a certificate. You will see several additional fields that are optional to use based on your needs. For more comprehensive information on each field, see the getting started section of the online help. To create a certificate, navigate to the administrators console, expand the navigation bar on the left of the screen, click resources, then click maintain learning resources. Click the new button to create a new learning resource. The Overview tab of the new learning resource will be displayed. Select training plan/certificate program from the type of resource drop-down. Assign a title to the certificate. The short description field is optional but can be helpful in ensuring that users understand the purpose of the certificate. Use the resource status drop-down to indicate the status of the resource. This could be active, inactive, or retired. Users will only be able to access the course if the resource status is set to active. Next, go to the media drop-down and select certificate. Select the provider of the content from the provider drop-down. There are a few notable but optional items on this screen. You can check the allow multiple enrollment box to allow users to enroll in the course more than once. For best practice, it's only recommended to check this box if users will be required to retake the course on a regular basis. You can check the allow previous completions of resources to be included within the certificate box. If you want to allow users previous completions of courses within their certificate to count towards the completion of the certificate. Next is the description tab. Enter the long description of the course. You may copy the text from the short description field on the Overview tab if necessary. There are no required fields on the objectives tab. However, you may want to enter any learning objectives here if you have them. Click the details tab. Use this tab to designate achievements upon completion ratings, evaluations, and CEU credits, if desired, assign a primary category or categories to the certificate. Use the owner sub-tab to populate the course owner field under the person column. You must also populate the instructional designer or content owner fields. Both fields are not required, but one must be present. Optionally, enter any prerequisites for this certificate under the prerequisite sub-tab. Navigate to the audience tab. There is a large amount of information pertaining to audience mapping for information on setting up the certificates audience, see the using audiences section of the online help. Please note that best practice is to leave the selections under the primary tab unmodified. Next, navigate to the notifications tab. Check the enable box to enable notifications. If desired, enter the course title in the subject field. If the certificate is going to be required, open the required course notification tab. Check the enable notification box. Enter the subject in the notification subject field. Enter the message that will be sent to the audience in the notification text field. If desired, click the past, do sub tab and check the Enable notification box to send a notification to the audience when the course is passed due, select the number of days after the due date. When a user will receive a pass due notification from the days drop down menu. Use the subsequent reminders field drop down menu to select the frequency of which you want additional reminders to be sent. Check the carbon copy manager box if you wish the users manager to receive these notifications as well. Lastly, populate the notification subject and text fields. Return to the Overview tab and confirm that the certificate is set to active when you're satisfied with all of your selections, click the save button in the top toolbar. Then you'll need to add courses to your certificate. See adding courses to a certificate to learn how to accomplish this. Finally, add the certificate to the course catalog. See adding a course to the course catalog in the online help for instructions.