How to Customize Certificates for your Course

Rewarding students with certificates upon course completion is a powerful way to recognize their achievements. OnlineCourseHost.com provides customizable certificate options to match your brand and course style.

In this article, we will guide you through the process of customizing certificates for your courses, by following the steps below:

Upload or generate a certificate thumbnail.
Choose certificate background image.
Enter certificate custom title.
Previewing your certificate.

Access the Certificate Editor

Step 1: Go to your desired course and click on Edit => then select the Certificate tab. You can toggle on and off the " Disable certificate for this course" button if you would like to offer a certificate for this course or not.

Toggle "Disable Certificate for This Course" if certificates are not needed

Upload or Generate a Certificate Thumbnail

Upload a Custom Thumbnail

Step 1: Hover your cursor on the upload image box so the edit button appears.

Step 2: Click on the edit button in the empty image box.

Step 3: Select an image already saved on your device, and it will be uploaded to the image box as the certificate thumbnail.

The recommended thumbnail image size is 563 x 317 pixels.

Note that the certificate thumbnail isn't the certificate background; it will only be displayed as a mini image on the top letf corner of the certificate.

Also, you can use the delete icon beside the thumbnail to leave this image box blank, and your course image will be displayed as a default thumbnail on your certificate.

Generate AI Thumbnail

To utilize our AI Generation tool to create your certificate thumbnail

Step 1: Click on the "Generate AI Thumbnail" button. A pop-up window will appear.

Step 2: Either choose from a set of pre-written image ideas or enter your on detailed image idea.

Step 3: If you choose to write your own image description, click on the pencil edit icon, and a window will appear.

Step 4: Input a detailed prompt describing the image that you have in mind, and the AI will generate it for you. Once you've entered the image description, the Generate button will appear.

Step 5: Proceed to select the certificate thumbnail mode, theme, and style from the list of options available.

Step 6: Click "Generate" to create your certificate thumbnail.

You can delete the certificate Thumbnail image by using the bin icon in the image box.

Choose Certificate Background Image

The certificate background image is what the main design of your certificate will look like. If no image is selected or uploaded, a default one will be used.

There are three options you can choose from when selecting a background image for your certificate.

Choose from pre-designed temp: To do this, click on the circle to highlight this option, then proceed to click on the Change Background button.

Select the option to choose from available background templates

Then scroll through our collection of pre-designed templates, and click Choose to select your prefered background image.

Choose your prefered certificate background image from our pre-designed templates.

Upload your own background: To do this, simply click on the option to “Upload your own background.” Then proceed to click on the image box and select an image already saved on your device, and it will automatically upload to the image box.
Generate AI Certificate background: To do this click on Generate AI Background and follow the same steps as earlier mentioned on how to generate AI thumbnail.

Choose to upload your own background or Generate one using our AI tool.

You can delete the certificate background image by using the bin icon in the image box.

If you haven't selected any background image, a default background image from our collection of background images will be used for you.

Enter certificate custom title

It is recommended to provide a custom certificate title for your students, as a way to acknowledge their successful completion of your course. To do so, simply click on the custom title field and enter your preferred wording. You can Utilize our AI imporve button to enhance your custom title.

The certificate custom title can only have a maximum of 60 characters.

After following these simple steps, click the Save button and your certificate will be ready to be downloaded by your students upon completing your course.

A preview of the certificate. The course image is used as certificate thumbnail by default.

NOTE: Quizzes and assignments cannot be completed via checkboxes by the students.

The quiz must be answered correctly and can be reset and retaken by the student if necessary, but cannot simply be marked as completed. Please see our helpful guide on How to Create Quiz Lessons

This also signifies that submission of an assignment by students is essential for your approval, after which the lesson is automatically marked as completed. Check out our helpful guide on How to Create Assignments.

We strongly advise you to include assignments and quizzes in your course, as this not only adds more relevance and significance to your course, but also guarantees that students have genuinely earned the certificate.

Previewing Your Certificate

In order to preview your certificate as a student would, please log in to your account, click on Courses, then select View Course, and proceed to complete all your lessons, including the quizzes/assignments. Finally, click on Digital Assets, Get Certificate, or Get Digital Assets on the course completion screen to access the various options for downloading or showcasing your certificate.

Click on 'Digital Assets', 'Get Certificate', or 'Get Digital Assets' to preview certificate.

Kindly refer to this link for more information about the certificate badges you can get on onlinecoursehost.com

Professional certificates boost credibility, motivate students with recognition, and maintain brand consistency, customize yours today to reward achievement!