How to Assign a Certificate to a Course

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Once you have created and customized your certificate, you can add it to a course!

Haven't created a certificate yet? Make sure to check out: Thinkific Certificates

You can add a certificate to one of your courses directly within your certificate settings!

From your Admin Dashboard, go to Users
Select Certificates
Click on your desired certificate
In your certificate settings, scroll down to the bottom of the page
Under Certificate for, select a course in the dropdown menu
Optional: Set an expiry by checking off Certificate expires. You'll have 2 options:
- Select After period of and input a number of days. For example, if you input 365 days, the certificate will have an expiry date that is one year after the certificate is issued.
- OR select On a certain date in the dropdown menu and select a calendar date
Optional: Click Add Another Course to assign this certificate to additional courses
Click Save on the top right

When an expiry is set, an expiry date will automatically populate on the certificate.

How to Assign a Certificate to Multiple Courses at Once

If you are using the same certificate for more than once course, you can assign it in bulk!

From your Admin Dashboard, go to Users
Select Certificates
Click on your desired certificate
In your certificate settings, scroll down to the bottom of the page
Under Certificate for, select Add Courses
In the popup, select all courses using the top left checkbox OR individually check off courses that you would like to assign
Click Add Courses
Optional: Expiry can be set at a per course basis after the certificate is assigned by checking off Certificate expires. You'll have 2 options:
- Select After period of and input a number of days. For example, if you input 365 days, the certificate will have an expiry date that is one year after the certificate is issued.
- OR select On a certain date in the dropdown menu and select a calendar date
Click Save on the top right