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Track, manage, and follow up on employee certificates - all in one place.

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Written by Maria Ørgaard
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Certificate Management enables administrators to manage, track, and follow up on employee certifications in a structured and efficient manner.


Here's how to get started!


Create a Certificate

  1. Start by clicking Create in the top right corner to create a new Certificate.

  2. From here you can fill in the name, category, description and validity of the Certificate.

  3. Save, and now you have a certificate you can add to Learning Paths and Events.


Add your Certification to Content

  1. Find the Path or Event you need to add the certificate to

  2. Make sure it is editable

  3. Go to settings

  4. Go to Certificates

  5. Click the + to add it

  6. Publish the content for it to show for users.

In the pop-up, you can also decide to add a downloadable certificate that users can access after it is issued.

There are a few templates to choose from, but you can also create your own. See how here🎨


Certificate Management Overview

With Certificate Management, admins can:

  • View all certificates, including:

    • Certificate name

    • Category

    • Expiration period or status (Valid, Expired, Expiring Soon)

    • Number of users who have acquired it

  • Use filters to narrow down certificate lists by:

    • Department

    • Job profile

    • Status

    • Category

    • Duration

  • Click into each certificate to:

    • View the full list of users who hold it

    • See each user’s acquired date, expiry date, and certificate status

    • Track how the certificate was acquired (Learning Path, Event or Journey)

    • Send manual reminders to individual users or in bulk

    • Export data related to the certificate


Overview widgets and data insights

The certificate overview also includes widgets and stats such as:

  • Total issued certificates

  • Total users with valid certificates

  • Total users with certificates expiring within 30 days

  • Total users with expired certificates


Managing Certificates in user profiles

Each user profile contains a Certificates section if enabled on your platform. This provides an overview of the certificates the user holds, their validity, and the source.

Admins can also add certificates manually to a user’s profile. This is useful for tracking external certifications completed outside of Learningbank.

To add a certificate manually you must follow these steps:

  1. Create the certificate if it does not already exist

  2. Open the user’s profile

  3. Go to Certificates → Add Certificate

  4. Select the relevant certificate

  5. Add a custom acquired date

  6. (Optional) Upload a PDF version of the certificate

The certificate will then be tracked alongside other certificates issued through Learningbank.



Issuing certificates

Certificates are issued upon completion of a Learning Path or Event.

Once a user completes the full Learning Path or Event, the certificate will be automatically issued to their profile under the Certificates tab.

Note: Certificates are only issued when all steps in the Learning Path or Event are completed.

Good to know💭 Certificates are no longer issued from modules.

Previously issued module-based certificates will still be visible on user profiles during a grace period to ensure a smooth transition.
Going forward, all certificates must be created and issued through Learning Paths.

This change provides better structure, stronger compliance tracking, and ensures certificates reflect full learning journeys — not just individual modules.


When adding a certificate to already live Learning Paths, you may want users who have already completed them to also receive the certificate. This can be done by following these steps:

Go to your Learning path and republish it. Once you click the publish button, a pop-up will ask you if users who have already completed it should gain the certificate. Put a check mark here, and then the system will look back and give these users a certificate.

Two conditions must be met:

  1. Learning must be completed within the last 5 years

  2. Learning must be currently assigned to the user


Sending certificate reminders

  1. Go to Certificates

  2. Click on the certificate you want to manage

  3. In the user overview, locate the user you want to remind

  4. Click the mail icon next to their name to send the reminder


Tips for effective use

  • Use categories to group certificates by topic (e.g. Safety, Compliance, Product Knowledge)

  • Combine with Recurring Learning Paths to ensure ongoing validity

  • Send reminders proactively to avoid compliance gaps

  • Use filters to target certificate follow-ups by role or location


FAQ

Q: I used to use certificates on modules, but now I cannot find the ones that caused users issues earlier.

A: There are two places you can find issued certificates, and the route to finding them depends on which one you need -> Learning path/Event Certificate or Module Certificate (old).

  • Learning path and Event Certificates are found by -> User profile -> Certificates

  • Module Certificates are found by -> User profile -> Achievements -> Certificates

Q: How do I make sure that the user who has already completed the content gets the certificate?

A: If you republish the path, and choose that users who have completed it before the certificate existed should still get it, then it will be assigned to the user as long as they are still assigned the content.

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