Instructor Resources: Certificates
July 26, 2026 2026-07-27 7:58Instructor Resources: Certificates
Certificates: guide and downloads
Everything you need to create your course certificates, add your own academy branding, and make sure no student is signed off before you have assessed them.
The full guide
Download: Creating & Assigning Your Course Certificates (PDF)
A step by step walkthrough with screenshots, covering:
- Uploading your signature (section 1), which is done in your profile settings and not in the certificate builder. This is the step most people get stuck on.
- Adding your academy logo to the certificate we have already built for you
- The four elements that must stay on every certificate
- Attaching a certificate to a course
- Stopping students passing themselves before the practical (section 7)
Accreditation badge downloads
These badges are for accredited courses only. If you are not sure whether your course is accredited, check your status first at accred-assure.co.uk/verify-accreditation.
- CPD Accredited badge, gold for light backgrounds
- CPD Accredited badge, navy for darker or coloured backgrounds
To download, right click the link and choose “Save link as”. Do not shrink the badge below about 25mm across, and do not recolour, stretch, rotate or crop it. Please do not pass these files to anyone outside your own academy.
Image sizes
| Asset | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Academy logo | PNG, transparent, around 700 x 430px | Landscape shape works best |
| Signature | PNG, transparent, 700 x 430px | Dark ink, cropped tightly. Uploaded in Dashboard > Settings > Certificate Signature, then Update Profile. |
Course sign-off
Course completion is now set to Strict across the platform. A student cannot mark a course complete themselves: every lesson must be finished, every quiz passed, and every assignment submitted and marked by you at or above the pass mark before a certificate is issued.
Note that the progress bar reaches 100% as soon as a student uploads their assignment, but the certificate is held until you have marked it. If a learner says they are at 100% with no certificate, their work is waiting in your marking queue.
Need help?
Send us a message with a screenshot of what you are seeing and the course name, and we will walk you through it. If you would like us to check a course is set up correctly before you enrol anyone, just ask.