Trouble Customizing Course Certificates on Open edX (Tutor v19)

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Hi everyone,

I’m using Open edX with Tutor v19, and I’m having trouble modifying the certificates for a specific course. I’ve tried updating the certificate templates and settings in the LMS Django admin, but the changes are not being reflected, and I can’t find clear documentation on how to properly customize or assign certificates per course using this version of Tutor.

Could someone please guide me through the correct steps to change the course certificate (e.g., layout, text, issuing conditions) in Tutor v19? Do I need to enable or configure something specific in the platform or inside the Docker containers?

Any help or pointers to the right documentation would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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I think you just need to enable a setting to get custom certificates working. Try adding this to a Tutor plugin:

“CUSTOM_CERTIFICATE_TEMPLATES_ENABLED”: true

Once that’s set, you can make your custom changes in the Django admin (like layout, text, and when certificates are issued), and it should start working as expected.

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hi,

You must also add your template to admin/certificates/certificatetemplate/add/
In the HTML section, don’t forget to add the CSS, as it won’t use the theme’s CSS.

This section only works when you want a different certificate for a specific course.

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I have added a template to a specific course, but when i hit the preview button in the course certificates in Studio the default certificate is generated. Is there a specific template to add?

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I’ve been doing this for a long time, but I’ve never put it into production.

But I’m sharing the HTML I used for my tests. Maybe it will work for you.

custom_cert.txt (7.4 KB)

and the original post about custom certificate

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