Once you have a basic certificate, you might want to personalize it by adding form fields. Keep in mind that if you add it to a course, the item title and name of the recipient won't automatically appear on the issued certificate.

In order to ensure this information appears on the certificate, you’ll need to create a certificate that will include information inserted dynamically. Then the certificate will be sure to include the name of the user who has completed the course, the date of completion, or any other information you decide to add. 

By default, iSpring Learn currently recognizes the following form fields:

CERTIFICATE_IDA unique identifier for every certificate awarded.

NAME 

Name of student that completed your course.
COURSE_NAMECourse title.
COURSE_SUBTITLECertificate reference number or learning program the course belongs to.
DURATIONThe amount of time student spent on completing your course.
COURSE_DURATIONRecommended duration time.

DATE 

Date when student completed your course in the day/month/year format.
DATE_ONLYDate when student completed your course (time not included).
TIME_ONLYTime when student completed your course (date not included).
EXPIRATION_DATE

Certificate expiration date automatically calculated starting from the date when the certificate was issued.

AWARDED_SCOREAwarded score points.
PASSING_SCOREPassing score ( field will be empty if it is not specified).
DATE_ENDate and time when the student completed your course in American date format: month/day/year.
INSTRUCTOR

Name of the instructor you chose when you added a new session.
It is displayed on certificates of completion that are issued for training.

But, you can also insert any user profile field into a certificate. To do this, you will need to copy a user field ID and insert it in to certificate.

Check how to create a new custom field and set up its field ID in the User Profile Settings article. 

To add form fields to your PDF certificate, please install Adobe Acrobat DC, which allows you to edit PDF files. 

  1. Launch Adobe Acrobat DC on your computer.

  2. Click File, then choose the Create option and select Create Form from the menu.



  3. Next, click Select a file



  4. Locate your static certificate on your computer and hit the Open button.



  5. Now that you have chosen a certificate to edit, click Start



  6. Your certificate will be opened. 



  7. First, let's edit the placeholders from the original template using the toolbar located on the right pane. In the example below, we have put a static value as the instructor's name (it will be constant, not variable) and used the dynamic DATE value for another field (the date of the course's completion will be inserted there).



  8. Second, we will add a new text field that was not previously available in the certificate template. To do this, right-click, choose Text Field, select an area where the field will be located and insert the value. In this example, we have added the NAME form field (the name of the learner who completed the course will appear here).



  9. Finally, save this dynamic certificate to your device.

  10. Now upload the new certificate to your iSpring Learn portal and choose to issue it upon course completion. When the certificate is delivered to users, they will see their names, date of completion, and any other custom form fields. 

Important:

1. For your certificate, select a font that is supported by iSpring Learn. Thus, you will be sure that texts on the certificate will be displayed properly. 

In the table below, check fonts that will work for English texts. The list of fonts suitable for Portuguese, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolian can be found in the Fonts for a PDF Certificate article.

CourierCourier StdAlgerian
HelveticaAdobe Ming Std LArial Unicode MS
Times RomanAdobe DevanagariBaskerville Old Face
Adobe HebrewKozuka Gothic Pr6N MBouhous 93
Adobe Gothic Std B BoldMinion ProArial Narrow
Adobe Fan Heiti Std B BoldMyriad ProArial Rounded MT Bold
Adobe Heiti Std RAdobe Myungjo Std MBell MT
Adobe Song Std LArialBerlin Sans FB
Adobe ThaiAgenay FBBernard MT Condensed

2. To select a font:

a. Right-click on a custom field and select Properties.

   

b. In the Text Fields Properties window, open the Appearance tab and choose the font you need in the Font menu.

   

3. Note that Mac-created certificates use another font encoding that is not always recognized on Windows. To avoid this, change the encoding type to Identity-H when creating your certificate on Mac.