Hi Amanda

I asume you are aware of the Certificate activity which can be added to any course. This allows the creation of a certificate based on selected grades on course activities.

There are quite a few options for customising the certificate - more details on the options can be displayed by clicking on the ? beside the option.

One useful option is the Custom text which allows placement and formatting of text  as explained in the help text below

If you want the certificate to print different names for the teacher than those who are assigned the role of teacher, do not select Print Teacher or any signature image except for the line image. Enter the teacher names in this text box as you would like them to appear. By default, this text is placed in the lower left of the certificate. You can change this placement in your certificate/type/"type name"/certificate.php file.

In that file, find the line of code similar to this at the very bottom of the page:

cert_printtext(150, 450, '', '', '', '', '');

The two numbers reflect the X placement (over from the left) and Y placement (down from the top) values for the text. You can change these if you would like.

You can also use the text box to enter html. For example, you can add a link or an image.

Example html:

Mr. James Salesman, Manager<br><br>Sales Department<br><br><font color="#0000CC"><b>Your Company<font face="Symbol">&Ograve;</font></b></font><img src="http://yourmoodle.com/mod/certificate/pix/seals/Logo.png" width="100"><p><a href="http://www.site.com target="_blank">Click here</a></p>

Craig

Hi Amanda

There are also some tips for customising certificates at http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Certificate_customizing

Totara is currently based on Moodle 1.9 so the changes described in the Nov 2011 changes section don't apply yet.

Craig