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Action Editor: Certificate Creation

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Wed, 2008-05-07 14:02 — kkm11

I'm looking to use ANGEL to create a "certificate" once a participant completes an evaluation. I would create an HTML template that would insert the participant's name in a predefined location. Has anyone tried this before?

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Mon, 2009-08-31 10:29 — kkm11
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We got it working!

If anyone is interested, we were able to create a certificate (back in the Spring of 09) in ANGEL that is automatically generated for the user to print on their own. It uses the users name and a date of completion that is linked to the completion of a specific assignment. There are administrative issues to consider, but it looks great thanks to the help of the ANGEL Helpdesk. Please contact me if you would like to see examples and/or the code.

Thu, 2008-05-08 13:13 — Jennifer Mullen
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Should work

I haven't done this personally, but I see no reason why it should not work. Do you have any questions on implementation? I can give you a process for it if you're interested.

Edit: For the benefit of all, I might as well just go ahead and be more explicit.

To create the certificate, create a new page on the Lessons tab. You can use the HTML editor to create the certificate or, if you are creating the certificate offline, paste the HTML for the certificate into the page text field (note: make sure you include only the HTML between the body tags; don't include the head section). In the space where you want the student's name to appear, insert $FIRST_NAME$ $LAST_NAME$ . This will be replaced by the first and last name of the student when they view the certificate.

Set a password beginning with an exclamation point (e.g. !password). This will hide both password-protect the certificate and hide it from students.

Set up the quiz or survey which will unlock the certificate. Set an UNLOCK action to unlock (and unhide) the certificate using the password that you created, including the exclamation point. You can also set up a REDIRECT action to automatically send the student to the certificate.

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