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Before creating a certification in your LMS, you need to have all required courses already built. Fixed and recurring certifications require groups to be set up in advance, while dynamic certifications skip groups and instead assign learners individually via a trigger or manual assignment. Always build your certification as a draft first, then publish it — drafts do not track any learner progress, so nothing is recorded until the certification is published.
Questions this resource answers
- Do I need to create courses before building a certification?
- Yes. The courses the certification requires must already exist before you build the certification.
- What is the difference between fixed, recurring, and dynamic certifications?
- Fixed and recurring certifications use groups to assign learners. Dynamic certifications do not use groups — each learner gets their own start date and is assigned via a trigger or manually.
- Will learner progress be tracked while a certification is in draft?
- No. Drafts track nothing. Progress is only recorded after the certification is published.
- How do you assign learners to a dynamic certification?
- Dynamic certifications are assigned using a trigger or by hand, since they do not use groups.