[ARCHIVED] Catalog Certificate Liquid Options

[tatewalker]

Where can I find a list of all the options for liquid templates for a Catalog certificate? Looking for all the variables I can put inside the {{ }} fields when designing a certificate with custom HTML/CSS.

[jsowalsk]

Great question. I have not seen a list of these besides what is posted in the Catalog.

[trinaadams]

This information indicates 5 items. We have successfully used the student_name and completion_date.

I would like to be able to insert the Course Name so not to create so many individual certificates.

Anyone have luck inserting that field?

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-17487-26051253963

#catalog certificate #certificate‌

[jsowalsk]

Thanks, Trina.

[tatewalker]

Hey Trina,

Here's some sample code to add the course name! Under the certificates tab in your Catalog course, choose "custom HTML/CSS"

<span>{{award_name}}</span><br>

If you've got a certificate all coded up, just add the {{award_name}} wherever you'd like it to display. Course = Award.

Let me know if you need additional help!

[trinaadams]

In general: Do the {{fields}} pull from Catalog data and User Defined Fields? or do the {{fields}} come from Canvas data?

More specifically: Does the {{award_name}} pull from

- Canvas Course Details from the Course Name

- Catalog Course Listing Title when Adding a New Listing

- Catalog Certificate Name when Including Certificate

Or did I miss it completely and {{award_name}} is hiding elsewhere?

Thanks for the help!

tatewalker‌

[tatewalker]

Because Catalog and Canvas data are linked, the {{fields}} data would be pulled from the Catalog course.

{{award_name}} = Catalog Course Listing Title

The certificate liquid generator currently seems to only support the five or so "commands" listed on the "Custom HTML/CSS" page of the Catalog certificate tab. Keep in mind that you can always replace {{award_name}} with whatever text you would like, and that will be statically generated on each certificate awarded.

For example, changing {{award_name}} to "Happy Birthday" would replace the course name on the certificate with "Happy Birthday" for every certificate generated. So your options to change that value are to either change the course title in Catalog, or define your own term in the certificate HTML.

Hope that helps!