[Proposal] Certificate Builder: Visual Certificate Design for Open edX Studio #505
Description
Type of Request
Product Proposal (larger features)
Feature Description
What: A visual Certificate Builder integrated into Open edX Studio that enables course authors to design, customize, and publish certificate templates through a drag-and-drop interface — without requiring developer intervention. Authors can position text, images, and dynamic learner fields (name, course title, grade, completion date) on a canvas, configure page layout (A4/Letter, portrait/landscape), upload branded assets, preview designs in real time, and generate PDF output. Templates follow a draft-to-publish lifecycle with versioning and rollback, and are assigned to courses per enrollment mode through the existing Studio publishing workflow.
The Problem: Currently, even minor certificate changes (updating a logo, adjusting text) require code-level editing, creating bottlenecks and making the system inaccessible to non-technical users. There's no visual editor, no easy way to manage dynamic fields, and no proper draft/publish workflow.
Proposed Solution — four core capabilities:
- Visual template builder — position text, images, and dynamic fields on a canvas with real-time preview. Supports A4/Letter, portrait/landscape.
- Asset management — upload and manage logos, seals, signatures, and backgrounds directly in Studio.
- Dynamic fields — insert tokens (learner name, course title, date, grade) that auto-populate per learner, with formatting controls.
- Draft → Publish workflow — versioned templates with a single active template per enrollment mode, integrated into the course publishing process.
Link to Product Proposal
Certificate Builder: Visual Certificate Design for Open edX Studio
Status
New
Proposed By
Raccoon Gang