Guides to certificates and digital badges
Short, practical how-tos for the jobs people actually bring to Certifyd: making certificates people can verify, sending them to a list, and keeping the records straight.
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How to create certificates with a QR code
A QR code turns a certificate from a picture into something anyone can check. Here is how to add one properly, and what makes it worth scanning.
Read the guide →How to issue attendance certificates for an event
Most of the work is not the design. It is knowing who attended, getting their names right and sending each person the right file. This is the order that keeps it simple.
Read the guide →How to send certificates in bulk from a CSV file
Sending a hundred certificates by hand is a long afternoon. From a spreadsheet it is a few minutes, as long as the spreadsheet is clean.
Read the guide →How to verify that a certificate is authentic
A certificate that looks right can still be wrong. The reliable check is not how the document looks but what the issuer's own record says.
Read the guide →Digital badges vs certificates: which should you issue?
Both prove that someone did something. They differ in size, tone and where they travel, and the right choice depends on what you want the recipient to do with it.
Read the guide →Certificate design best practices
A good certificate is calm and easy to read. These are the choices that matter most, and a short test that catches the usual surprises.
Read the guide →Corporate training compliance records
When an auditor, a client or a new manager asks who was trained in what, the answer should take a minute, not a week of searching shared drives.
Read the guide →How to issue certificates for webinars and conferences
Online and in person, the pattern is the same: one list, one design and a rule for who qualifies. The details that trip people up are the rule and the export.
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