Certificates Comparator Research

General Overview

Generally, certificates are included on every platform, but are generally sidelined and victims of under-investment, with greater focus on both modern credentialing features like badging, and integrations with formal institution systems to issue full-credit diplomas and credentials. Certificates seem to be considered “good enough” when they can simply spit out a PDF or webpage with a picture and an integration with LinkedIn. Where almost all platforms surpass Open edX is their ability to customise certificates on a per-course basis in a simple interface.