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General Settings Tab

Certificate Generation Criteria

  • All Responses: A certificate will be generated for every form submission.
  • Based on Passing Criteria: Certificates will only be generated if the respondent achieves the required passing score in quiz-enabled forms.

💡 Enable quiz mode in Google Forms and set up point values for questions to activate this feature.

Certificate Generation Criteria

Select Template

Choose a Google Slides™ certificate template from your Google Drive.

  • Select a single template or configure multiple templates for different certificate types.
  • The add-on automatically detects all placeholders in the selected template.

Select Slide

Don’t have a certificate design ready? No problem!

Smart Certificates offers a built-in Template Gallery to help you get started quickly:

  1. Click “Template Gallery” in the certificate template section.
  2. Choose from a selection of pre-designed certificate templates.
  3. Click the “Make a copy” button to save the template to your Google Drive.
  4. Return to the add-on and select the copied file using the file picker.

Destination Folder

Select a Google Drive™ folder where generated certificates will be saved.

  • You can create a new folder or select an existing one.

Destination Folder

Certificate Naming Convention

Personalize your certificate filenames using merge fields. For Example

  • {{Full Name}} - Certificate

  • Helps organize certificates in Drive.

  • Supports any valid placeholder used in your form/template.

Output Format

Choose the format in which certificates will be generated:

  • PDF – Recommended for most use cases. Produces a print-ready, non-editable certificate.
  • Image – Useful when visual sharing or embedding is preferred. Certificates are exported as high-resolution images (PNG).

Certificate ID Generation

Configure how certificate numbers are generated:

  • Enable automatic sequential numbering.
  • Add a custom prefix or suffix for formatting, e.g., CERT-001, 2024-ABC-007.