Anyone who passes a course in the Academy gets a certificate. In the "Branding" settings you decide how it looks: with your logo, your colour, a signature line and your own prefix before the number.
What a certificate looks like
The frame and course title appear in your primary colour. Your logo is at the top (up to 64 pixels high and 160 pixels wide), with the name of the system below it. Then come the person's name, the course, date and result, how long it is valid, the signature line and the certificate number. You set the logo and colours in Set up your logo and colours.
Add a signature
In the browser, open "Menu" → "Settings" → "Branding" and go to the "Certificates" section.
Enter the name under "Name of the signing person" and, under "Position", for example "Managing director". Each field has at most 120 characters and no line breaks.
If you like, upload a picture of the signature under "Signature as an image (optional)" with "Upload signature".
Look at the "Preview" below the fields and, at the very bottom, tap "Save branding".
Important: The signature line only appears if a name is entered. A signature image without a name stays hidden.
| Item | What applies |
|---|---|
| File format | PNG, JPG or WebP, no SVG |
| File size | At most 10 MB |
| Resizing | If the image is larger, Symiko shrinks it to at most 1,200 pixels on the longest side. |
| Display | 56 pixels high and up to 224 pixels wide, above the line with name and position |
- Our recommendation: dark writing on a transparent or white background, ideally a PNG with a transparent background.
- Landscape at about 4 : 1, for example 800 × 200 pixels.
- Crop the signature closely. Empty space makes it smaller on the certificate.
- How to get a good image: sign with a dark, bold pen on white paper, photograph or scan the sheet in good light and crop out the signature.
Your own prefix before the number
By default, new certificates have numbers like SYM-2026-00341-KQXTRB. Under "Number prefix (optional)" you can set your own prefix instead, for example SB for a Sample Bakery. New certificates are then called SB-2026-… with a number and check letters.
- The prefix has 2 to 6 characters: capital letters from A to Z and digits, with at least one letter. Umlauts do not work.
- The field turns lowercase letters into capitals automatically and leaves out other characters.
- SYM and FOS are taken and not allowed.
- Each prefix can only exist once. If another system already uses the prefix you want, Symiko shows "Another system already uses this number prefix. Please choose a different one."
Tip: Existing numbers stay valid. A certificate keeps the prefix that applied when it was issued – even if you change it later. If you leave the field empty, it stays SYM.
Verify certificates
You check whether a certificate is genuine as before, with "Verify certificate" in the Academy. Old and new numbers are recognised in the same way. More on this in Academy: courses, tests and certificates.