Certification schemes can have optional Continuous Professional Development (CPD) folders where recipients can store other certificates that provide evidence to support their accreditation (for example being a professional member, an official trainer, etc).
The contents of these special folders are shared between the issuer and the recipient so that the issuer is able to see, inspect and audit the evidence provided. This is the case even if a certificate is set as private.
CPD folders are created as part of a certification scheme. As an issuer you can set a scheme to issue (create) CPD folders with its certificates, and provide a name for the folder.
When a certificate is then issued from this scheme, the recipient will have an associated CPD folder automatically created in their received certificates area.
The CPD folder is branded with the certification scheme's logo.
There is an additional cost associated with issuing certificates with CPD folders, as detailed on our pricing page.
The issuer can also add CPD categories and associated targets both as hours and/or points. For example, 'Management training' (10 hours) and 'Technical event attendance' (5 hours)'. These categories manifest as subfolders to hold appropriate evidence in the CPD folder along with the allocated hours or points each piece of evidence contributes.
CPD folders can be filled with certificates that you have received on the platform or self-uploaded. In this respect, the CPD folder behaves like other folders in that it just holds a copy / link of the certificate so you can put the same certificate in more than one folder.
Use the manage folders icon to add a certificate to the CPD folder.
When a certificate is added to a folder, it can be added to a category (sub-folder) as defined by the issuer. CPD hours or points can also be allocated to the evidence as well (for example, a certificate that indicates the attendance of a one hour event could be allocated 1 CPD hour.
A traffic light system for each subfolder shows how close the CPD hours / points are to the targets set by the issuer: red - not started, orange - in progress, green - target achieved / exceeded.
Use the folders filter on the received certificate page to quickly see what's in the CPD folder.
You can reach the CPD folder from the 'Shared Evidence' menu item on the digital certificate page of the certificate that was issued to create the folder.
You can reach the shared CPD folder of each of the recipients from the 'Shared Evidence' menu item on the digital certificate page of the certificate that you issued. You can then inspect the various certificates that the recipient has provided along with any CPD hours or points they have been allocated towards the category targets.