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Handling courses in same Learning Plan/Certification that require different renewal periods

  • August 26, 2026
  • 2 replies
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eoinatworkdry

Hi Everyone,

Genuinely excited by the changes to certifications, looks like they are all for the better.

 

I currently assign 2 learning plans to all of my LMS users (A safety learning plan, and a HR Compliance Learning Plan), but the courses within the learning plans all have different renewal periods (1, 2, or 3 years).

With the new Certifications beta, it looks like I can’t set renewal periods per-course, only per-certification.

From a learner’s point of view, currently they get 2 learning plans to complete upon starting with our company, and then receive a set of notifications each year depending on what needs to be renewed.

 

With the new Certifications beta, I’m going to have to create multiple certifications for each time period (1, 2, or 3 years), which is just going to look cluttered and complex to learners.

Has any consideration been given to allowing Learning Plans to contain the new Certifications, so that I can still present 2 learning plans to my learners but they complete the certifications and the associated renewal period?

 

Thanks,

Eoin

 

I’ve put an example of what I’ve currently got configured below:

 

Safety Learning Plan:

  • Asbestos Awareness [2 years]
  • COSHH [3 years]
  • DSE [3 years]
  • Fire Safety [2 years]
  • How to report a safety incident internally [1 year]
  • Health and Safety Introduction [3 years]
  • Legionella [3 years]
  • Manual Handling [1 year]
  • Spill Kits [2 years]
  • Emergency Evacuations [1 year]

 

 

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  • Helper III
  • August 26, 2026

We ran into that with some of our safety trainings too.  As it currently exists you’ll have to break them apart.  I experimented with putting the same course in both a certification and a separate learning plan, but if the learner doesn’t take the course through he “Get Certified” button the certification/renewal doesn’t trigger.

 

I know they’ve said that they aren’t going to retire the legacy certifications until sometime in 2027, so perhaps that’s something they’ll add before then, but we’re planning to just break our new hire training into A, B, C modules, so it still feels clean to the learner, but behind the scenes is organized by renewal periods.


lrnlab
Hero III
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  • Hero III
  • August 26, 2026

I did find that AFTER a user has been aware their cert, you can actually update their recertification options (but only if they are showing as completed) if that can be helpful...

Still lots to test and discover with this new app.