Certificate of attendance maker

Printable certificates of attendance for a course, workshop, training session or conference. The wording is filled in below: name the event and hours, paste the attendees, print.

Certificate of attendance templates

Eight of the 24 designs, with this certificate's wording. Choose one to use it in the maker below; every design takes your list of names, your logo and signatures.

3 certificates A4 landscape · Heritage gold

Print at 100% scale, margins None.

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Made on this device as images at about 200 dpi. For the sharpest text, use Print and Save as PDF.

1Wording

Occasion Organisation optional Certificate title Line before the name Award or reason used when a name has none of its own

2Recipients 3

One per line. Add a tab, “|” or comma, then a personal award line.

Pasted from a spreadsheet? Column A = name, column B = award. A first row of column titles (Name, First name / Last name, Award) is read and skipped.

Import names from CSVor a .txt list, read on this device

Remember names on this device

3Design and paper

Heritage gold · A4 · Landscape

Design

Paper Orientation

Add school or team logo

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4Date and signatures

Today · Ms. Rivera

Date empty hides it Date style

Number each certificate

Signer 1 name Role

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Signer 2 name optional Role

Add signature image

Example wording — replace it with yours

All pages

Attendance, completion or perfect attendance?

A certificate of attendance confirms that someone was present at a course, workshop, training session or conference. It does not say they passed anything.
A certificate of completion says they finished a course or programme, often with an assessment or all modules done.
A perfect attendance certificate rewards a pupil or employee who was there every day of a term or year.

Continuing-education and training records often ask for an attendance certificate with the date and the number of hours, so put both on it.

What to put on a certificate of attendance

The title: “Certificate of Attendance”.
The attendee's full name, as on the registration list.
The event: course, workshop or conference title, the date(s) and the place or “online”.
The hours, if the certificate counts towards training or CPD records.
The organiser's name and logo, and the trainer's or organiser's signature.

Certificate of attendance wording examples

WorkshopThis is to certify that · Name · attended the Safeguarding Children workshop on 14 March 2026 (3 hours)
ConferenceThis certifies that · Name · attended the Regional Teaching Conference, 9–10 May 2026, Leeds
TrainingThis is to certify that · Name · attended Fire Warden Training on 2 June 2026 (4 hours)
WebinarThis certifies that · Name · attended the live webinar Accessible Documents in Practice (90 minutes)
CourseThis is to certify that · Name · attended 10 of 10 sessions of the Spring Parenting Course
SeminarThis certificate confirms that · Name · attended the CPD seminar Medication Safety (2 CPD hours)

From the sign-in sheet to certificates

Export the sign-in sheet or registration list as CSV and import it, or copy the name column and paste it. If attendees came for different sessions, add each person's line after their name with the session and hours. Everyone gets their own page; Download › ZIP gives one PDF per name to attach to emails, and Print or Save as PDF gives the sharpest text.

More wording, whole lists and printing

The wording guide has 11 more certificate of attendance wording examples, each with a link that fills it in here. To make one for every name on a class, team or staff list, see how to make certificates in bulk from Excel or Google Sheets. Before printing on card, read how to print certificates for paper weights and print settings.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a certificate of attendance and a certificate of completion?

Attendance confirms someone was there; completion confirms they finished the course or programme, often including an assessment. If there was no test or final task, a certificate of attendance is the accurate choice.

Should a certificate of attendance show the hours?

If it may count towards training, continuing education or CPD records, yes: write the date and the number of hours in the reason line, as those records usually ask for both.

Can I email each attendee their own certificate?

Download › ZIP makes one PDF per name, named after the person, which you can attach to emails. Nivparo does not send emails itself.

Can I make certificates for different sessions in one go?

Yes. Put each attendee's session and hours after their name, after a tab, “|” or comma. Up to 100 certificates are made at once.

All 17 are on the certificate templates page, grouped by occasion, in 24 designs.