Multi-year recertification sequences

Multi-year recertification sequences allow you to plan how a learner renews a certification over several cycles. Instead of repeating the same content every year, you can define a sequence of paths (for example, an initial programme followed by year-specific refreshers) and choose where learners return to when each cycle ends.

These sequences support flexible return points, so you can decide whether learners loop back to year 1, progress to year 2, or re-join at a specific stage after a lapse.

Use multi-year sequences when you need to:

• Vary the learning requirements across years (e.g. alternating refreshers)

• Control what happens after completion or lapse (loop, advance, or reset)

• Align certification expiry with a specific date each year

• Avoid duplicating separate certifications for each year

Once configured, learners follow the defined sequence automatically, with due dates and validity periods calculated from your certification period, recertification frequency, and any fixed date rules.

Configure the recertification sequence

A certification can include multiple paths that define the initial certification and any subsequent recertification sequences.

To set up a certification with recertification sequences, first you need to ensure you have created two or more paths for your certification.

On the right side of the Paths list is a graphic showing the certification sequence:

• The solid line represents the order of paths in the certification and recertification sequence

• The white dots show the individual paths a learner completes within the multi-year sequence

• The arrows indicate the looping sequence followed after the final path is completed

• Administrators can see sequence numbering for each path referencing the order of the Certification paths. If the paths are dragged and dropped into a new order the sequence numbering will change accordingly.

In the example shown above:

• The learner first completes LMA Award initial certification, which is valid for one year

• For the first recertification, the learner completes LMA Award Stage 1 recertification (valid for one year)

• For the next recertification, the learner would complete LMA Award Stage 2 recertification (valid for one year)

• After completing the final path, the learner returns to LMA Award initial certification, repeating the same sequence for future recertifications

In the next example, the multi-year recertification sequence for the learner occurs at a different point.

• The learner first completes LMA Award initial certification, which is valid for one year, and only required to be completed once within the certification

• For the first recertification, the learner completes LMA Award Stage 1 recertification (valid for one year)

• For the next recertification, the learner completes  LMA Award Stage 2 recertification (valid for one year)

• After completing the final path (LMA Award Stage 2 recertification), the learner loops back to LMA Award Stage 1 recertification, where the learner’s multi-year recertification sequence cycles through LMA Award Stage 1 recertification and LMA Award Stage 2 recertification

Create a multi-year recertification sequence

By using the dropdown options within the Certification Paths section under After the final path, return learners to, you can select at which point (path) the learner returns to once they have completed the last path in the Certification.

When you set your repeat cycle, this is indicated by the Repeat cycle icon ( ) on your certification paths.

Next steps

• Managing and editing content

• Assigning learners to a certification