Advanced Renewal Paths
Renew several certificates from one course, or use category streaks.
What This Is For
Beyond “this content renews its own certificate,” Skillhabit supports strategic renewal:
- Single content renewal — one refresher renews certificates from several older items
- Category streaks — tiered rules so completing a higher (or listed) level renews certificates tagged for that streak
Use this when compliance needs a shared refresher or a levelled curriculum—not for simple one-to-one renewals (Certificate Expiration and Renewal).
Who This Is For
Administrators designing multi-course certification programs in Create.
Single Content Renewal
- Build (or pick) a short refresher course (or other content type that can issue / renew).
- On each older certificate’s Activate recertification settings, set Content to use for recertification... to that refresher.
- Completing the refresher renews those certificates for holders who take the renewal path.
Category Streaks
Category streaks let you list categories that are allowed to renew a certificate. Completing a course whose category appears on another certificate’s streak can renew that certificate.
Before You Start
- Tag each course with only its own level category (for example level 1, level 2, level 3).
- Plan one streak per tier you want to protect (see example below).
Steps — Author a Tiered Streak
- On each course whose certificate should be renewable, open certificate / recertification settings and find About category streaks.
- Add new streak or select an existing streak (Streak name).
- Add category to streak — list the levels that are allowed to renew this certificate.
- Set priority content on the streak so Renew sends learners to the course you intend.
- Publish as needed.
Example — Level 1–3 Hierarchy
| Certificate on… | Streak should list… |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | level 3 |
| Level 2 | level 3 and level 2 |
| Level 1 | level 3, level 2, and level 1 |
Completing a course renews certificates whose streak lists that course’s category.
Pitfalls
- One shared streak on all tiers means any listed level can renew every certificate in that streak—including lower levels renewing higher ones.
- Priority order in the streak UI (Higher in the list means higher priority) is not enforced at runtime today. Renewals are not exclusive: a certificate can be renewed again by any level its streak lists, in any order. Prefer one streak per tier until runtime priority is enforced.
- Creating or updating a certificate in Users & Groups also runs the streak—so a manual date change can update the user’s other streaked certificates.
Result
Holders renew through the refresher or levelled path you designed; Certificates and reminder emails still follow normal expiration settings.
