---
title: "Branding Your Account"
slug: "branding-your-account"
description: "Customize your account's logo, login screen, course footer, and completion certificates. "
tags: ["branding", "getting started", "certificates"]
updated: 2024-04-22T20:35:47Z
published: 2024-04-22T20:35:47Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/branding-your-account"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Branding Your Account

## **About Branding Your Account**

SmarterU is a highly-customizable system that allows you to add your organization's branding throughout the system.

- [Account logo](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#account-logo)
- [Themes](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#themes)
- [Portal login](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#portal-login)
- [Home group branding](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#home-group-branding)
- [Online course footer](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#online-course-footer)
- [Online course template](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#online-course-template)
- [Course completion certificate](/v1/docs/branding-your-account#course-completion-certificate)

## **Account Logo**

Your organization's logo can be displayed in the [header or navigation bar](/v1/docs/dashboard-set-customization#account-logo-location) of SmarterU's admin and learner interface.

![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-ts03mouk.png)

The account logo may also display on [emails](/v1/docs/system-email-templates) and system-generated PDFs such as a [course roster](/v1/docs/ilt-attendance-downloading-the-roster).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/Branding%20-%20Account%20Logo%20in%20Email%2020220127.png)

You can upload your account's logo by [editing your account's settings](/v1/docs/editing-your-account-settings) and expanding the [Customization accordion](/v1/docs/account-customization#logo). Refer to [SmarterU File Uploads](/v1/docs/smarteru-file-uploads-1#account) for the logo file's requirements.

## **Themes**

Themes are pre-defined color schemes that you can use to change the colors of SmarterU's admin interface, learner interface, and login page. SmarterU includes a number of themes. You can also allow users to change the theme that they use.

![Graphical user interface Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-npas7bay.gif)

Refer to [Themes](/v1/docs/themes-predefined) for details on the available themes and how to change the theme for the admin interface, learner interface, and login page.

## **Portal Login**

Because the login screen is the first page that your users will see, we recommend that you customize its appearance.

![A picture containing text, indoor Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-w2sxda6l.gif)

You can customize your [portal's logo](/v1/docs/account-portals#logo), [background image](/v1/docs/account-portals#background-image), and [theme](/v1/docs/account-portals#theme) by [editing your account's settings](/v1/docs/editing-your-account-settings) and expanding the [Portal accordion](/v1/docs/account-portals).

## **Home Group Branding**

Home group branding is a feature that enables you to display a group-specific logo in the header or navigation bar and in system-generated emails. If you want to use home group branding, you'll need to check your [account's **Enable Home Group Branding** setting](/v1/docs/account-settings#enable-home-group-branding).

By enabling home group branding, you'll be able to [create a dashboard set](/v1/docs/adding-a-dashboard-set) for the group that displays their logo. This will also let you set custom logos and emails for a specific group.

![HomeGroupLogo20220621](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/HomeGroupLogo20220621.png)

You'll also be able to [create custom email templates](/v1/docs/adding-an-email-template) that include the group's logo.

## **Online Course Footer**

The online course footer is the image that displays across the bottom of your online course tasks.

![Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-ougyb4ta.png)

You can upload a default course footer by [editing your account's settings](/v1/docs/editing-your-account-settings) and expanding the [Customization accordion](/v1/docs/account-customization#footer). Refer to [SmarterU File Uploads](/v1/docs/smarteru-file-uploads-1#account) for the footer image’s file specifications.

If you want to use a different footer for some of your courses, you can also [customize the footer at the course level](/v1/docs/online-course-customization#course-footer).

## **Online Course Template**

Interested in giving all of your online courses a common appearance? Contact our [Success Desk](mailto:success@neovation.com) for information on how you can purchase an [online course template package](/v1/docs/about-the-course-template-package).

![A picture containing text, indoor Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-y3u806ye.gif)

## **Course Completion Certificate**

SmarterU includes a default course completion certificate (shown below) that’s used for all of your courses.

![Diagram Description automatically generated with low confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-m18duyl3.png)

However, you can [create a custom course completion certificate](/v1/docs/creating-a-custom-certificate) and [upload it to your account](/v1/docs/account-customization#course-completion-certificate). Your account’s course completion certificate will be used unless you upload a custom certificate at the course level.

![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/branding-your-account-image-h8ucoems.png)

- You can also [create a custom certification completion certificate](/v1/docs/creating-a-custom-certificate) and [upload it to your certifications](/v1/docs/certification-main#certificate).
- If have any questions, contact our [Success Desk](mailto:success@neovation.com).

## Related

- [Creating a Custom Certificate](/creating-a-custom-certificate.md)
- [Editing Your Account Settings](/editing-your-account-settings.md)
- [Instructor-Led Course: Customization](/instructor-led-course-customization.md)
- [Online Course: Customization](/online-course-customization.md)
- [SCORM Course: Customization](/scorm-course-customization.md)
- [SmarterU File Uploads](/smarteru-file-uploads-1.md)
- [Themes](/themes-predefined.md)
- [Using SmarterU LMS Themes to Create the Right First Impression](/using-smarteru-lms-themes-to-create-the-right-first-impression.md)
