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- Bug fix

Version of 2026-06-17 (staging)

+ Ability to pre-validate the format of data used for certificate publication on a template (date, number, email)

+ Ability to make fields mandatory when publishing data for a certificate template

* Organizational Units now also apply to templates, and not only to campaigns

* A preview is now available throughout the editing of a certificate template

* Ability to display a badge image in emails

* Warning when a certificate is published with an expiration date earlier than today

* A steady rate limit now applies in addition to the burst limit on API endpoints, to strengthen security

* Performance improvements on the template list

* Performance improvements when deleting certificates

* Multiple user experience improvements

- The "Print-Ready" indicator is now correctly handled when duplicating a seed template

- In a specific case, duplication of seed templates was failing

Version of 2026-03-30

+ It is now possible to correct a certificate after it has been issued, subject to enabling an option by the administrator

+ Ability to add an “Other Partner” logo in the micro‑certification template management tool

+ An alternative issuer name can be specified in the back office

+ After searching by email, it is now possible to resend a certificate by email

+ New API allowing templates to be listed while indicating whether they are archived or not

+ Ability to initialize the join key used in learner pathways with something other than the email address

* Optimization of template thumbnail refreshing, especially after modifying a source template

* Formatting and styling have been split within the micro‑certification template management tool

* Improvement of the certificate verification API

* New PDF rendering engine enabling more complex print layouts and HD output

* Improved management of the blockchain transaction queue

* New information page displayed when a user visits the root address of the certificate viewing application

* Strengthened security when viewing certificates (Content Security Policy)

* Improved processing of email delivery receipts, which could previously cause slowdowns

* Multiple user experience improvements

- Fixed instabilities related to image saving in the micro‑certification management tool in a multilingual context

- Fixed instabilities related to saving languages in the source template duplication tool

- Fixed the sending of a test email that could occasionally generate an error

- It was not possible to add tags to templates with a manager‑level profile

- The email confirming the creation of a template was sent only during the first publication of that template

- The “Pathway” tag was missing in the template list when the parent of the pathway was a micro‑certification

- In mywallet, fixed an inconsistency in the display of certificate issuance dates

Version of 2025-12-17

+ New Moodle plugin for automating certificate issuance from the Moodle LMS

+ New feature for duplicating and editing custom templates integrated into the back office

+ Support for Open Badges v3 format (1EdTech certified)

+ Open Badges v3 are now accepted in mywallet

+ Ability to add attachments to BCdiploma certificates in mywallet, visible when viewing the certificate

+ Added a link to BCdiploma service status from the help panel

* Bulk PDF exports can now be performed for a single certificate

* Added Chinese to the template creation tool

* Multiple user experience improvements

Version of 2025-10-20

+ New "Manager" profile with all permissions except administrative rights

+ Added a “Ready to Print” feature, allowing an alternative PDF to be used for bulk printing

+ Organizational Units (OUs) are now available across all plans. OUs make it possible to restrict data visibility to a specific scope.

+ New welcome placeholder when no micro-certification template is available

* Redesigned user experience for the "Invalid URL" page

* Tag management has been moved out of the administration tab and is now available in the user dropdown menu

- Missing animation when loading campaigns

- Campaign reports could appear empty on their first load

- On the dashboard, the number of issued certificates did not include expired or deleted certificates

Version of 2025-09-16

+ Support for the Open Badge format on custom certificate templates

+ Added language selection when performing bulk PDF export

+ Added the ability via API to include a CC or a BCC email address when distributing a certificate by email

* The month and year of certificate issuance are now sent to LinkedIn by default from the side panel when adding to a LinkedIn profile

* Redesigned user experience when sending certificates by email

* Redesigned user experience for the deleted/suspended certificates page

* Support for deploying templates on IPFS

* Added issuer ID in the selection window when choosing among multiple options during authentication

* Multiple user experience improvements

- In rare cases, campaign publishing via the user interface was performed in duplicate

- When a micro-certificate template was added via API with a specific JSON syntax, displaying the templates in the back office could become impossible

Version of 2025-06-30

+ Added support for Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication via Azure Entra ID

* Possibility to create a learning pathway from a micro-certification template

* Added a default image collection to the badge library

* The creation date of templates has been added to the "template" API

* Ability to generate custom PDF output for micro-certifications based on templates with 1, 2, or 3-column layouts

* Multiple user experience improvements

- The partner URL input field was limited to 30 characters: it has been increased to 2048

Version of 2025-05-15

+ New "Issuer Profile" page, allowing administrators to modify global settings related to email sending, tracking, certificate display, and sharing

+ New badge image editor with integrated library for streamlined management

+ Interface now available in Spanish

+ Ability to import the style and formatting from another micro-certification template when creating a new template

+ New "Send All by Email" button available from a campaign report

+ Ability to edit REST notification URLs via the administration interface

+ Added tags in the template selection window for a pathway

+ Ability to manage a different sender and reply-to address for email sending through API

* Improved preview of micro-certification templates, now correctly displaying the personalized template

* Improved action confirmation system to prevent user errors

* Improved ergonomics of the micro-certification template validation window

* Improved default email template used for sending micro-certifications in NFT format

* Added option to sort templates by creation date, ascending or descending

* Support for .xlsm files during data import

* Removed separator display when no partner is linked to a micro-certification template

* Automatic removal of non-breaking spaces in email addresses during data loading

- Multiline input fields could no longer be resized

- Fixed campaign reports where a checked line could be incorrectly deselected

- Fixed duplication of the breadcrumb display after a search

Version of 2024-11-27

+ The formatting and style of micro-certification templates (colors, fonts, etc) are now fully customizable

+ Reference tables can now be updated through the back office

+ Availability of a BCdiploma Integration in the automation tool Zapier

* Search: deletion and activation/deactivation of certificates are now possible after a search

* Search: results can be sorted by column

* New control prevents the publication of certificates that reference a non-existent value in the reference table

* It is possible to specify the number of pages on which the QR code is displayed in the PDF export

* Support for tar.gz archives in publication API of certificates with attachments

* Support for tracking via Google Tag Manager (GTM) in certificate templates

* Email delivery and open tracking is now enabled by default

* Support for Gnosis blockchain for certificates and micro-certifications in a production environment

* Improved language list available when creating micro-certification templates

* Enhanced validation controls in the APIs for creating/modifying micro-certification templates

* Multiple user experience improvements

- During a publication with automatic email sending via API, two emails could be sent instead of one

- An API token used with the toolbox APIs could return a 403 error even though it was valid

Version of 2024-07-15

+ Implementation of a production infrastructure in the USA

+ Micro-certifications can now be issued as SBTs (non-transferable NFTs)

+ Certificates issued in Web3 format can now be claimed with Metamask, Trust Wallet, and Rabby

+ Support for the Gnosis blockchain

* Improved management of the 'Pathway' function settings in the back office

* Option to remove a micro-certification from a "Pathway"

* Support for PNG format for micro-certification images

* Migration of issuer smart contracts to the Gnosis blockchain

- Micro-certification: the title "Other partners" appeared even though its value was empty

Version of 2024-04-29

+ New search page by recipient email address, URL, or attestation key

+ New API for creating and modifying micro-certification and RNCP models

* Redesign of the certified issuers directory page

* Management of NFT/SBT issuance statuses in campaigns

* NFT creation transaction is accessible during publication

* Overall performance improvements

* Multiple user experience enhancements

Version of 2023-12-12

+ Direct visualization of reference tables for attestation models in the backoffice

+ PDF bulk export now allows for grouping attestations by PDF and folder based on criteria

* Option to choose the email language during attestation delivery via mywallet

* The microcertification creation assistant now includes a default badge image

* Support for tables in the setup and display of microcertifications

* The "2FA" banner is now less intrusive

* The test environment is better identified thanks to a header banner

* Improved management of REST notification failures

* Document certification models now accept .xlsx files

* Change in the blockchain explorer for attestations registered on the Avalanche network

* Multiple improvements to the user experience

- Deleting a large volume of certificates via API no longer causes a timeout

- In some cases, the status of sent emails was not updated

Version of 2023-10-17

+ Micro-certifications displayed in a Pathway can now be filtered based on a value in the reference table of the associated Pathway certificate, allowing for the creation of Pathways for a specific program

+ Users can now be assigned to an Organizational Unit (OU) and only see the campaigns from their OU

+ Support for a "mailingTemplateLabel" parameter in the API for sending certificates via email, allowing allowing specification of an email template to be used by an alias rather than by its technical identifier

* Support for a new email service provider and gradual migration of users

- Micro-certifications can no longer be generated without an email address to ensure compliance with the Open Badges v2 standard

- The email for backoffice access was sent even if the box for this purpose was unchecked in user management"

Version of 2023-07-03

+ Support for NFT ERC-5484 format (Consensual SoulBound Tokens) for certificate issuance

+ "Pathway" : configuration of your learning pathways via the backoffice

* Compliance with WCAG 2.1 rules and the RGAA 4 standard for the side panel and micro-certifications

* Capability to specify the institution when adding to the LinkedIn profile from the evidence panel

- Monolingual certificate language code could consistently be "en", causing date display problems

- Display of certain values could be erroneous when previewing certificates before publication

Version of 2023-05-09

+ Pathway by BCdiploma : management of competencies' blocks and ability of enriching certificates with micro-certifications obtained during a pathway

+ Full multilingual support in microcertifications: all ISO 639-1 languages are now supported

+ Ability to choose an email template when sending certificates

+ Display of the issuer's ID and blockchain address on the API Keys tab of the Administration tab

* Improved certificate preview when the data model contains reference tables

* Ability to use a default value for the subject, sender name and reply address in the email API

* Multiple improvements to the user experience

Version of 2023-01-04

+ Add additional authentication factor "2FA" via time-based one-time password (TOTP). We recommend that you activate it as soon as possible

+ Ability to select English or French language when sending certificates by email using the default email template

+ Ability to activate - on demand - the generation of read-only secure PDFs on a template. Note that this option will impact significantly PDF generation time (between +15 to +50% depending on the template)

* Security updates to the API libraries and the PDF generation tool libraries. These updates may result in minor changes in characters and spacing rendering within PDF export

* Redesign of the default email template to improve delivery

* Multiple improvements in the user experience

Version of 2022-10-24

+ German and Welsh are now available for the creation of micro-credentials

* Skills labels are now editable

* Multiple labels can be added to a template simultaneously from the template list

* API: possibility to filter the list of templates by passing a string contained in the template name as a parameter

* API: possibility to search for certificates from an email address without specifying a campaign or a template id

* API: the title of the micro-credential and the IPFS hash of the thumbnail image were added to the result of the /admin/data method

* Multiple improvements to the user experience

- Photos could not be displayed when exporting PDFs as batch

- QR code display issue on micro-credential PDFs where the title is displayed on 2 lines

- The status of emails was not systematically updated in case of non-delivery

- The file association via cURL described in the documentation is now functional again

- Corrected an erroneous display of global indicators in the dashboard

- For security reasons, the "swagger" API description pages are no longer available online

- Some email addresses were considered invalid, wrongly

Version of 2022-07-04

+ New form "Titre RNCP/RS" to create templates of parchments in accordance with the rules of "France compétences", for French compliance

* Reference table management in the template management engine on the blockchain

- Fixed a bug on the sending of emails launched automatically after publication, via API

- The issuedOn field in the Open Badges export was set to "null" as long as the certificate's blockchain transaction was not yet validated

- API: a call to /admin/report on a non-existent campaign id now returns a 404 error instead of a 500 error

Version of 2022-05-16

+ Trustpilot connector allowing the automated sending of review requests to certificate recipients

+ Ability to filter certificates by date of issue range from the "View All Certificates" screen

+ Ability to use the title of a certificate template in custom email templates

* Improved accessibility of web-based microcertificates

* Improved accessibility of PDFs generated from certificates

* Ability to search through notes from the templates page

* The browser's back button is now always functional to navigate in the back office

* Multiple improvements to the user experience

- Bulk PDF export requests could only be made for the default language of the certificate template

- the archives .zip generated under MacOS were causing an error when publishing certificates with attachments

Version of 2022-02-22

+ Preview for certificates to be issued before publication

* Ability to customize the text displayed when previewing a certificate on social networks or on a third-party tool (<Title> element)

* Email address format is checked when importing data

* Extended tracking capabilities with Google analytics and Matomo: added a " Template used " dimension and click events on certificate buttons

* Documentation is now available in another browser tab

* An error is raised when trying to import a data file containing several columns with the same name

* Multiple improvements in the user experience

- On the report tab, the "Open" email filter should not be present if the email tracking is not enabled

Version of 2021-12-08

+ Bulk PDF export: Ability to export certificates in a single PDF file added

+ Avalanche blockchain support

+ Automatic switching of publications to the optimal blockchain of the available offering

+ New credit management tab in the administration

+ Possibility to modify - upon request, for custom templates - the text displayed when previewing a certificate on social networks

* Increase the number of characters allowed to 120 for the "Competency / Skills" field of the micro-credentials

* The "Component of" field of the micro-credentials is now multiline

* Improved user experience when assigning a tag to a model

* When sharing on LinkedIn, the size of the thumbnail now conforms to LinkedIn's recommendations

* Improved user experience when changing the email address of a certificate

* Support for accents in certificate attachment filenames

* Optimization of the generation time of PDF exports

* Support for Ethereum eip-1559 transactions

* Multiple cosmetic improvements in the user experience

- Dashboard: the percentage of sent emails did not take into account opened emails

Version of 2021-09-07

+ Added the ability to bulk download PDFs of a set of certificates

+ New "Opened" status on emailed certificates when the recipient has clicked on the certificate link

* Confirmation emails for email campaigns are more explicit

Version of 2021-07-29

+ Added the ability to temporarily suspend certificates by disabling/enabling them

+ Added the ability to customize certificate emailings with fields from campaign data

+ Added the ability to customize the page displayed when consulting a revoked certificate

+ Added the ability to customize the page displayed when consulting a suspended certificate

* The validity period of authentication tokens generated via the backoffice is now 50 years (formerly 1 year).

* Improved performance when displaying micro-credential images and thumbnails in the backoffice

* Multiple improvements to the user interface

Version of 2021-06-29

+ Support for certified files

+ Added the ability to add a " memo " to a template

+ Added Spanish to the languages available for creating micro-credentials

* New layout of the templates page

* Improved reliability of publications in case of blockchain congestion

* Increased the size of the partner field in micro-credentials

* Optimization of the display in the report consultation window

* Improved error handling when loading data files

* Dashboard, added the ability to view campaigns and certificates for the most active models

* Optimization of PDF file generation speed

* Improved ergonomics when exporting a large list

* Displayed a warning page when using Internet Explorer

* API : normalization of the lastCampaignDate return value to ISO format

- Correction of the time difference between the time of a campaign and the "Date" column when you asked to consult "All certificates" and then "See the campaign".

- A tooltip could remain displayed untimely

Version of 2020-11-30

+ Added a publication management dashboard

+ Ability to alert third parties by email when creating and modifying a micro-credential model

+ Ability to update a single email address on a report line

+ Support of the Binance Smart Chain blockchain in staging and production environment

+ Replacement of the Ropsten blockchain by the Goërli blockchain in staging environment

* General improvement of certificate publication times on the blockchain

* Improved management of transaction queues in the event of significant changes in transaction costs

* General performance improvement

* Improved stability when publishing the test blockchain in the staging environment

* Multiple user interface improvements

Version of 2020-09-21

+ New integrated microcertification model editor

+ Support for label changes in the microcertification template editor

+ Multilingual micro-credentials support

+ Binance Smart Chain compatibility

+ New "View Campaign" button on each certificate accessible on the "View all Certificates" view

* "Expiration date" label is no longer displayed on micro-credentials if there is no expiration date.

* Improved service availability through automatic failover mechanisms

* Login page: add support email address in case of connection problem

* The campaign publishing API now allows you to send automatically published certificates by email after publication.

* When a campaign is published by API, a specific email address can be notified of the success of the campaign and of the eventual associated mailing campaign.

* The email certificate sending API now allows you to specify the sender's name and a reply address, and notify an email address of the success of the mailing.

Version of 2020-07-03

* Redesign of the proofs page on the BCdiploma certificates, including:

• one-click access to issuer and validator informations directly on the Blockchain via a third party explorer
• the possibility to display the first and last name of the certificate holder in the header of the certificate
• the possibility of consulting the directory of ecosystem validators on the bcdiploma.com website
• a new interactive FAQ

+ Possibility to add a note on campaigns

+ Possibility to have the same recipient several times in a single emailing campaign

+ Added a "Not delivered" status on rejected emails when they're sent

+ Ability to change the sender's name in emailing campaigns

+ Display of the number of selected items in real time on the report page

+ Systematic display of the total number of certificates marked for deletion or sending by email before deletion or emailing

+ New error pages when a certificate URL is invalid or when the service is unavailable

+ Deletion of campaign history data is now only available to administrators

+ Empty lines in an Excel file are now deleted before import

- Return of the IE11 compatibility on certificates

Version of 2020-05-11

+ A contact form has been added for all support requests

+ Added an API method to build directory pages based on history data

+ New API keys management and new read-only API key type

* Improved email deliverability of certificates and notifications to users

* Open Badges: handling "backed badges"

* Open Badges: the image of a badge can be updated via the badge template edit form

* The publication status of the certificate has been added to the Excel export

* The eventual emailing date of the certificate and the eventual link to the Open Badges assertion have been added to the Excel export

* Allow parameters to be passed in POST mode for the API release notification function

* Certificate models are displayed as thumbnails

* Optimization of list display space on all pages

* Multiple UX improvements

- Management of loading errors when importing a wrong format or an Excel file with a password

- The time displayed in the confirmation emails sent to backoffice users does not specify the time zone (which is the time zone of the sending server)

Version of 2020-03-10

+ Added a system of tags to identify and filter templates

+ Added a filtering system on reports view

* Ability to perform email operations from the "View all certificates" view

* When loading data on a multilingual template, put a warning if lines are not in all languages of the template

* Improved performance on APIs