# Course Administration: Settings

![The Settings section with a Credentials card (Add Credential, Credential List) and an Advanced Settings card with Course Configuration open, a settings search, and Advanced Module List, Allow Opting Out of Proctored Exams, and Allow Public Wiki Access settings](../images/course-administration/course_admin_settings.webp)

## Overview

Settings holds two things: the **credentials** the course awards, and the course's **advanced settings**. Use it to decide what a learner earns for completing the course, and to change how the course behaves without opening Studio.

## Target Audience

**Course staff** | **Administrator**

## Features

#### Credentials
**Credential List** expands into a table of the course's credentials: **Name**, **Entity ID**, **Issuer**, **Credential Type**, and **Actions** (edit and delete), 10 per page. With none it reads "No credentials found." Deleting takes effect immediately, without asking you to confirm.

#### Add Credential
Opens **Add New Credential**:

- **Credential Name** (required) and **Description**.
- **Issuer** (required).
- **Credential Type** (required): Micro credential, Certificate, Program certificate, Course certificate, or Pathway certificate.
- **Issuing Signal** (required): **Course completed** or **Course passed**, the event that awards it.
- **Icon Image**: upload an image, or **Remove** it.

Click **Create**. Editing a credential opens the same form as **Edit Credential**, saved with **Update**. Learners see credentials they earn under [Credentials](../profile/credentials.md).

#### Advanced Settings
**Course Configuration** lists the course's advanced settings alphabetically, each with a **?** for help. Search with "Search settings...". Each setting uses the right kind of control: an Enabled/Disabled switch, a date, a list, a number, or a text or JSON box. For example, **Advanced Module List** is where tools such as `ibl_mentor_xblock` (the AI assessment block) are switched on. After you change anything, a **Save Changes** button appears.

## How to Use

#### Step 1: Award a credential
Click **Add Credential**, name it, choose the issuer and type, set **Issuing Signal** to **Course passed** or **Course completed**, and click **Create**.

#### Step 2: Change a setting
Open **Course Configuration**, search for the setting, change it, and click **Save Changes**.