labeleR (version 0.4.0)

create_attendance_certificate: Create certificate of attendance

Description

Create certificate of attendance (1 certificate per DIN-A4 page)

Usage

create_attendance_certificate(
  data = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  filename = NULL,
  language = c("English", "Spanish"),
  name.column = NULL,
  email.column = NULL,
  email.info = NULL,
  type = "",
  title = "",
  date = "",
  hours = "",
  freetext = "",
  signer = "",
  signer.role = "",
  signature.pic = NULL,
  lpic = NULL,
  rpic = NULL,
  keep.files = FALSE,
  template = NULL
)

Value

PDF certificates are saved on disk, in the folder defined by path. If keep.files = TRUE, the RMarkdown template and PNG logo files will also appear in the same folder.

Arguments

data

a data frame containing attendees' names (in name.column)

path

Character. Path to folder where the PDF certificates will be saved.

filename

Character. Filename of the pdf. If NULL, default is "Attendance" for English, "Asistencia" for Spanish".

language

Character. Select 'English' or 'Spanish'.

name.column

Character. Name of the column in data storing attendees' name.

email.column

Character. Name of the column in data storing attendees' email address to automatically send them their certificates.

email.info

Object created using configure_email() function.

type

Character (optional). Type of event (conference, workshop, seminar...)

title

Character. Title of the event

date

Date of the event

hours

Number of hours the event has lasted

freetext

Character (optional). Free text to insert between the event title and date. Can include LaTeX commands (see examples).

signer

Character. Person who signs the certificate

signer.role

Character. Signer's role or position

signature.pic

Character (optional). Path to a PNG image to appear in the bottom, above signer's name.

lpic

Character (optional). Path to a PNG image to appear in the top-left.

rpic

Character (optional). Path to a PNG image to appear in the top-right.

keep.files

Logical. Keep the RMarkdown template and associated files in the output folder? Default is FALSE.

template

Character (optional) RMarkdown template to use. If not provided, using the default template included in labeleR.

Author

Ignacio Ramos-Gutierrez, Julia G. de Aledo, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

create_attendance_certificate(
  data = attendance.table,
  path = "labeleR_output",
  language = "English",
  name.column = "Names",
  type = "class",
  title = "Potions Class",
  date = "01/01/2021",
  hours = 200,
  freetext = "organised by {\\bf Hogwarts School year 1992-1993}",
  signer = "A.P.W.B. Dumbledore",
  signer.role = "School Headmaster",
  lpic = NULL,
  rpic = NULL,
  signature.pic = NULL,
)
}