diff --git a/element/bgimage/classes/element.php b/element/bgimage/classes/element.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+namespace customcertelement_bgimage;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * The customcert element background image's core interaction API.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_bgimage
+ * @copyright  2016 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class element extends \customcertelement_image\element {
+
+    /**
+     * This function renders the form elements when adding a customcert element.
+     *
+     * @param \mod_customcert\edit_element_form $mform the edit_form instance
+     */
+    public function render_form_elements($mform) {
+        $mform->addElement('select', 'image', get_string('image', 'customcertelement_image'), self::get_images());
+        $mform->addElement('filemanager', 'customcertimage', get_string('uploadimage', 'customcert'), '', $this->filemanageroptions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Performs validation on the element values.
+     *
+     * @param array $data the submitted data
+     * @param array $files the submitted files
+     * @return array the validation errors
+     */
+    public function validate_form_elements($data, $files) {
+        // Array to return the errors.
+        return array();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This will handle how form data will be saved into the data column in the
+     * customcert_elements table.
+     *
+     * @param \stdClass $data the form data
+     * @return string the json encoded array
+     */
+    public function save_unique_data($data) {
+        // Array of data we will be storing in the database.
+        $arrtostore = array(
+            'pathnamehash' => $data->image,
+            'width' => 0,
+            'height' => 0
+        );
+
+        return json_encode($arrtostore);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles rendering the element on the pdf.
+     *
+     * @param \pdf $pdf the pdf object
+     * @param bool $preview true if it is a preview, false otherwise
+     * @param \stdClass $user the user we are rendering this for
+     */
+    public function render($pdf, $preview, $user) {
+        global $CFG;
+
+        // If there is no element data, we have nothing to display.
+        if (empty($this->element->data)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $imageinfo = json_decode($this->element->data);
+
+        // Get the image.
+        $fs = get_file_storage();
+        if ($file = $fs->get_file_by_hash($imageinfo->pathnamehash)) {
+            $contenthash = $file->get_contenthash();
+            $l1 = $contenthash[0] . $contenthash[1];
+            $l2 = $contenthash[2] . $contenthash[3];
+            $location = $CFG->dataroot . '/filedir' . '/' . $l1 . '/' . $l2 . '/' . $contenthash;
+
+            // Set the image to the size of the PDF page.
+            $pdf->Image($location, 0, 0, $pdf->getPageWidth(), $pdf->getPageHeight());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Render the element in html.
+     *
+     * This function is used to render the element when we are using the
+     * drag and drop interface to position it.
+     *
+     * @return string the html
+     */
+    public function render_html() {
+        global $DB;
+
+        // If there is no element data, we have nothing to display.
+        if (empty($this->element->data)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $imageinfo = json_decode($this->element->data);
+
+        // Get the image.
+        $fs = get_file_storage();
+        if ($file = $fs->get_file_by_hash($imageinfo->pathnamehash)) {
+            $url = \moodle_url::make_pluginfile_url($file->get_contextid(), 'mod_customcert', 'image', $file->get_itemid(),
+                $file->get_filepath(), $file->get_filename());
+            // Get the page we are rendering this on.
+            $page = $DB->get_record('customcert_pages', array('id' => $this->element->pageid), '*', MUST_EXIST);
+
+            // Set the image to the size of the page.
+            $style = 'width: ' . $page->width . 'mm; height: ' . $page->height . 'mm';
+            return \html_writer::tag('img', '', array('src' => $url, 'style' => $style));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/element/bgimage/lang/en/customcertelement_bgimage.php b/element/bgimage/lang/en/customcertelement_bgimage.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Strings for component 'customcertelement_bgimage', language 'en'.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_bgimage
+ * @copyright  2016 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+$string['pluginname'] = 'Background image';
diff --git a/element/bgimage/version.php b/element/bgimage/version.php
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+<?php
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * This file contains the version information for the background image plugin.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_bgimage
+ * @copyright  2016 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die('Direct access to this script is forbidden.');
+
+$plugin->version   = 2016021900; // The current module version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->requires  = 2015051100; // Requires this Moodle version (2.9).
+$plugin->component = 'customcertelement_bgimage';