Set up a non-academic course to allow self-registration

Setting up a course for self-registration

Note: In your course offering, the Self Registration tool must be turned on in order for you to enable others to self-register in the course. Please contact your local D2L Campus Site Admin for the necessary set-up options.

Set up a course for self-registration

Navigate to the course to add the Self-Registration option.

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select the Course Offering Information link.
3. Scroll down the page.
4. Select the Users can self-register check box.
5. Select Save.
   
6. Once the page is done saving, select Cancel to exit the screen.

Associate a registration form with a self-registration course

A course must have an associated registration form before you can list it on the Self-Registration page. You can view information gathered from completed registration forms on the Registration Report page.

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select the Self-registration link.
3. Select the Form tab, and then select the New Form link.
   
4. Enter in a Form Name for the form.
5. Select Save Form.
   
6. Do any of the following:
   • To add a system field to the form, select Add System Field.
   • To add a custom field to the form, select Add Custom Field.
   • To change the order in which fields appear, select Reorder Fields.
   • To determine if the field requires a response, select or clear the Required check box for the field.
7. Select Save Form.
8. Select the radio button next to the form you created.
9. Select Save.
   
10. After clicking Save, the selected form will list "(selected)" next to the title.
    

Set restrictions on a self-registration course

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select the Self-registration link.
3. Select the Info tab.
4. Do any of the following:
   • To send an automated email to the participant when they self-register for the course, select the Send Enrollment Emails check box.
   • To send an automated email to the participant if they have not been approved to be enrolled in the course, select the Send Enrollment Emails check box.
     Contact your local D2L Campus Site Admin for more information.
   • To approve or reject a user’s self-registration request before they are enrolled in the course, select the Approve Enrollments check box.
     Contact your local D2L Campus Site Admin for more information.
5. Select Save.
   
6. Select on the Restrictions tab.
7. To set the restriction options you prefer, do any of the following:
   • To restrict registration to certain dates, select Registration Start Date and Registration End Date and enter a date range using the drop-down lists. The course only appears for users on the Self Registration page during the window of time you specify, although courses are always visible for users with cascading permissions.
   • To restrict registration to a number of participants, enter the number of allowed registrations in the Self Registration Limit field. This field is compared against the number of users that have self-registered and have an enrollment status of either approved or un-assessed.
   • To add prerequisite courses, select Add Prerequisites. Locate the group of org units or specific org units you want to add. Select Add.
   • To add anti-requisite courses, select Add Excluded Enrollments. Locate the group of org units or specific org units you want to add. Select Add.
8. To save your changes, select Save.
   

Approve self registrations

Note: To approve self registration enrollments, you must have the appropriate security permissions. Contact your local D2L Campus Site Admin for more information.

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select Self Registration.
3. On the Registration List page, from the Show drop-down list, select All unassessed users > Search.
4. Select every user you want to approve and select the Approve Selected icon.

Delete or reject self registrations

Note: To delete or reject self registration enrollments, you must have the appropriate security permissions. Contact your local D2L Campus Site Admin for more information. 

When you delete a self-registration request, the user is permanently removed from the list and is not enrolled in the course. When you reject a self-registration request, the user remains on the list but is not enrolled in the course.

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select Self Registration.
3. On the Registration List page, do one of the following:
   • To delete a registration request, select the check box for any user you want to delete and select the Delete Selected icon.
   • To reject a registration request, select the check box for any user you want to reject and select the Reject Selected icon.

Unenroll users from a course offering using the Self Registration tool

Note: To unenroll self registration enrollments, you must have the appropriate security permissions. Contact your D2L local Campus Site Admin for more information. 

Unenrolling a user from a course offering in the Self Registration tool will only remove the user from your course, not from the D2L Brightspace site.

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select Self Registration.
3. On the Registration List page, select every user you want to unenroll.
4. Select the Reject Selected icon.

Run Self Registration reports

1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
2. Select the Self-registration link.
3. Click on the Report tab.
4. In the Search Options area, do the following:
   • Select the From and To dates you want to report on.
   • Select Show Self-Registrations only.
5. Select Generate Report.

Troubleshooting self-registration