Approve self-enrollment requests from Discover in D2L Brightspace

Overview

To provide you with greater flexibility and control over your teaching goals, the Discover tool allows individuals to self-unenroll in non-academic courses in D2L Brightspace.

Manage approval requests in Discover

Your local D2L Campus Site Admin can set a course to require your approval before an individual can self-enroll in the non-academic course. As the facilitator of the course, you can manage approval requests by navigating to the Discover tool’s Manage Requests page.

To approve or decline enrollment requests

1. Navigate to the main home page (outside of a course) in D2L Brightspace.
2. Click the Discover link from the navigation bar.
3. Click Manage Requests.
   
4. The Manage Requests page displays a table with all individual approval requests. Each individual is labeled with one of the following:
   • Pending: The request requires your approval and the individual has not been enrolled in the course.
   • Approved: The request is approved and the individual is self-enrolled in the course.
   • Declined: The request is declined and the individual is not enrolled in the course.
     
5. Click an individual’s name.
6. Click one of the following:
   • Approve or Approve and Next: The request is approved. The individual is notified via the update alerts in the Brightspace minibar.
     
   • Decline or Decline and Next: The Decline Request window opens. If desired, enter a comment. The individual is notified of the declined request via the update alerts in the Brightspace minibar.