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 self-registration in a course offering. 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. Click the Course Offering Information link.
  3. Scroll down the page.
  4. Select the Users can self-register checkbox.
  5. Click Save.
    The 'users can self-register checkbox and the Save and Cancel buttons.
  6. Once the page is done saving, click 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. Click the Self-registration link.
  3. Click the Form tab, and then click the New Form link.
    The New Form link on the Form tab
  4. Enter in a Form Name for the form.
  5. Click Save Form.
    The Form Name field and Save Form button
  6. Do any of the following:
    • To add a system field to the form, click Add System Field.
    • To add a custom field to the form, click Add Custom Field.
    • To change the order in which fields appear, click Reorder Fields.
    • To determine if the field requires a response, select or clear the Required checkbox for the field.
  7. Click Save Form.
  8. Select the radio button next to the form you created.
  9. Click Save.
    Select the form and click save
  10. After clicking Save, the selected form will list (selected) next to the title.
    The selected form has (selected) after the title

Set restrictions on a self-registration course

  1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
  2. Click the Self-registration link.
  3. Click 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 checkbox.
    • 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 checkbox.
      Contact your local Campus Site Administrator for more information.
    • To approve or reject a user’s self-registration request before they are enrolled in the course, select the Approve Enrollments checkbox.
      Contact your local Campus Site Administrator for more information.
  5. Click Save.
    The self-regiration options on the Info screen
  6. Click 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 unassessed.
    • To add prerequisite courses, click Add Prerequisites. Locate the group of org units or specific org units you want to add. Click Add.
    • To add anti-requisite courses, click Add Excluded Enrollments. Locate the group of org units or specific org units you want to add. Click Add.
  8. To save your changes, click Save.
    The Restrictions tab displays the additional options for self-registraiton

Approve self registrations

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

  1. From the Course Tools menu in the course navigation bar, select Course Admin.
  2. Click Self Registration.
  3. On the Registration List page, from the Show drop-down list, click All unassessed users > Search.
  4. Select every user you want to approve and click 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 Campus Site Administrator 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. Click Self Registration.
  3. On the Registration List page, do one of the following:
    • To delete a registration request, select the checkbox for any user you want to delete and click the Delete Selected icon.
    • To reject a registration request, select the checkbox for any user you want to reject and click 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 local Campus Site Administrator 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. Click Self Registration.
  3. On the Registration List page, select every user you want to unenroll.
  4. Click the Reject Selected icon.

Run Self Registration reports

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

Troubleshooting self-registration

Problem

Solution

My registration form is not displaying on the Self Registration page

Create and associate a registration form with your course

I want to use the same registration form in multiple courses without recreating it every time

Campus Administrators may create a standard registration form at the organization level

I can't approve self-registrations

Contact your local Campus Site Administrator for more information about the self-registration security permissions. 

I can't reject or delete self registrations

Contact your local Campus Site Administrator for more information about the self-registration security permissions. 

I can't enable self registration in a course offering

Ensure the Self Registration tool is turned on in the course and the course is set-up to allow self-registration.

I can't find my course on the Self Registration page

Make sure that your course has not reached its enrollment limit or registration end date.

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