System for students to book onto a course in Canvas

[pmason]

Hi there,

Wondering if there is a recommended booking system for students to book onto a course in Canvas?  We provide courses in Canvas on behalf of clients and one client has requested that we provide a link to enable students to book onto a course direct, rather than them supplying the names and email ads.  Any recommendations?  Many thanks.

[bbennett2 · Accepted solution]

You can enable self-enrollment in the Course settings.

1. Go to Settings, scroll to the bottom and click on More Options.
2. Select Let students self enroll... and the save your settings.
3. Copy the link given to you when the page reloads.

The link can be posted/shared anywhere. When someone clicks it, they'll be taken to the enroll page where they can create an account or sign into an existing one.

[pmason]

Thank you so much, Brian, that is exactly what I was looking for.  Do you know if it is possible to brand the self-enrollment page?

[bbennett2]

I think it depends on your account. For our institution account, we have a branded landing page. I'm not sure about single user Canvas accounts (free for teachers).

If you log into your Admin panel, there's a tab titled Theme. Click into that and there are several options, one of which is Login Screen. If that's there, then yes, you can brand the login page.

[pmason]

Thanks, Brian.  I can brand the log-in page, but this is different from the self-enrollment page...

[bbennett2]

Sorry, I read your reply too quickly.

I don't know of a way to brand the self enrollment page other than creating your own HTML template and using the self-enroll URL on a button. They are still taken to the Canvas self-enroll page, so it's just adding a step.

If you have programming experience, you can use the Canvas API to enroll a user directly from a custom page. That way, you skip the Canvas enroll flow entirely. But, it's a lot more work.