Setting up "internal" PD courses

[dljoyork]

I've created an "internal" sub-subcatalog for professional development courses for internal users and set it to not show in the main Catalog.  The courses in this subcatalog are not designed for public consumption and will all be "free."  The courses in the main "Extension" subcatalog are designed for public consumption and will all cost something, to offset the user fees we will incur.  I understand that internal users, those already in our system, will not incur a user fee.  My question is if I want internal users to be able to take courses listed in the main catalog without having to pay for them, will I need to add them separately to the internal subcatalog and change the price to free there?  If so, do I need to create a separate course or section of the course in Canvas?

[jsowalsk]

You could share the link to the courses and then it will be hidden from the storefront but they will still be able to attain access. Would that work?

[kevinhitt]

For the public courses, maybe provide the internal users with a promotion code that reduces the cost to $0? Then you could possibly avoid having to create 2 courses for each offering 

[jsowalsk]

That's a great idea too!