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title: How Course Enrollment Works
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description: Understand the ways students can join a course in ClassroomIO—public enrollment, invites, admin assignment, and paid access—and how to restrict who can enroll.
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import { Callout } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/callout';
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import { Step, Steps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/steps';
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Enrollment is how a student becomes a member of a course group and gets access to lessons, exercises, and the LMS. ClassroomIO supports several enrollment paths. Which ones are available depends on your course price, publish status, and settings.
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## Enrollment paths at a glance
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| Path | Who initiates it | Typical use |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| **Public self-enrollment** | Student | Open free courses on your landing page |
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| **Course invite link** | You (admin) | Send a secure link to specific people |
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| **Admin assignment** | You (admin) | Add org members directly from **People** |
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| **Paid enrollment** | Student (after payment) or invite | Courses with a price set |
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All paths end at the same place: the student is added to the course **group** and can open the course in the LMS.
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## What students need before they can enroll
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For any self-service path (landing page or invite link), the course must be:
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- **Published** — unpublished courses do not accept new enrollments from the public site
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- **Active** — archived or inactive courses are blocked
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The student must also have (or create) a ClassroomIO account and belong to your organization when they complete enrollment.
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## Public self-enrollment (free courses)
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On a **free** course (`cost` is 0) with **Allow New Students** enabled, anyone who finds your course landing page can enroll:
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1. They open the course landing page on your org site
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2. They click **Enroll**
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3. They sign in or sign up
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4. They land on `/course/[slug]/enroll` and click **Join course**
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5. They are enrolled and redirected to the LMS
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No invite token is required. This is the default for free, published courses.
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<Callout type="info" title="Allow New Students">
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In the course dashboard, go to **Settings** and find **Allow New Students**. When enabled, anyone can self-enroll from the course landing page. When disabled, the public **Enroll** button is hidden and open self-enrollment is blocked — but **course invite links** and **People → Add people** still work.
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</Callout>
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## Course invite links
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Invite links let you give specific people a URL to join a course. Each invite can have:
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- An **expiry** (e.g. 24 hours, 7 days)
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- A **max use** count (one-time or reusable)
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- **Allowed emails** or domains (optional restriction)
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The path is always `/course/<course-slug>/enroll?invite_token=...` on your **org site** (not the admin app at `app.classroomio.com`). The host depends on how your organization is set up:
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- **Default tenant site:** `https://<siteName>.myclassroomio.com/course/your-course-slug/enroll?invite_token=...`
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Example: if your org site name is `ciodevs`, the link starts with `https://ciodevs.myclassroomio.com/...`
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- **Custom domain (verified):** `https://learn.yourcompany.com/course/your-course-slug/enroll?invite_token=...`
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ClassroomIO picks the verified custom domain when you have one; otherwise it uses your `<siteName>.myclassroomio.com` subdomain. Invite emails and the **People** flow generate the correct URL for your org automatically.
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When a student opens a valid invite, they sign in (or sign up) and click **Join course**. ClassroomIO validates the token, expiry, usage limit, and email restrictions before enrolling them.
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For step-by-step instructions on creating and managing invites, see [How to Invite Students](/docs/how-to-guides/invite-students).
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<Callout type="info" title="Invite links work on closed courses">
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**Allow New Students** can be off and invite links still work. The toggle only blocks unsolicited self-enrollment from the landing page; it does not block people you explicitly invited.
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</Callout>
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## Admin assignment (People)
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You can add students without them using the landing page or an invite link. From the course dashboard:
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1. Open **People**
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2. Click **Add people**
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3. Use **Invite Students** to either:
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- **Grant access** to students who already exist in your organization, or
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- **Invite by email** — import new recipients into your org and pre-assign them to this course
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Admin assignment does **not** require **Allow New Students** to be on. Use this when you want a closed course where only people you add manually can access content.
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<Callout title="Already enrolled students">
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Revoking an invite or turning off public enrollment does not remove students who have already joined. It only blocks future enrollments through that path.
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</Callout>
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## Paid courses
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When a course has a **price** set, open self-enrollment from the landing page is blocked unless the student pays or uses a valid invite (depending on your setup). Visitors who open the enrollment page without payment or a token see a message that they need to pay or be invited.
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Paid courses are useful when you want to prevent casual sign-ups on a free landing page while still selling access or issuing invites to specific buyers.
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## Free vs paid vs closed — quick reference
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| Goal | Suggested setup |
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| Anyone can join | Free course, published, **Allow New Students** on |
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| Only people with invite links | **Allow New Students** off (optional), send [course invites](/docs/how-to-guides/invite-students) |
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| Only people you add manually | **Allow New Students** off, use **People → Add people** (no invite link needed) |
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| Paywall + optional invites | Set a price, send invites to buyers who should skip or supplement checkout |
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## Organization-level signup (separate from course enrollment)
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Course enrollment is different from **organization signup**. In **Organization settings**, you can disable public signups so that only users with an **organization invite link** can create an account on your site.
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That setting controls who can join your **org**, not who can join a specific **course**. A student might be in your org but not enrolled in any course until you assign them or they self-enroll on a published course.
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## What students see after enrolling
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Once enrolled, the course appears in the student LMS (home/dashboard). They can open lessons, submit exercises, and download materials according to course settings (for example, lesson download or certificate rules).
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If a student follows an invite or enrollment link while logged out, ClassroomIO sends them through sign-in or sign-up first, then returns them to the enrollment page so they can finish joining.
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## Common scenarios
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<Steps>
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<Step>
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### Open cohort — anyone can join
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Create a free course, publish it, and leave **Allow New Students** enabled. Share the landing page link.
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</Step>
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<Step>
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### Private cohort — only invited emails
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Turn **Allow New Students** off to hide public enrollment. From **People**, send email invites with expiry and optional one-time use. Only people with a valid invite link can join.
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</Step>
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<Step>
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### Staff-only or hand-picked list
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Turn **Allow New Students** off. Add each student from **People → Add people** (existing org members or email import). No public self-enrollment; use direct assignment or invite links as needed.
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</Step>
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<Step>
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### Paid course
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Set the course price on the landing page. Students pay to enroll, or you send invites to people who should receive complimentary access.
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</Step>
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</Steps>
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## Related guides
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- [How to Invite Students](/docs/how-to-guides/invite-students) — create, send, and revoke course invite links
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- [Create a Course Landing Page](/docs/how-to-guides/course-landingpage) — pricing, publish state, and what prospects see before enrolling
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- [Creating Your First Course](/docs/how-to-guides/create-first-course) — create and publish a course
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Rotimi Best