[ARCHIVED] Self-Join setting

[tross]

We have some courses, like staff pd, that we have students self-join.  That option is now gone from all our teachers.  I can see in the instructor guide that it can be turned off for the institution.  Is this a new setting?  I can't find it on my admin settings.   Our courses that are already setup for self-join still work but we can't seem to create any more?  Any suggestions?

[abunag]

At the bottom of the Settings tab of a course, there should be a "more options" link.  Click that, then you should see the checkbox for "Let students self-enroll by sharing with them a secret URL".  Do you not see that checkbox?

[tross]

No.  I only see it on courses that are already set up on self-join.  I am the district admin and I don't see that on any course.  I have tried as the counselor who is attempting and don't see it.  The instructor guide says it is only available if it is enabled in your institution but I can't find any place that I turned it off.

[abunag]

In the Admin area, go to Settings page, then the Settings tab.  Look for a dropdown that says "Allow Self-Enrollment", and check that setting.  The options are Never, Manually-Created Course, or Any Courses.  The first turns it off completely, the second turns it on for any course in the Manually-Created subaccount, and the third allows it for courses anywhere.

[tross]

What is weird is that it is set to Manually Created Courses but I can't get to the setting on a manually created course. Guess I will call support.  

[tross · Accepted solution]

OK just so everyone sees the final resolution.  Our option to allow Self Join is set to Manually Created Courses.  We had added a SIS id on a course so that we could import a large group of students.  As soon as you add a SIS ID, it no longer treats the course as Manually Created  even if the Subaccount still says Manually Created.  When we remove the SIS ID, the options are there.  Something I did not know.

[abunag]

Interesting...didn't know that.  Thanks for reporting back!

[rake_9]

Yes, very interesting.  We may be able to leverage this trick....