Where to set end date for group self-signups?

[DeletedUser]

According to the information icon on the people groups tab, instructors can set an end date for self-signup. however i see no such option...

(for some reason i cannot embed images here directly so i attached it instead)

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi DeletedUser...

This is an interesting question, and I checked my own sandbox course to see if I could set a date to close self sign-up.  Unfortunately, I didn't find any settings within any of my own groups (via the "People" page that allowed me to do this).  So, I came back here to the Community site, and I found an open idea that someone submitted several years ago:

[Groups] Close self sign-up to groups on a specifi... - Page 2 - Instructure Community - 368490

I know this isn't a direct answer to your question, but you might want to read through the proposed idea and two pages of comments to see what people are saying.

Also, the voting process is going through some changes right now, so you'll want to read through this blog entry:

It’s Time for Your Feedback on the Future of Ideas... - Instructure Community - 619026

I hope this will be of some help to you...even if it's not a direct answer to your question.

[benedicte_rokvi]

Hi,
it seams that if you turn off the self-enrolment in the group settings this will lock the group memberships... that might be a work around for you but it is not an automatic function with a date (which is what you primarily asked for).

[sjwebb15]

OP didn't request new functionality. CANVAS points out in the information provided when selecting "Self sign-up" that an end date for signing up can be set. But it appears there is nowhere to actually do this? I too would like to use this feature. Instructure, please implement this functionality as promised in your current version. 

[KristinL]

Thank you for sharing this screenshot! I've shared this with some colleagues, and I'll see what I can learn.

[KristinL · Accepted solution]

Hello! I am happy to share that a fix for this tooltip will be out soon. If anyone would like to receive updates about the fix as it progresses to completion, please submit a ticket with Canvas Support. 

[sjwebb15]

Thanks Kristin. Out of curiosity, is the fix just to remove the language that an end date can be set from the tool tip? 

[KristinL]

Good question! The fix will be to adjust the language to match the functionality in Groups.

[AM_Learning]

We would like to see this feature resolved as well. We previously have been able to "remove the self-enrol" option after a certain date (as a work around to not having an availability option). Our academics often will want students to have self-enrol for a fixed period of time and then the groups are locked down so they can stay in the same group for the remaining duration of the course