Open and closed cohorts

Using group enrolment keys for enrolment

To set up the course to use group enrolment keys instead of a course enrolment key, go to the Administration block and click on OpenLearners and then Enrolment methods.

Click on Guest access. In the form that appears go to Allow guest access and select ‘No’ from the drop-down list before clicking on Save changes.

Click on Manual enrolments. In the form that appears go to Enable manual enrolments and select ‘No’ from the drop-down list before clicking on Save changes.

Click on OpenLearn Enrolment. In the form that appears go to Enrolment key and type an enrolment password for your course into the text field. Go to Use group enrolment keys and select ‘Yes’ from the drop-down list. This will activate the group enrolment keys instead of the course enrolment key you have just entered, which is still needed as part of the settings but will not be used by your learners. Ensure that the Default assigned role is set to OpenLearner before clicking on Save changes.

Your learners will only be able to enrol on the course with the enrolment key you send to them for their cohort. They will only need to use the enrolment key once, unless they accidentally unenrol themselves from the course and want to enrol again.