The "Self-enrollment (Advanced)" method is capable of notifying learners, instructors, or both learners and instructors when their enrolment is about to expire. When the enrolment method is added to a course, the enrolment instance will be configured to notify learners by default 7 days before their enrolment expires. The notification will be sent via email as well as using the system's built-in web notifications. If this is the behaviour you want, there is nothing for you to do. If however you prefer to disable the notification, notify other stakeholders (e.g. instructors), or simply change the notification threshold from 7 days to another value, you can configure each enrolment instance by following the steps below.
Enrolment instances created before the 4.1.7 release will not by default start sending notifications. If you want to enable this feature for older courses, you must also follow the steps below.
Step-by-step Guide
To configure the expiration notifications for the "Self-enrolment (Advanced)" method:
- Go to the course in question
- Go to Course Administration > Users > Enrolment methods
- If the "Self-enrolment (Advanced)" method already exists, you click on the edit icon next to it. Otherwise, you can add a new enrolment instance using the "Add method" dropdown menu.
- There are 2 settings that you can configure:
- Notify before enrolment expires. This setting has 4 options that allows you to determine who you would like to notify.
- Notification threshold. This setting allows you to specify when to send the notification, counting backwards (e.g. in days / weeks) from the learner's enrolment date.
- After making the changes to the settings above, click on the "Save changes" button
Important Notes
- The notification is only send if a learner's enrolment is set to expire, which is controlled by the "Enrolment duration" field.