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1.1       raeburn     1: \label{Course_Self_Enrollment}
                      2: Courses can be configured to permit self-enrollment. Settings are
                      3: available for the following:
                      4: 
                      5: \begin{itemize}
                      6: \item Types and affiliations of users who can self-enroll
                      7: \item Restrict self-enrollment to students who are listed as officially
                      8: registered for the course in institutional course roster(s) for sections
                      9: of the course or for crosslisted courses.
                     10: \item Opening date/time for self-enrollment and closing date/time.
                     11: \item Starting and ending dates for access to the course for users who self-enroll. 
                     12: \item Assign a specific section to users who self-enroll
                     13: \end{itemize}
                     14: When self-enrollment is set up a warning will be displayed if the
                     15: course is not listed in any course catalogs available in the domain.
1.3     ! bisitz     16: Guidance on how to get the course listed will also be provided if a
1.1       raeburn    17: warning is displayed.
                     18: 
                     19: If a course is listed in a catalog users when viewing the course catalog
                     20: will be able to search for the course (there is a checkbox to restrict
                     21: courses listed in the catalog display to just those courses for which
                     22: self-enrollment is available). If such courses exist the list of courses
1.2       bisitz     23: will include a self-enroll link for each course. Users
                     24: can reach the course catalog from the Main Menu screen, and also from
1.1       raeburn    25: the roles page. Course Coordinators and other users with advanced
                     26: roles in the system can also reach the course catalog in the same
                     27: way, although the link on the roles page is less prominent for these
                     28: types of user.
                     29: 
                     30: A user must be logged into LON-CAPA in order to self-enroll in a course.
                     31: However, if your domain permits it, users may be able to create a
1.2       bisitz     32: LON-CAPA account and log-in. Most commonly
1.1       raeburn    33: self-creation of accounts is permitted where a user can authenticate
                     34: with a username and password assigned by your institution to access
                     35: online services provided by the institution. If a user clicks the
1.2       bisitz     36: {}``Enroll in course'' link from the catalog, and needs to
1.1       raeburn    37: create an account, once the account creation step is completed successfully,
                     38: the user will proceed automatically to self-enrollment in the course,
                     39: assuming the user meets any restrictions set for self-enrollment in
                     40: the particular course.