Welcome Page - Setting up self-registration

• About Welcome Page
• Add or modify a banner
• Add or modify a background image
• Reset (clear) the Welcome Page
• Choose the colors

• Add a link
• Edit a link
• Change the layout
• Set up self-registration
• Modify textblocks

Note: Depending on administrator settings, the self-registration option may not be available. For more information, contact your WebCT administrator.

What do you want to do?

• allow self-registration
• disallow self-registration
• self-register

Allowing self-registration | Top

WebCT gives you the option of allowing students the ability to create their own accounts to access your course.

1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
3. Under Options: Other, click Set up self-registration. The Set Up Self-registration screen appears.
4. Select Allow self-registration and click Update. The Welcome Page appears with a Create Account button.

Disallowing self-registration | Top

1. From the Control Panel, click Course Settings. The Course Settings screen appears.
2. Under Create/Edit Welcome Page, click Edit welcome page. The Create/Edit Welcome Page screen appears.
3. Under Options: Other, click Set up self-registration. The Set Up Self-registration screen appears.
4. Select Do not allow self-registration and click Update. The Welcome Page appears and the Create Account button is removed.

Self-registering | Top

The following set of instructions is written from the perspective of the student who wants to self-register in a course.

If you configure your course to allow self-registration, a self-registration link appears on the Course List screen as a registration icon, and on the Welcome Page as a Create Account button.

Self-registering from the Course List screen:

1. From the Entry Page, click See courses. The Course List screen appears displaying the courses for the selected category.
2. In the Course List, locate the course, and then in the Self-Registration column, click the icon. The Self-Registration screen appears.
3. Click Log in to myWebCT. You may be required to enter additional information. Complete the required fields and click Continue. The Course Added screen appears confirming the registration.
4. Choose an option:
   • To enter the course in which you just registered, click Go to course. The course Homepage appears.
   • To self-register in another course, click Add another course. The Course List screen appears.
   • Click Return to myWebCT. The myWebCT screen appears.

Self-registering from the Welcome Page:

1. From the Entry Page, click See courses. The Course List screen appears displaying the courses for the selected category.
2. Under Course, locate the course in which you want to register, and then in the Course Information column, click the icon. The Welcome Page appears.
3. Click Create Account. The Self-Registration screen appears.
4. Click Log in to myWebCT. You may be required to enter additional information. Complete the required fields and click Continue. The Course Added screen appears confirming the registration.
5. Choose an option:
• To enter the course in which you just registered, click Go to course. The course Homepage appears.
• To self-register in another course, click Add another course. The Course List screen appears.
• Click Return to myWebCT. The myWebCT screen appears.

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