When selecting a program to view from the catalogue, and that program has self-enrolment enabled, learners viewing the program will see an Enrol button to self-enrol.
Learner selects the Enrol button located in the top-left corner of the page.
The learner will then see one of two options:
If there is only one self-enrolment Group available, the learner will see the description for the group, and the due date which has been set with a message advising if they are sure they want to enrol in that program and an Enrol button to enrol in the program.

If the program has two or more self-enrolment groups, the pop-up will display the available groups, descriptions and due dates. The learner selects Enrol for the appropriate group. They will then see a message (as described in option a.) asking if they are sure they want to enrol in that program, and an Enrol button to enrol in the program as a member of that group.

Learner withdrawing
Once learners have self-enrolled, they can view the group enrolment details by selecting the three dots (
) in the top-right corner of the program page and selecting Enrolment details.The learner can then select the Withdraw button.

A message will be displayed asking the learner if they are sure they want to withdraw from the program.

The learner can select Withdraw to withdraw from the program.
When a learner withdraws from a program, any progress or completion records from courses in the program won’t be affected.
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