Catalog cart checkout process

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As of March 23, 2026, Catalog has updated its checkout process by consolidating purchasing workflows for users who would either self-enroll or purchase seats for others. Bulk Enroll and Purchase options will no longer display on the course listing page.

⚠️Note: Purchase Seats for Others will be available if there is a course in the cart that has at least 1 seat and if an admin has enabled the setting to allow users to purchase seats for others. If the setting is disabled, users will not be able to interact with Purchase Seats for Others, even if they attempt to reserve more than 1 seat.

Self-enroll in a single course and check out without using the cart

  1. On the Listings page, select a course or program and select Enroll (see Fig. 1).
  2. If the course is free your enrollment will immediately be processed after you create an account or login with an existing account.
  3. If the course is not free you will be directed to the checkout page to pay for the course. Then you will be prompted to create an account or login with an existing account before the enrollment process is completed.
  4. You may be required to provide user information.
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 if you need to enroll in additional self-enroll courses.


Figure 1: Enroll and Add to Cart options appear for a Catalog course

Enrolling using the cart

Adding a course to the cart for yourself and/or others

  1. On the Listings page, select a course or program and select the Cart icon.
  2. Your selection will then be added to your cart.
  3. Select the Cart icon at the top-right corner of the page.
  4. The cart panel will then display on the right side of the page for you to review.
  5. Enter the desired seat quantity in the listing.
  6. Select Go to Cart to continue to checkout.

Checking out using the cart

Purchasing one or more course seats for yourself using the cart

  1. Make sure that the seat for each listing in your cart is set to 1 (see Fig. 2).

    Figure 2: Choosing number of seats in your cart for each course and selecting Checkout for Myself
     
  2. Select Checkout for Myself (see Fig. 2 above).
  3. The page will reload and you can select Enroll (if the courses are free) or Pay and Enroll (if at least one course has a fee). 
  4. You may be required to provide user information.
  5. If the course is free you should now be enrolled. Choose Go to course or return to Catalog.
  6. If the course has a registration fee you will be enrolled after you complete payment.

Purchasing course seats for other users using the cart

Purchase 2 or more seats for one or more courses

  1. Make sure you have the seats for the courses set to 1 (one seat to enroll the user you’re purchasing the enrollment for; see Fig. 3).

    Figure 3: Seats for courses in cart set to 1; Purchase seats for others is emphasized
     
  2. If you were provided a promo code, you can add in the provided field on this page.
  3. Select Purchase Seats for Others (see Fig. 3 above). You may also be prompted or required to provide user information, if the administrator has enabled the setting to collect user information.
  4. The page will reload. Make sure to read the information on that page. Seats are reserved for 10 minutes during the checkout process.
  5. Select Claim Seats to finish checkout. Once you have claimed seats, the next page will allow you Invite users.
  6. You can select View Invitations to see previously purchased seats that you have already sent an invite to, or you can return to the Catalog site.
  7. When you select Invite, you will be directed to a page where you can add the email address of the user you are sending the course invite to. When an invite has been sent, the invitation status displays in the Status column.
  8. Select the checkbox beside the email address to Resend Invite or Revoke Invite. Revoking the invite allows you to send a new invite to a new email address.
  9. You can check the status of your sent invites by selecting your name at the top-right corner and selecting the Enrollments & Invitations option.

Purchase 2 or more seats for one or more courses

  1. Make sure that the seats for each course in the cart reflect the number of seats you want to purchase (see Fig. 4).

    Figure 4: Purchasing more than one seat in one course but one seat in another; Purchase seats for others is emphasized
     
  2. If you were provided a promo code, you can add in the provided field on this page.
  3. Select Purchase Seats for Others.
  4. The page will reload. Make sure to read the information on that page. Seats are reserved for 10 minutes during the checkout process.
  5. Select Purchase Seats to finish checkout.
  6. Once you have purchased seats, the next page will allow you Invite users. You can select View Invitations to see previously purchased seats that you have already sent an invite to, or you can return to the Catalog site (see Fig. 5).

    Figure 5: Options to invite users to the course, return to Catalog, or View Invitations
     
  7. When you select Invite (see Fig. 5 above), you will be directed to a page where you can add the email address of the user you are sending the course invite to. When an invite has been sent, the invitation status displays in the Status column.
  8. Select the checkbox beside the email address to Resend Invite or Revoke Invite. Revoking the invite allows you to send a new invite to a new email address.
  9. You can check the status of your sent invites by selecting your name at the top-right corner and selecting the Enrollments & Invitations option.

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