Enrolling in and purchasing Catalog courses

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.

⚠️Note: You cannot purchase seats for yourself and for others at the same time.

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).
   
   Figure 1: Catalog purchase options
    
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. 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.

Adding one or more courses to the cart

1. On the Listings page, select a course or program and then select Add to Cart.
2. Your selection will then be added to your cart. You can go back to the Catalog page and add more courses to your cart.
3. Select the Cart icon at the top-right corner of the page (see Fig. 2).
   
   Figure 2: Contents of your cart in Catalog
    
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 a seat in one or more courses for yourself using the cart

1. Make sure that the seat for each listing in your cart is set to 1 (see Fig. 3).
   
   Figure 3: Course listing, seats and order summary
    
2. Select Checkout for Myself (see Fig. 3 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 payment is completed.

Purchasing seats for other users using the cart

Purchase a single seat in one or more courses for others

1. Make sure the seats for the courses are set to 1 (see Fig. 4).
   
   Figure 4: Purchasing seats in the Catalog cart
    
2. If you were provided a promo code, you can enter it in the field on this page.
3. Select Purchase Seats for Others (see Fig. 4 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 checkout.
5. Select Claim Seats to finish checkout. Once you have claimed seats, the next page will let you Invite users.
6. You can View Invitations to see previously purchased seats for which you have already sent an invite, or Return to Catalog.
7. When you select Invite, you will be directed to a page where you can enter the email address of the user you are inviting. 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 lets you send a new invite to a different email address.
9. You can check the status of your sent invites by selecting your name at the top-right corner, then selecting Enrollments & Invitations.

Purchase 2 or more seats for one or more courses for others

1. Make sure that the seats for each course in the cart reflect the number of seats you want to purchase (see Fig. 5).
   
   Figure 4: Purchasing seats for multiple users in the Catalog cart
    
2. If you were provided a promo code, you can enter it in the field on this page.
3. Select Purchase Seats for Others (see Fig. 5 above).
4. The page will reload. Make sure to read the information on that page. Seats are reserved for 10 minutes during checkout.
5. Select Purchase Seats to finish checkout. Once you have purchased seats, the next page will allow you Invite users.
6. You can View Invitations to see previously purchased seats for which you have already sent an invite, or Return to Catalog (see Fig. 6)
   Figure 6: Options to invite users to the course, return to Catalog, or View Invitations
    
7. When you select Invite (see Fig. 6 above), you will be directed to a page where you can enter the email address of the user you are inviting. 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 lets you send a new invite to a different email address.
9. You can check the status of your sent invites by selecting your name at the top-right corner, then selecting Enrollments & Invitations.

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