Looking for recommendations or creative ways to keep learners from enrolling in programs/certifications via the learning plan function. Or, alternatively, any system settings that would allow us to remove the self-enrollment mechanism at the program/certification level but still allow learners to see the program and indicate interest.
Here's what's happening:
- The default Learning Plan template includes Courses, Objectives, Programs and Certifications.
- Programs/certifications need to remain visible in the course catalog for marketing purposes.
- Learners see the programs and adds them to their not-yet-approved learning plan. In our research we see that even without manager's approval of the program, the learner is now enrolled in the program.
Here's why that's a problem for us.
- Some programs have certain criteria for enrollment, requiring applicants to submit their names to a committee for selection.
- Some programs have a tuition fee that must be paid prior to attending. We do not have any ecommerce features enabled at this time.
- Some programs/certs are comprised of many courses (we have one that has close to 20) so turning the self-enrollment function off at the course level wouldn't be feasible.
We need control at the program level to say "no self-enrollment at the program level." In essence, we need an approval workflow at the program level, similar to the approval workflow at the course/seminar activity level - does something like this exist?
Is there a system setting that allows us to control/approve program enrollment that we are missing? Does anyone have any suggestions that we might try?
Totara v.12.10
