Inviting Students to a Course in the Continuing Education Environment
In an effort to prevent any potential security vulnerabilities, the Universities of Wisconsin (not Madison) is discontinuing the use of the self-registration feature. This feature gave anyone with a computer the ability to create an account in our Continuing Education Environment. Beginning in May 2026, any new Continuing Education students must be invited to join a course via email.
- Navigate to the course in which you would like to add users.
- Click the People tab from the navigation menu.
- Click the +People button in the upper right corner of the window.
- The Add people pop-up will appear. Complete the fields as desired, then click NEXT.
- Add Users by: Make sure email address is selected.
- Email Addresses: Add the email address of the individual (or a list of email addresses separated by commas).
- Role: Use the drop-down to select the role the user(s) should have in the course
- Section: If sections are being utilized, select the appropriate section.
- A new Add People pop-up will appear that lists all the email addresses you just entered. Click the select-all checkbox to indicate you would like to add all as new users. If desired add names to the appropriate field. (NOTE: Users will have the opportunity to update their names once their account is created. It is ok to leave the name field blank.) Click Next.
- The pop-up will update to list names (if entered) and email addresses. Click the Add Users button.
- Invitation emails will immediately be sent to the individuals.
- Students can accept invitations and update account settings with This KB