How to hide course from public but keep it visible to enrolled users

Hello @przester ,

Thanks for reaching out to us.

If you want to keep a course hidden from course listing page but people that already has access to the course should see it, then you have to make that course private.

After that you have to enrolled the students on that course manually from the enrollment section. You can do it by following the steps below:

To manually add the students who should have access:

1. Navigate to Tutor LMS:
   • Go to Tutor LMS->Enrollment. Where you can find all the enrollments of all the students in the corresponding courses.
   • On that page you will find a button called “Enroll a student”. Click on that button. I provide the screenshot below:

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1. Then you will find a pop-up like the screenshot below:

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1. In “select a course” option, you can select the private course that you made.
2. Then search the student by his/her name and select them from there. I have given another screenshot below:

https://snipboard.io/W4qA2t.jpg

1. Then click on the “Enroll Now” button.

After enrolling students manually, students could see the private courses on the course list page.

I hope it will fulfill your requirement. If you need any other clarification then let us know.

Your regards,
Sunjida

Hello @przester ,

After enrolling to the courses, users can navigate to the private course page in two ways:

1. By using the direct URL of the courses, which will only be accessible to those who are already enrolled in the course.
2. By clicking “Start Learning” or “Continue Learning” from their Dashboard under enrolled courses page.
   
   Regards,
   Sunjida

So If I understand correctly I have to enroll each student manually?

So If i have 10 courses and 2000 students I have to manually search for 2000 students one by one?

Is there any bulk or automate option?

Hello @przester ,

If a student is already enrolled in a course, there’s no need to enroll them manually again. Manual enrollment is only necessary when a course is set to private.

We apologize for the fact that currently, we don’t have an automatic enrollment feature for private courses. The only way to enroll students in a private course is by manually adding them through the enrollment section.

We appreciate your understanding, and if you need further assistance, If you encounter any further issues, then let us know.

Your regards,
Sunjida

Hi Sunjida ??

I will explain my case in steps to make things more clear:

1. I have a Tutor LMS page with people already enrolled in a course that is public
2. I want to make this course private (the one that is public and has people already enrolled)
3. When I do that they don’t see the course any more

Do I have to enroll everyone again if I set the existing course with enrolled students to private?
Maybe this is a free Tutor LMS problem and If I will buy the Pro version they will stay enrolled and I don’t have to do anything manually?

Kind Regards

No, there is no such option in Tutor LMS Pro, unfortunately.

Hello @przester ,

We are really sorry for the late response.

Thank you for providing the details. Here’s a breakdown of how Tutor LMS handles this situation:

1. When a public course is made private, it becomes restricted from general visibility, meaning new users won’t be able to access or enroll in it unless granted permission.
2. For students already enrolled: Even in the free version and in the pro version of Tutor LMS, students who are already enrolled will still have access to the course through their “Enrolled Courses” section, even after the course is made private. You do not need to manually reenroll them. But they could not see the course in the course archive page.

There is no need to upgrade to the Pro version for this specific scenario, as enrolled students will retain their access to the course after it is made private.

Best Regards,
Sunjida