Steps: Set Up Student Registration

Set up:

Student registration setup.

See Set Up Registration Assignment Policy.

Academic foundation.

Curriculum management.

See Steps: Set Up Curriculum Management.

An academic calendar with standard academic periods and assigned to the academic unit and level for which you're enabling student registrations.

See Set Up Academic Calendar Policies.

Publish the applicable course sections to set their status to Open
.

See Create Course Sections.

You can configure the student registration process to align with the policies set by your institution. Examples:

Students can drop courses until September 30. After that date, they can only withdraw from courses.

During registration appointments, honors students can register for 18 units while other students can only register for 15 units.

Students with a Philosophy major
program of study can request an Audit
grading basis for any course that’s not owned by the Philosophy department
.

When a seat opens up on any course owned by the Accounting department
, Workday automatically registers students from the waitlist without requiring further input.

This enables students to register for courses independently, which reduces manual effort for you and helps you focus on addressing students with special circumstances.

Set up registration-related date controls.

Examples: Drop with W Grade End
, Enrollment Window Start
, and Last Date to Waitlist
.

See Steps: Manage Date Controls.

Set up enrollment access policies.

See Set Up Enrollment Access and Grading Policies.

Set up enrollment unit limit policies.

See Set Up Enrollment Unit Limit Policies.

(Optional) Set up waitlist policies.

See Steps: Set Up Waitlists for Course Sections.

(Optional) Enable students to access the

View My Saved Schedules

report from a dashboard.

Add View My Saved Schedules
as a menu section

Item

to any dashboard that you display to students.

See Steps: Set Up Dashboards and Landing Pages.

(Optional) Enable a visual saved schedules editing experience for students.

Access the

Maintain Feature Opt-Ins

report.

Opt-in to the User Interface for Student Registration Saved Schedules
feature.

See Concept: Student Registration.

(Optional) Set Up Security for Registration Restrictions.

Enable faculty members to override registration restrictions when they register students for courses.

(Optional) Set Up Summaries for Registration Troubleshooting.

Set up mass drop registrations.

Configure these business processes for students who no longer meet the requirements of the courses for which they're registered:

Mass Drop Registration for Non-Payment
. You can also set up soft drops instead. See Set Up Registration Soft Drops for Past Due Balances.

Pre-Requisite Failure Mass Drop Registrations Event
.

(Optional) Create Custom Notifications for Mass Drop Registrations.

(Optional) Set up access for third parties, such as parents, to view current classes.

See Steps: Set Up Third-Party Access.

Students can independently register for courses according to the policies and configurations that you set for your institution. They can register from:

Their academic plan.

Their saved schedule.

The

Find Course Sections

report.

A course listing.

Steps: Set Up Academic Foundation

Steps: Set Up Curriculum Management

Steps: Mass Drop Invalid Registrations

Reference: Drop Students from Courses