In Canvas Catalog - can a user already enrolled in a Canvas course be shown the link to the course?

If we provide a link to a Catalog entry, and people who are already enrolled in the Canvas course use that link, they are taken into Catalog and see a meesage "You are enrolled". There is no link to the Course site though.

This is not a great user experience. We would actually be better providing the Self Enrol link for the course site, but that misses any additional information that is provided in the Catalog entry.

This screenshot is an example of a catalog entry, with the "You are enrolled" message displayed.

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Máté Kiss

Hello @RaeJobst-GU,

Thank you for raising this and providing the context.

To make sure we can guide you toward the best possible solution, could you help clarify your use case a bit further?

What is the ideal experience you want the learner to have when they revisit a Catalog listing for a course they’re already enrolled in?
Is your goal primarily to provide learners with a quick link to launch the Canvas course?

Once we have a bit more detail about your desired experience and any technical constraints or workflows you’re working within, we can suggest the most effective path forward.

Looking forward to your reply.

Best,
Máté

hechla

I could have sworn Catalog showed to "Go to Course" link in this circumstance. Or am I thinking of the Student Dashboard in Catalog??

I think it would be very beneficial if the individual listing page showed a link to the course for courses you're already enrolled in. However, there should also still be a link to purchase bulk enrollments (if the option is enabled for the sub-catalog) because I can see a need for someone enrolled in a course to need to purchase a seat for someone else.

JenniferJWhite

Yes - I like this idea! Perhaps there could be a button to the right of the "You are enrolled" notification that would take you to the course. Something like this:

mrash2

I agree this is a great idea. We currently inject a link to the dashboard within the "You are enrolled" text to help with this, but a "Go To Course" button would be even better!

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