---
type: concept
title: Selbsteinschreibung
tags: [moodle, enrollment, method, administration, enrolment, e-learning]
related: [moodle, course-participant-removal, kursbeantragung]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_moodle_anleitungen-fuer-lehrende.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_moodle_anleitungen_fuer_lehrende.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium-lehre-moodle-anleitungen-fuer-lehrende-kurs.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_moodle_anleitungen_fuer_lehrende_kurs.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_moodle_anleitungen_fuer_lehrende_selb.md"]
---

# Selbsteinschreibung

**Selbsteinschreibung** (Self-enrollment/Self-enrolment) is a method and configuration in [[moodle]] that allows students (participants) to enroll themselves in a course or join a course independently without requiring manual intervention from the instructor or administrator. This process is designed to streamline the onboarding process for students entering a digital course and reduce the administrative burden on teaching staff.

## Technical Configuration
To enable self-enrolment, instructors follow this path:
`Course` $\rightarrow$ `Administration` $\rightarrow$ `Users` $\rightarrow$ `Enrolment methods` $\rightarrow$ `Add "Self-enrolment"`.

## Access Control and Security
The security of a course using self-enrolment often involves the use of a specific **Enrolment Key** provided by the instructor:

- **With Enrolment Key**: Only users who possess the specific password can join the course.
- **Without Enrolment Key**: Any user with a valid [[universitatsrechenzentrum-urz]] account (students, staff, and faculty) can access the course.

## Administrative Advantages
The URZ strongly recommends self-enrollment for administrative efficiency due to the following benefits:
- **Reduced Manual Effort**: Instructors do not need to add every student individually.
- **Simplified Cleanup**: During [[course-participant-removal]], all users who joined via self-enrollment can be removed instantly by deleting the self-enrollment method, rather than deleting each user account one by one.

## Comparison with Manual Enrollment
Both versions contrast self-enrollment with manual enrollment:

- **Existing version**: Notes that unlike manual enrollment, which requires individual management of every participant, self-enrollment shifts the action of joining to the student while maintaining the instructor's ability to perform bulk removals.
- **Newly generated version**: Notes that while [[selbsteinschreibung]] is automated, instructors may use **Manual Enrolment** to add specific individuals, though manual enrolment is noted to involve a higher configuration effort for the instructor.