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How do I enable user defined fields for existing user registrations in Catalog?

As a Catalog admin, you can customize the information you collect during user registration by creating user defined fields.

By default, user defined fields are collected for new user registrations only. To allow user defined fields to display when existing users enroll in a course, you can enable user defined fields during enrollments in the Catalog Info tab.

Open Admin

Open Admin

Click the User Name drop-down menu [1]. Then, click the Admin link [2].

Open Catalogs

Open Catalogs

Click the Catalogs tab.

Select Catalog

Select Catalog

Click the root catalog name link.

View Catalog Info

Enable Self Registration

In the Account Navigation menu, the Catalog Info tab displays by default.

Enable User Defined Fields

Enable Self Registration

By default, user defined fields are enabled for new registrations only. To enable user defined field information collection for all Catalog registrations, click the Enable User Defined Fields during enrollments toggle on.

Save Changes

Save Catalog Info

To save your changes, click the Save button.