Brightspace Discover-Self-enrollment Guide for Learners

Self-enrollment is easy with Brightspace Discover. Once a course is made discoverable, learners can search for active courses and enroll or un-enroll on their own.  

Go to brightspace.cpcc.edu and sign in.

  • On the Central Piedmont Brightspace homepage, click on the "Discover" heading in the gray navigation bar.

The Brightspace homepage.

Table of Contents

  1. Searching for a Course
  2. Enrolling in a Course
  3. Un-enrolling from a Course

Searching for a Course

There are two ways to search for a course:

 

Browse Courses by Section:

1. "New" includes courses added to Discover within the last six months. 

2. "Updated" includes courses updated within the last six months. 

3. "Featured" includes courses promoted by your organization.

Search for an Active Course:

1. Enter terms that match course titles and descriptions in the "Search..." box.

  • Tip: If you don't find what you're looking for, try using a different search term or click "Browse All" to view all courses.

2. From the search results, click "Sort" and choose a category to sort your search results.

The Discover search results page.

 

Enrolling in a Course

1. Select the course you want to enroll in.

2. Click on "Enroll in Course".

Sample course page containing the "Enroll in Course" button.

Un-enrolling from a Course

1. Search for the course you want to un-enroll from.

2. From the "(...)" options menu on the course details page, click "Unenroll".

  • Note: The "Unenroll" option appears only if you assigned yourself to the course.

Sample course page showing the "Unenroll" button.