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“View-Only” Access for Learning Plans in Catalogs

  • June 18, 2025
  • 3 replies
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Hi Docebo Community!

While working with Docebo Support (shoutout to Chanler!), we explored a use case that I believe many admins might find valuable:

The ability to make a Learning Plan (LP) visible in a catalog for all users, but restrict enrollment—essentially a “view-only” mode.

🧩 The Scenario:

We have a Learning Plan titled "New Leader First 90 Days" under the catalog "Leader Onboarding - First 90 Days". Our goal is to:

  • Allow all users to see the LP and its structure.
  • Prevent new users from enrolling unless explicitly permitted.
  • Maintain visibility of the LP’s landing page (e.g., Onboarding Leaders Page) without disrupting the user experience.

🔍 What We Tried:

Support explored options like:

  • Self-enrollment with time restrictions.
  • Catalog visibility settings.
  • Enrollment policies.

Unfortunately, none allowed for catalog visibility without enrollment access. The LP either becomes hidden or fully enrollable.

💡 Why This Matters:

A “view-only” mode would be incredibly useful for:

  • Previewing content before enrollment.
  • Informing users about upcoming or role-specific training.
  • Avoiding accidental enrollments while still promoting transparency.

✅ Suggested Feature:

Add a “View Only” enrollment policy for Learning Plans—users can browse the LP and its courses, but cannot enroll unless granted access.

If this sounds like something you'd benefit from too, please upvote or comment! Let’s bring this idea to life together 💬

3 replies

dklinger
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  • Hero III
  • June 18, 2025

Totally makes sense.

Curriculum - learning paths - learning plans need to have a level of visibility to them that will support not having the ability to enroll in them.

A question ​@Narendra Boga - can you adjust the validity dates and do something similar? If it isnt valid - it should still be visible - but a person should not be able to enroll????


JeanetteMcVeigh
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Hi. This is an interesting use case. Did you create an Idea for this for us to vote on and if so, can you share the link?


Davefox
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  • Helper III
  • June 20, 2025

Not sure how to make it happen but I can suggest a workaround

Create a teaser course available to everyone with the materials you want people to view and put it in the catalog. This gives you a way to showcase what you want without ever having to limit enrollment. 

Something you would need to test is to put the learning plan in the public catalog but turn off self enrollment in each class and use superadmin or power user enrollment options. I say test because I am not sure if a learning plan will follow these rules. 

Thing I would ask for as a request is to add a demo material to learning plans like classes have. this way you could turn off self enrollment but put the learning plan in the catalog for people to view the demo material