# Make automatic closing of signups/registration per course, not a global setting
**URL:** https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390
**Category:** EthosCE Product Suggestions
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390 "2021-08-26T19:58:45Z")
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### Author:  [@JAM](https://community.ethosce.com/u/JAM)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/1 "2021-08-26T19:58:45Z")
Hello!
It’s my understanding that setting when signups/registration close automatically is a global setting that applies to all activities. This is very inconvenient, as some courses want to close early (for example, a live in-person where they need to get a food count in a week before the conference) and some could stay open (such as a live webinar) when that wouldn’t affect our planning or learner experience. Is there any way to do this? Right now I am manually going in and closing registration when need be. We have it set to 6 days after start because some of our in-person conferences historically allowed for walk-ins at any time for a multi-day conference. If it cannot be managed per course, I recommend this be considered. It could be set to X hours before/after live event start, and for enduring it would be set to X hours before course end date.
Thanks! JAM
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### Author:  [@jennifer\_maloney](https://community.ethosce.com/u/jennifer_maloney)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/2 "2021-08-27T20:26:59Z")
Just chiming in to 2nd this vote! Being able to adjust enrollment closure time and day individually at the course level would be incredibly convenient.
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### Author:  [@Joel](https://community.ethosce.com/u/Joel)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/3 "2021-08-27T22:32:27Z")
Be sure to use the Vote button on this ticket so it gets visibility by the Product team!
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### Author:  [@benysh.susan](https://community.ethosce.com/u/benysh.susan)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/4 "2021-08-29T23:28:23Z")
Interesting concept. . . We have had many “issues” with courses opening (think Online courses) on a certain date or close without us being aware of it. This has caused a lot of issues. Right now, with the complexity of EthosCE (which I love, don’t get me wrong), I am trying to simplify things for my customers (those that are requesting/running courses) and I think this would add confusion to myself/others included.
Susan Benysh
Mayo Clinic
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### Author:  [@JAM](https://community.ethosce.com/u/JAM)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/5 "2021-08-30T13:42:31Z")
That’s understandable. I think like with many things in Ethos, there would be a default global setting, but still customizable per course if desired - sort of like how the default increments for our credits are .25 but I could change that for a course if I wanted to… so you wouldn’t have to make any changes if you didn’t want to.
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### Author:  [@Elizabeth](https://community.ethosce.com/u/Elizabeth)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/6 "2021-09-15T15:54:13Z")
Hi Susan,
May I ask - what do you do in this case? We’re really struggling. Should we put the incorrect start date of a live event just so people can continue to register for a live event, such as the walk-ins?
Elizabeth
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### Author:  [@benysh.susan](https://community.ethosce.com/u/benysh.susan)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/7 "2021-09-15T16:20:59Z")
If the course is closed. . . we will create an invoice for them in the receipts, allow them to pay, and then backend register them for the course.
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### Author:  [@pcoots](https://community.ethosce.com/u/pcoots)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/8 "2021-09-15T19:01:52Z")
Good afternoon,
I have not been posting recently but glad to see some of you are having the same challenges. We have a VERY small staff with a large number of activities. We too would like to see more options for customization around the dates, much the same as JAM is suggesting.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.ethosce.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/make-automatic-closing-of-signups-registration-per-course-not-a-global-setting/1390/9 "2022-06-12T19:02:10Z")
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