Elevate Sign-Up Settings

The Enable User Signup setting lets learners create their own accounts in Elevate. When you turn it on, a sign-up option appears for visitors, and new learners can register without waiting for an administrator to add them. This article explains how to turn the setting on, how it behaves with SSO and Cadmium Identity, and how to set up a smooth first-time experience for your members.

Turn on Enable User Signup

1. Go to Settings and select General.
2. In the New Guest Users section, select the Enable User Signup checkbox.
3. Review the signup options that appear (see the sections below).
4. Select Save.

What you see depends on how your account manages users

Elevate shows different signup behavior depending on where your user records come from. Find your setup below.

Accounts that use SSO with an AMS

If your account uses SSO with a remote association management system (AMS), the AMS manages your user records. In this case, Enable User Signup is unavailable until Cadmium Support configures a URL for creating accounts in your AMS. After that URL is in place, you can turn on the setting, and the sign-up option sends learners to your AMS to create their accounts. Contact Cadmium Support to set this up.

Accounts that use Cadmium Identity

If Cadmium Identity is turned on, learners create and manage their credentials through Cadmium Identity. When Enable User Signup is on, a learner who signs in with Cadmium Identity for the first time and does not yet have an Elevate account becomes an Elevate user automatically. They are then sent to your Signup URL Redirect, if you have set one.

For more information, read the Cadmium Identity: Elevate Login and Access Guide.

Use Signup URL Redirect

The Signup URL Redirect setting controls where learners land right after they create an account. Enter a page address in the field, such as /profile.

If you leave the field blank, Elevate sends learners back to the page they were on before signing up, or to the home page if no previous page is detected.

Control the user types learners can select

You decide which user types a learner can choose when they create an account. This helps you keep new members in the right groups, such as members, non-members, or students.

To change the options, update the user types in the profile editor fields. Adjust the User Type field there so learners see only the options you want them to choose from.