For the teacher running a fixed-size class
A cohort has a size. This page collects name-and-email sign-ups, counts them against the places you have, and reminds the class before it meets, without you chasing anyone.
An online course is different from an open webinar in one important way: it has a limit that matters. Sixty people might enjoy a talk; only twenty might get real feedback on their work, or a seat in the live session, or attention you can actually give. A registration page for a course has to respect that ceiling, not just collect names.
So the useful page here does three linked jobs. It tells a prospective learner what the course is, it takes a name and email as a genuine place claim, and it stops accepting sign-ups once the class is full. The number on the page is the number of people you can teach, and that is what makes the list trustworthy.
Each piece is ordinary on its own; together they let you promise a class of a fixed size.
What the course covers, how it runs, when the sessions are, and what a learner should bring. A person who understands the course is a person who shows up to it.
Each name-and-email reply takes a place. Set the number you can teach, and registration closes itself at that line rather than letting the class quietly overflow.
Messages go out ahead of the first session carrying each learner's own link, so the cohort arrives ready instead of scrambling for where to go.
Learners decide whether to commit from the page alone, so answer the questions they would otherwise email you.
Worth being plain about what this page is and is not. It is a registration and reminders tool: people give a name and email to claim one of the places you set aside, and you can see who is in the cohort. It does not run payments or tickets, so if you charge for the course, you handle the fee your own way and use this page to gather and count the learners, and to bring them to class.
For many teachers that split is a relief. You already know how you want to be paid; what you lacked was an honest count of who enrolled and a way to get the class into the room on the first evening. That is exactly what the page is for.
How it works
Write what it covers, how it runs, and the schedule. Sign up on the web, or message Jitabi with a line about the course and edit the draft into your own words.
Decide how many learners you can teach and enter it as capacity. Sign-ups count against that figure and close when it is reached, so the class stays the size you planned.
Each name-and-email reply takes a place on the list. You always know how many seats are left without a spreadsheet or a headcount from memory.
Before the course meets, reminders go out carrying each learner's own link, so the cohort turns up together rather than arriving in ones and twos.
Questions
Yes. Enter the places as capacity, and sign-ups are counted against that figure. When the class is full, registration closes by itself, so the cohort never outruns the size you set.
No. It collects and counts name-and-email registrations and sends reminders. If you charge, you handle the fee your own way and use this page for enrolment and attendance.
Each registrant is issued a private link, and the reminders before class carry it, so joining is a tap rather than a hunt through old messages.
The registration list counts places against your capacity, so the seats taken and the seats left are visible from the list itself, no separate tally needed.
State the times clearly on the page and reminders reach each learner before the session, so distance learners can place the class correctly in their own day.
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A course page that counts sign-ups against real seats and reminds the cohort before it meets gives you a class you can actually give attention to.
