When is the enrolment key used?

It is important to set an enrolment key for your course (in course settings) as a course without a key can be accessed by anyone (with a BUCS login).
However, it is only necessary for students to use the enrolment key if the course is not on SAMIS.

What is the enrolment key?

The enrolment key is a password that students enter the first time they try to access a course. However, if the course is on SAMIS then this is not required, as Moodle checks against SAMIS to see which students are enrolled on the particular unit.
If however a Moodle course is NOT related to a SAMIS unit then staff can give students the enrolment key which allows them access to the course.
Students enrolled in this way will need to be unenrolled manually.