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# Status and who can find it

> The three statuses you pick, the three we set for you, and public vs unlisted vs private.

Two settings on **Settings → Signing up** decide whether anyone can sign up for your class. They sound alike, but they answer different questions.

* **Status** — where the class is in its life.
* **Who can find this class** — who is allowed to see it at all.

A class that is **Open** but **Private** takes no sign-ups from the public, because nobody outside your roster can find it.

## Status

### The three you pick

| Status                      | What it means                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Getting ready**           | Nobody can sign up, and the class stays off your website. Use this while you set it up.                                |
| **Pre-enrollment waitlist** | Sign-ups are not open yet, but people can add their name now. Use it to see who wants a seat before you start selling. |
| **Open**                    | Students can sign up and pay.                                                                                          |

Pick one and it saves right away. There is no Save button.

### The three we set for you

You never pick these. The platform sets them.

| Status            | When it switches on                                         |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Full**          | The last seat fills, **or** the last day to sign up passes. |
| **Happening now** | The first class date starts.                                |
| **Finished**      | The last class date ends.                                   |

<Warning>
  **Full has two triggers, not one.** A class can turn Full with seats to spare if its sign-up deadline has passed. If a class went Full and you cannot see why, check the last day to sign up.
</Warning>

When a class is Full, anyone else who tries to enroll can join a waitlist. That is the sold-out waitlist — not the same as the **Pre-enrollment waitlist** status you pick before selling starts. See [Waitlists](/cohort-management/waitlists).

### When a status is greyed out

If you cannot pick a status, the card tells you why. The common reasons:

| Message                                                       | What to do                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| "Add a class date under Schedule first."                      | Build the class dates in **Settings → Schedule**.                            |
| "This class has already started, so it cannot take sign-ups." | Nothing. A class in the past cannot reopen for sign-ups.                     |
| "The last day to sign up has passed."                         | Change or clear the sign-up deadline in the row below.                       |
| "Every seat is taken."                                        | Add seats, or cancel an invite.                                              |
| "Set it to Getting ready first."                              | The class is Full. Go back to Getting ready, then fix seats or the deadline. |
| "Reopen the class first."                                     | The class is cancelled. Reopen it under **Cancel, archive or delete**.       |

<Note>
  **Archived** and **Cancelled** are not statuses you pick here. Both live under [Cancel, archive, or delete](/cohort-management/deleting-a-cohort).
</Note>

## Who can find this class

Three choices. Picking one saves right away.

| Choice       | Who can see it                                                                 |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Public**   | Anyone. It shows on your organization page and in search.                      |
| **Unlisted** | Only people you send the link to. It is hidden from your page and from search. |
| **Private**  | Only students you invite. There is no public page to share.                    |

### Example

You are running a department-only refresher for one fire company. You do not want it on your website, but you do want to email a sign-up link to the crew.

Set the class to **Open** and **Unlisted**. Copy the link from the **Copy link** button at the top of the class page, and email it out.

<Warning>
  The program can be more restrictive than the class. If the program is set to Unlisted or Private, this class is at least that restricted no matter what you pick here. The page tells you when that is happening.
</Warning>

## See also

* [Seats and stopping sign-ups](/cohort-management/seats-and-capacity) — Set the seat count, or close a class early.
* [Enrollment deadlines](/cohort-management/enrollment-deadlines) — The last day and time students can sign up.
* [Waitlists](/cohort-management/waitlists) — The two kinds of waitlist.