What is a Registration form?
A Registration form gives your prospects an e-commerce-style enrollment experience — browsing your programme catalogue, signing up, and paying in one continuous flow. It is built for short courses, executive education, and professional development programmes, where the enrollment should feel closer to buying a course than applying to one.
It is a separate form type from the Application form. Registration is built around direct enrollment. Application is built around admissions evaluation. Same platform, different form type, different purpose.
When should I use Registration instead of an Application form?
Use Registration when:
You want a modern, branded, e-commerce-style enrollment experience that feels closer to buying a course than applying to one
The programme is a short course, executive education module, open-enrollment programme, or similar
Prospects should be able to sign up and pay on their own, with a low-touch or no admissions decision
You want catalogue browsing to be part of the flow
A simple rule: if staff need to make an admissions decision before a prospect becomes a student, use Application. If not, use Registration.
What does the applicant experience look like?
Registration is a five-step flow. Each step is a single focused screen. Prospects can move forward without the cognitive load of a full application.
1. Catalogue
Prospects browse your available programmes. Each programme appears as a card with its name, price, and key details.
2. Programme detail
Selecting a programme opens its detail page, with dates, price, and programme information.
3. Authenticate
Prospects create an account or log in. Social login options can be enabled.
4. Fill form
A short, focused form collects the details needed to complete the registration. This is configurable per form.
5. Payment
Full payment upfront or a payment plan, depending on how the form is configured.
A note on instructions. Throughout the flow, applicants can open a dedicated instructions button to read any guidance or context you've added to the form. This gives you a clear, consistent way to communicate expectations — without having to embed instructions as a separate form tab.
How do I set up a registration form?
Before you start
Some of the steps below depend on account permissions you may not have. If you can't find the setting or the action is disabled for you, contact FullFabric Support — they'll either enable it for your account or complete the step on your behalf.
1. Enable E-commerce
Registration forms are only available when E-commerce is enabled for your account. To enable it, go to General Settings → Authorisation → Aplics → E-commerce and mark it as Yes.
2. Open Form Templates
Click General Settings in the top right corner. From the list of options, select Form Templates. You'll land on a settings screen with two tabs: Application Templates and Registration Templates.
3. Create a new Registration template
On the Registration Templates tab you'll see a list of all the Registration templates you've already created. To add a new one, click Create new template in the top right.
4. Configure the template
The template editor has four tabs. Configuration works the same way as an Application template, so if you're already familiar with that flow, the mechanics here are identical.
Settings — set the template name, define the open state, set a deadline, choose whether to trigger the event to GTM, and copy the link you'll share with applicants.
Form — build and edit the form using the schema builder.
Payment — configure payment options (full payment upfront, payment plan, or both).
Instructions — add instructions that applicants can open from a dedicated button during the flow. This replaces the old workaround of creating an Instructions tab inside the form.
After that, you're ready to share the link with your applicants.
Branding and customisation
Registration is designed to look and feel like your institution's product — not a third-party tool. You can configure:
Logo
Brand colours
Language
Legal and consent copy
Which fields appear in the form
The flow is fully responsive and works on mobile.
Billing
Each submitted Registration currently counts as an application submission for billing purposes — the same billing trigger you already know from Application forms.
Frequently asked questions
Can I have more than one Registration form?
Yes. You can create a different Registration form for each programme group, payment configuration, or audience.
Can prospects edit a submitted Registration?
Not today. Re-registration and self-service edits are on the roadmap. For now, changes to a submitted Registration are handled by staff.
What happens if a prospect abandons the flow?
Registration supports auto-save, the same behaviour you already use on Application forms. A prospect who has authenticated can return to the flow and pick up where they stopped.
Can I use Registration for degree programmes?
Registration is designed for direct enrollment, so it is not the right tool for programmes that require admissions evaluation. For those, use an Application form.
Do existing Application forms need to be replaced with Registration?
No. Only replace an Application form with Registration if the programme does not require admissions evaluation. Programmes that require evaluation stay on the Application.
Is Registration available on mobile?
Yes. The full flow is responsive.