Create a test course Visit Site Administration -> Courses -> Add a new course. Enable the default Self enrolment (Student) enrolment method. Create a test user In another session, create a test user account, then login to it. Visit the test course generated above, and confirm you are redirected to the enrolment page. Test the self enrolment capability Confirm that by default, you are able to enrol into the course as the test user using the self enrolment method. As the admin user, visit the course permission settings at Users->Permissions in the course admin menu. Select the authenticated user from the dropdown menu, then filter for enrolself. Set the enrol/self:enrolself capability to 'Prevent'. As the test user, reload the enrolment page. Confirm you are no longer able to enrol as the test user using the self enrolment method. Confirm the message returned is 'Enrolment is disabled or inactive ' Test the default permissions As the admin user, visit Site Administration->Users->Permissions->Capability Overview admin/tool/capability/index.php Filter by enrolself, then select the enrol/self:enrolself then click 'Get the overview' Confirm that the authenticated user role is set to Allow in the system context.