Last Updated 7/7/22

REPORTER Help Guide for Participants

Quick Register for Instances with a Cost

REPORTER allows some registrations to be completed without anyone having to log in first. When available, this option will only* collect an email address and a name for the registration -- additional profile fields may also be required, depending on the activity. If a course instance has prerequisites and/or enrollment restrictions, you may be blocked from registering new users and existing users that do not meet the requirement.

* If you select to register for something with additional required fields, you will be prompted to provide additional information before you can complete the checkout.

In order to register someone without logging in first, you will:

1. Locate the Quick Register Option

2. Continue with a non-@ncsu.edu email (or as Brickyard User)

New Account
Existing Account

3. Payment Options

Locate the Quick Register Option - Instances with a Cost

As this option is not available for all registrations, users may need to add an item to your cart to determine if registration without login is permitted. Because login is not required, the following limitations exist for using the Quick Register option with for fee instances:

The person being registered must be an existing or eligible Brickyard user, meaning their email does not end in “@ncsu.edu”. Users with an @ncsu.edu email address will not be available to register with this process. The system will prompt you to login if you enter an @ncsu.edu email address.
The option is not available for online instances as login is necessarily to launch content upon registration
Only one person can be selected per cart. You can register the same person for multiple activities at once, but to register multiple people for the same activity, you will either need to repeat the process for each person or log in. Once logged in, you will be able to register multiple people at the same time.

If available, the option to bypass login during registration can be found one of two ways:

Using a Registration Link
From a website or email message, click on the registration link you have been provided. REPORTER should open and provide additional information on the activity you have chosen. On this page, you will select the Add to Cart option which should add the item and take you to your cart. The cart can also be accessed at any time using the “Cart” link in the top right toolbar.
Browsing the Catalog

While in the Catalog in REPORTER, a general search bar is available to locate activities in addition to an ‘Advanced Search’ which provides more specific search characteristics. While viewing the catalog listing for the activity, if registration is open, you can select the Add to Cart option to select the instance. Once all desired items have been added, the “Cart” option can be selected from the top right toolbar.

Once the in the cart, you will click the button for Quick Register

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Continue with a non-@ncsu.edu email (or as Brickyard User)

Users do not need to have an account prior to being registered, but if an entered email matches an existing Brickyard Account, the registration will be tied to that account. In either case, you will continue the same way after selecting Quick Register:

1). After selecting Quick Register, a window will open for you to provide a name and email address.

2). Enter your email address in the email address fields

3). The system will then check for an existing account, at which point you will either:

a). if there is no pre-existing account,
you will then enter the first and last name of the person being registered. Example:
b). If there is an existing account,
the system will acknowledge there is an account attached to that email and provide the opportunity to Login or Change your Password. You are not required to use these links but they will be available. Example:

4*). Depending on the instance, you may see an option to apply a discount code as well as required registration questions. If not, skip to the next step.

5). Be sure to agree to the registration policies if you have not already.

6). To continue without login, select Continue with Checkout at the bottom of the page

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Payment Options

Depending on which activity or course you are registering for, you will have up to three options to submit payment:

I will pay now using a credit card:
You will be taken to a secure payment page where you can enter your credit card details and submit payment.
I will pay later:
This option should be used if you plan to submit a check or return at a later time to pay with a credit card.
This participant will login and pay for this registration:
The person being registered will receive an email explaining their registration and prompting them to go to REPORTER to submit payment via the secure payment page.

Once you have selected your payment type - or if there is no charge, select the Checkout button. Depending on the payment type you will either be sent through the payment page, or you will go directly to the order summary.

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For questions or additional information you can view our support site at support.reporter.ncsu.edu or you can contact us at reporter_support@ncsu.edu.