# Course Catalog

Behaviour of the course catalog (the public list where users can browse and self-enroll).

Access these settings under **Administration > Configuration settings > Course Catalog**. This category contains **13 settings**, listed below with the title and comment shipped in the platform's settings fixtures (`SettingsCurrentFixtures.php`).

> The variable name in code is shown in monospace. Use it when scripting via the API or when you need to change those settings at a global level by editing [`config/settings_override.yaml`](https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/wiki/Configurations#configsettings_overridesyaml).

## Settings

### `allow_session_auto_subscription`

**Auto Session Subscription**

Enable automatic subscription to sessions for users.

*Default: `false`*

### `allow_students_to_browse_courses`

**Allow Student Browsing**

Permit students to browse and filter the course catalog.

*Default: `true`*

### `course_catalog_display_in_home`

**Display Catalog on Homepage**

Show the course catalog block on the platform homepage.

*Default: `false`*

### `course_catalog_hide_private`

**Hide Private Courses**

Exclude private courses from the catalog display.

*Default: `true`*

### `course_catalog_published`

**Publish course catalogue**

Make the courses catalogue available to anonymous users (the general public) without the need to login.

*Default: `false`*

### `course_catalog_settings`

**Course catalogue settings**

JSON configuration for course catalog: link settings, filters, sort options, and more.

### `course_subscription_in_user_s_session`

**Subscription in Session View**

Allow users to subscribe to courses directly from their session page.

*Default: `false`*

### `hide_public_link`

**Hide Public Link**

Remove the public URL link from course cards.

*Default: `false`*

### `only_show_course_from_selected_category`

**Only show matching categories in courses catalogue**

When not empty, only the courses from the given categories will appear in the courses catalogue.

### `only_show_selected_courses`

**Only Selected Courses**

Show only manually selected courses in the catalog.

*Default: `false`*

### `session_catalog_settings`

**Session Catalog Settings**

JSON configuration for session catalog: filters and display options.

### `show_courses_descriptions_in_catalog`

**Show Course Descriptions**

Display course descriptions within the catalog listing.

*Default: `false`*

### `show_courses_sessions`

**Show Courses & Sessions**

Include both courses and sessions in catalog results.

*Default: `0`*


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