In plain English
The person is added to the course, class, or program without needing to do another sign-up step themselves. The key idea is that the registration happens automatically rather than through a separate enrollment action.
In context
Here, it names the action of registering someone automatically for a class during waitlist processing.
- Situation
- Enrolling in courses, choosing sections, joining waitlists, and reading class status
- What it communicates
- names an automatic registration action mentioned in waitlist processing.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not say when this automatic registration happens or whether it will occur in a particular case.
Examples
“The office auto-enrolls new hires in the orientation class, while contractors sign up separately.”
“When a seat opens, the registrar auto-enrolls the next person on the waitlist in the class.”