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Add or remove a member

Alva Courses lets you enrol a student into any course by hand — just their email address, no purchase needed — and remove a member just as quickly to revoke access. It is the fastest way to grant a refund replacement, a team seat or a comped enrolment, all from the Shopify admin.

Last updated · May 12, 2026 Read time · 2 min Author ·

When manual enrolment helps

Most students enrol automatically when they buy a course through your store. Manual enrolment is for the exceptions: comping a colleague, replacing access after a refund or migration, granting a free preview, or adding a beta tester. Because you enrol by email, the student gets access the moment you save — no order required. Removing a member is the mirror image: it revokes access immediately when someone should no longer be in a course.

Add or remove a member

1. Open the Members area

In the Shopify admin, open Alva Courses and click Members. This lists everyone enrolled across your courses, alongside the courses each person can access.

The Members area, listing each student by email and the courses they can access.

2. Add a member by email

Click Add member, type the student's email address, and select the course or courses to enrol them in. Save to grant access right away — they do not need to buy anything first.

3. Confirm the enrolment

The new member appears in the list with access to the courses you chose. They can sign in and open the lessons immediately from their account. To enrol many students at once, use a spreadsheet instead — see Import members with CSV.

4. Remove a member to revoke access

Open the member you want to change, choose the course to remove, and confirm. Removing the enrolment revokes their access immediately, while their Shopify order history stays intact for your records.

What the student sees

A newly added member finds the course waiting in their account the next time they sign in, ready to start from lesson one. When you remove someone, the course disappears from their library and the lessons are no longer playable — access ends the moment you confirm.

See also

Members & enrolment

Import members with CSV

Bulk-enrol many students at once by uploading a spreadsheet of emails.

 Members & enrolment

View members and progress

See who is enrolled and how far each student has progressed through a course.

 Email & notifications

Customize the enrolment email

Edit the message new members receive when they gain access to a course.

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Last updated 2026-05-12