Paid Events

An organizer can create a paid event where a learner will need to pay a fee to enroll for the event. The event can be a live video delivered in a Microsoft Teams Meeting or a recorded video stored in Microsoft OneDrive.

Prerequisites

Before a paid event can be created, the following prerequisites must be met :

Create a PayPal Buy Now Button in PayPal

  • In PayPal Account Settings, navigate to the Website payments page and update the PayPal buttons.

  • In the Make a PayPal Button page, click on the Buy Now button.

  • In the Buy Now page, add the Product Name and Price

  • In the RCL Learn portal, navigate to the Events page and in the events list, get the Id of the event.

  • In PayPal, set the Product ID to the event Id.

  • Set the button text to Pay Now.

  • Click the Save and Create button when you are done.

  • Click the View your saved buttons link.

  • Open the button and copy the ID for the button.

Create a Paid Event in the portal

  • In the Organizer portal, navigate to the events list for a selected group.

  • Click on the admin button to the far right on the list for a selected event and click on the Edit Cost link.

  • In the Event Cost page, add the cost for the event.

  • In PayPal, navigate to the Saved links and buttons page.

  • Open the Buy Now button you created for the event and copy the ID for the button.

  • In the portal, add the PayPal Button Id in the Event Cost page.

  • Uncheck the Is Free checkbox for the event.

  • Click the Submit button when you are done.