
ApproveThis manages your CourseSight Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Event Management
Why Approval Automation Matters for Training Providers
Let’s cut to the chase – if you’re managing course bookings, delegate registrations, or training materials in CourseSight, you’re already dealing with multiple approval layers. Finance needs to sign off on budgets. Managers need to approve employee enrollments. Procurement teams are gatekeeping material orders. And everyone’s waiting on everyone else while deadlines tick by.
This is where ApproveThis becomes your new best friend. We’re not just another approval tool – we’re the missing layer that connects CourseSight’s operational power with real human decision-making. No more chasing down approvers in Slack. No more “I thought you handled it” moments. Just clean, trackable approvals that keep courses running on schedule.
What Happens When You Connect the Dots
CourseSight handles the logistics – bookings, materials, enrollments. ApproveThis handles the decisions. Together through Zapier, they create an actual closed-loop system for training operations. Here’s what changes:
- Zero approval black holes: Every course booking or material order in CourseSight automatically creates an approval trail
- Budget control that doesn’t slow things down: Auto-approve routine purchases under $X, escalate others based on your rules
The kicker? Approvers don’t need CourseSight licenses. Your CFO approves budget exceptions via email. Department heads OK employee enrollments from their phones. External clients sign off on dedicated training programs without logging into your systems.
Real-World Use Cases That Actually Move the Needle
1. Corporate Training Teams: Stop Playing Enrollment Tetris
Imagine this: Your sales team books a dedicated cybersecurity course for 45 employees in CourseSight. With our integration, that booking instantly:
- Pings the IT director to confirm infrastructure readiness
- Alerts L&D to verify the employee list against development budgets
- Notifies the vendor manager if external instructors need contracting
ApproveThis’ calculated fields automatically check if the per-head cost stays within annual training allowances. If yes – auto-approved. If not, escalates to VP-level with context. No more spreadsheet juggling.
2. University Continuing Ed Departments: Kill Last-Minute Chaos
When public course registrations spike, ApproveThis handles the overflow decisions:
New delegate added in CourseSight? Require faculty lead approval if waitlists exceed 15% capacity. Materials order over $2K? Auto-route to procurement with vendor comparison docs attached. All while keeping the course admin team in the loop via real-time dashboards.
3. Certification Providers: Make Compliance Your B*tch
For ISO trainers and compliance course sellers, every approval is legal armor. Our integration lets you:
- Attach mandatory compliance checklists to specific course types
- Require dual approvals for high-risk material changes
- Maintain audit trails that show who approved what version of a course outline
Plus, vacation delegation ensures signatories never bottleneck renewals – critical when working with external auditors on tight deadlines.
Features That Actually Solve Training Team Problems
We’re not here to sell you chatbot approvals or blockchain whatever. These are the ApproveThis features that matter for CourseSight users:
Approval Thresholds That Work Like Your Brain
Set rules like “Auto-approve material orders under $800 if vendor is pre-approved” or “Require CEO sign-off for any dedicated course booking over $25K.” It’s your existing approval logic – just automated.
Email Approvals That Don’t Suck
Approvers get a clean email with key details: Course dates, costs, delegate list. They click Approve/Reject – no login required. If they ignore it? Automatic reminders that actually respect their time.
Delegation That Doesn’t Require a PhD to Set Up
When your Head of IT is at DEF CON, approvals automatically shift to their deputy. No manual reassignments. No “I was OOO” excuses.
How to Set This Up Without Losing Your Mind
If you can make a Zapier account (free), you can do this in under 20 minutes:
- Connect CourseSight to Zapier (here’s Zapier’s guide)
- Choose your trigger – New Booking, Delegate Added, etc.
- Map key CourseSight data to ApproveThis fields (course ID, costs, dates)
- Set approval rules: Who needs to approve what, in which order
- Test with a live course booking – watch the approval chain kick in
Pro tip: Start with one workflow – like material orders – before scaling to complex multi-department approvals.
Who Actually Benefits in Your Org
Operations Teams
Finally prove that course setup delays aren’t your fault. Real-time approval tracking shows exactly where bottlenecks are – is Finance sitting on budgets? Are managers slow-walking enrollments? Now you have data, not guesses.
Finance Departments
Auto-reject bookings that blow quarterly budgets. Require PO numbers before approvals. Plus, all the audit trails they’ve ever wanted come standard.
External Partners
Client needs to approve their team’s course schedule? Send them an email link that doesn’t require creating an account. They approve, you get notified in CourseSight – no back-and-forth.
The Bottom Line
CourseSight keeps your training operations moving. ApproveThis keeps your decisions accountable. Together via Zapier, they remove the approval fog that slows down course deliveries and frustrates everyone involved.
This isn’t about fancy tech – it’s about fixing the approval bottlenecks that make training teams want to scream into the void. Less chasing, more doing. Fewer errors, better compliance. That’s the actual ROI.
Time to Stop Approving Manually
If you manage more than 10 course approvals a month, you’re wasting time you could spend on higher-value work. Book a 15-minute demo and we’ll show exactly how to map your current approval chaos to a system that actually works. Or sign up directly and try it with one CourseSight workflow – zero commitment.
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After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.
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Best Approval Workflows for CourseSight
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for CourseSight
Create approval request for new dedicated course bookings
When a new dedicated course booking is made in CourseSight, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis. It streamlines enrollment approvals and enhances decision tracking. *Note: Ensure approval criteria align with your course policies.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Dedicated Course Booking Added
Triggers when a new dedicated course booking is received.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Create approval request for new course delegates
When a delegate is added in CourseSight, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis. It facilitates efficient verification of delegate details and secures attendance approvals. *Note: Customize approver roles based on your organization structure.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Delegate Added
Triggers when a delegate is booked on a course.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Create approval request for new material orders
When a new material order is recorded in CourseSight, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis. It expedites order review processes and ensures compliance with procurement guidelines. *Note: Adjust order parameters within your approval workflow as necessary.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Material Order Added
Triggers when a new material order is received.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Create approval request for new course orders
When a new order is generated in CourseSight, this integration initiates an approval request in ApproveThis. It helps manage order verifications and speeds up subsequent fulfillment processes with clear accountability. *Note: Verify that order details are correctly mapped to your approval workflow.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
Order Added
Triggers when a new order containing one or more order items is created.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
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