diff --git a/app/templates/courses/classroom-view.jade b/app/templates/courses/classroom-view.jade
index 00b1c5809..2ef694cdf 100644
--- a/app/templates/courses/classroom-view.jade
+++ b/app/templates/courses/classroom-view.jade
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ block content
             .progress
               .progress-bar(style='width:'+stats.levels.pctDone)
           else if paidFor
-            button.btn.btn-info.btn-sm Enable
+            button.enable-btn.btn.btn-info.btn-sm(data-user-id=user.id, data-course-instance-id=courseInstance.id) Enable
             
     if !paidFor
       .text-center
diff --git a/app/views/courses/ClassroomView.coffee b/app/views/courses/ClassroomView.coffee
index 024894d79..576b04b26 100644
--- a/app/views/courses/ClassroomView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/courses/ClassroomView.coffee
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = class ClassroomView extends RootView
     'click #activate-licenses-btn': 'onClickActivateLicensesButton'
     'click .activate-single-license-btn': 'onClickActivateSingleLicenseButton'
     'click #add-students-btn': 'onClickAddStudentsButton'
+    'click .enable-btn': 'onClickEnableButton'
 
   initialize: (options, classroomID) ->
     @classroom = new Classroom({_id: classroomID})
@@ -99,4 +100,11 @@ module.exports = class ClassroomView extends RootView
 
   onClickAddStudentsButton: (e) ->
     modal = new InviteToClassroomModal({classroom: @classroom})
-    @openModalView(modal)
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+    @openModalView(modal)
+
+  onClickEnableButton: (e) ->
+    courseInstance = @courseInstances.get($(e.target).data('course-instance-id'))
+    userID = $(e.target).data('user-id')
+    courseInstance.addMember(userID)
+    $(e.target).attr('disabled', true)
+    @listenToOnce courseInstance, 'sync', @render
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