How to Submit a New Course

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1 How to Submit a New Course Enter your chosen User Name and Password. If you forget your password click on the Forgot Password button and you will be issued a temporary password. The password will be sent to the you created for this account. Your custom dashboard will give you a summary and status of all your CEUs submitted. To submit a new course click Submit a Course

2 Course submission requires three steps Step 1 - Submit General information Step 2 Submit course Content which could include slides, documents or you can provider a link where reviewers can view the content of the course submitted. Step 3 Add Instructors and their references. Choose the use of course if a one-time offering or an ongoing offering that allows you to offer the course any number of times within the two year validity.

3 Choose the type of presentation In-class or Distance Learning. If the course is offered in-class and by distance learning formats please choose Both. Distance Learning courses require a distance learning supplement to be filled out. You will be prompted to fill out the representative learner information later in the course submission. Choose a primary code that is describes your course. You must choose only one from the drop down menu that describes the course developed. Based on the choice of code in the primary category the secondary category listing will appear. Please choose one code that describes the category of your course from the drop down menu.

4 In addition you must fill out the length of the course in hours. Choose from the drop down list for degree of interactivity and the average audience size. A bibliography is very important as it gives reviewers the information on sources used for the presentation. Lack of a bibliography or a justification statement giving information on the source of information used can result in a pending course status and delay the course approval. Choose one designation from the drop down menu. If you choose the HSW designation please ensure that 75% of the content and the slides give information specifically about HSW. See the Provider Instruction Manual for detailed information on criteria for an HSW designation. If your course has been approved by AIA or GBCI please indicate by selecting the approval. This allows users to view this information when they are searching for courses to register.

5 Step 2 of the application allow you to fill out core course content and submit presentation material handouts and pertinent information about the course. Select the facilities the top three facilities that you use to deliver the course. Remember to save after you select the type of facility or equipment from the drop down menu.

6 Learning objectives are essential to determine the intent of the course. Objectives must be brief and normally start with an action verb. It is mandatory to submit at least four learning objectives for the course. The content outline allows the reviewer to see the sequence of topics and the time allocation to each of the topics within the course. Allocation of time is important as the value of the CEU depends on the amount of time allocated to the learning. Breaks and recess are excluded from the learning unit and should not be included. A minimum of four topics outlines with time allocation is mandatory for a one hour continuing education unit.

7 Supporting course material files can be uploaded either as a link or a series of documents. It is important to name the documents clearly so that the reviewer can open them in sequence if necessary. All files uploaded cannot be more than 5 MB. If the file is more than 5 MB you will receive an error message. Before uploading the files make sure that they are broken up into a maximum of 5 MB files and clearly named. You may upload an unlimited number of files to support your course. We recommend you use drop box or a similar service for large files with extensive graphics and provide the link and access to the files. Distance learning representative learners are required for distance learning courses only. A minimum of three representative learners are mandatory with a distance learning course submission.

8 The details above give us information of the representative learner. IDCEC will conduct a random audit and will contact the representative learner for information about the course. You can add instructors that have been previously approved from the drop down list or add a brand new instructor by filling out n instructor profile. Adding a brand new instructor also requires submission of 2 references for the instructor, the references are checked and the instructor is approved for the course based on positive references. References cannot be from co-workers at the same company, university or firm. Click the Select and instructor and add the instructor from the drop down menu before submitting the course.

9 You are now ready to submit the course for approval. You can proceed to make payment. IDCEC does not invoice users and all payment must be made upfront by Visa or Mastercard. If you membership registration is not paid it will show up in your payment description. Please see the fee schedule for explanation of fees. All fees are accepted in Canadian dollars only. The rate of conversion from US dollars to Canadian dollars will show on your credit card statement.

10 After payment you can use the left navigation bar to view your payment history or print an official receipt for your payment. You may go back to the dashboard to clicking on Dashboard in the left navigation bar to see the status of your course submission.