Step by step guide to 'Are you Ready'

Welcome to the online 'Are you ready' course. This guide is to show you how to register and how to complete the course.

1. Sign up

Click Sign Up on the main 'Are you ready' page - you will be taken to a page where you will need to create an account.

The picture below shows you how to create your account. It will ask you to create a username and password. This should be something you can easily remember. Keep a note of both as you will need them later. A suggestion might be your surname for your username and a date of birth for your password. You will need to enter your email address, first name, surname and city/town, country. 

Once you have completed this it will then ask you to select an organisation, click choose organisation and select "Pre-Tenancy Applicants".

After you submit the account request, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Your registration will need to be approved during office hours opening hours. If you register when the office is closed, your registration will not be approved until the next working day.

Please keep checking your INBOX and SPAM for emails that we send you.

Once your registration has been approved you will receive an email to confirm your registration shown in the pictures below. You will need to click both links (highlighted in blue) the first email you receive will activate your account and the second will take you to a log in screen. It will normally take an hour for you to be able to start the course. 

2. Login

After you have clicked the second link it will then ask you to type in your username and password and then click on the arrow. You should have made a note of them earlier.

Once you have logged in you may find yourself stuck on the page shown below.

You will be shown this while we are setting up your account and it may take up to an hour to completely set it up. After this has been completed you will be able to take the course.

Once you have been set up,  you will then be shown the courses; "Managing your money" and "Managing your tenancy",

3. Take the Course

You should only take the first part of the course. (You will be invited to take the second part of the course if you are considered for a property.) 

Once you click on stage 1 you will then be shown the screen below. To enrol on the course please click on to the blue button which says "enrol me", at the bottom of your screen.

After you click the "enrol me" button you will be taken to the screen shown below. Please click the small arrow to the side of eLearning and click "stage 1 Pre-Tenancy course – Managing your money" also shown below.

Once you click "Stage 1 Pre-Tenancy course managing your money" it will load the course. As you proceed through the course starting with the "You and Your Money" section, you will be shown a task bar in the top right corner, you must complete every task to be able to compete the course and get your certificate.

After you complete the course you will see the "Exit Activity" button in the bottom left corner shown in the picture below, click that button and it will take you back to the start screen.

4. Your Certificate

Once you are back at the start screen you will be able to access your certificate, to do this you will have to click on "certificate of completion" shown in the image.

It should then load the page showing below, you will then need to click "Get your certificate".

After you have clicked "Get your certificate", you will be shown a copy of your certificate. Once you have your certificate you will then have to prove to us that you have taken the course so that we can make your application live. So please save or screenshot your certificate and then upload it.

Please feel free to use this guide to complete stage 2 Managing your tenancy when you are being considered for a property.